Burden / standard of proof / Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports)

Petition for Judicial review of a decision of the Secretary of State for the Home Department dated 7 August 2008 to refuse to treat the petitioner's representations based on further information as a fresh claim for asylum.

29 May 2009 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Session (Scotland) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Persecution based on political opinion - Right to family life - Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) | Countries: Nigeria - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Application for an order of certiorari.

30 April 2009 | Judicial Body: Ireland: High Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Criminal justice - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness | Countries: Ireland - Nigeria

Application for leave to apply for judicial review.

3 April 2009 | Judicial Body: Ireland: High Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) - Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) | Countries: Ireland - Nigeria

Application for an order of certiorari quashing the decision of the Refugee Appeals Tribunal.

24 February 2009 | Judicial Body: Ireland: High Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Abduction - Country of origin information (COI) - Credibility assessment - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Persecution based on political opinion | Countries: Ireland - Nigeria

Application for judicial review.

27 January 2009 | Judicial Body: Ireland: High Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Children-at-risk - Complementary forms of protection - Deportation / Forcible return - EU Qualification Directive - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Female genital mutilation (FGM) | Countries: Ireland - Nigeria

23 June 2008 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Persecution based on political opinion - Persecution of family members - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) | Countries: Australia - Nigeria

Petition for judicial review.

30 May 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Session (Scotland) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Forced marriage - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) | Countries: Nigeria - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Heard at Field House on 29 January 2008.

26 February 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) | Countries: Nigeria - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals. Unpublished opinion - not to be cited per Circuit Rule 53.

23 August 2006 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Convention against Torture (CAT) - Deportation / Forcible return - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) | Countries: Nigeria - United States of America

Application for judicial review. The case summary in English has been prepared in the framework of the Knowledge-Based Harmonisation of European Asylum Practices Project (2010-2012), co-financed by the European Refugee Fund.

9 December 2005 | Judicial Body: Ireland: High Court | Document type: Case Law | Countries: Ireland - Nigeria