Iraq

On appeal from the England and Wales High Court (Administrative Court): [2002] EWHC 1597 (Admin). This judgment was further appealed before the House of Lords (Appellate Committee): [2005] UKHL 39.

3 April 2003 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - Exceptional leave to remain (ELR) - Illegal entry - Immigration Detention - Kurd - Temporary admission | Countries: Iraq - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

24 March 2003 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Country of origin information (COI) - Effective protection - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Kurd - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion | Countries: Iraq - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

17 March 2003 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Topic(s): Effective protection - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Kurd - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Social group persecution | Countries: Iraq - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

15 November 2002 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Kurd - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription | Countries: Iraq - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

31 October 2002 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: House of Lords (Judicial Committee) | Topic(s): Asylum-seekers - Immigration Detention - Kurd - Persecution based on political opinion - Right to liberty and security | Countries: Iraq - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

9 August 2002 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Topic(s): Agents of persecution - Effective protection - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Grounds for persecution - Kurd | Countries: Iraq - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

8 August 2002 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Exceptional leave to remain (ELR) - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Kurd - Prison or detention conditions | Countries: Iraq - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

This judgment was appealed before the England and Wales Court of Appeal: [2003] EWCA Civ 475.

29 July 2002 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: High Court (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - Exceptional leave to remain (ELR) - Immigration Detention - Kurd - Temporary admission | Countries: Iraq - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Full translation of German original.

21 March 2002 | Judicial Body: Austria: Supreme Administrative Court (Verwaltungsgerichtshof) | Topic(s): Kurd - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription | Countries: Austria - Iraq

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.

29 June 1999 | Judicial Body: Germany: Bundesverwaltungsgericht | Countries: Germany - Iraq