United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Heard at Field House on 12 February, 3 and 9 September 2008.

9 March 2009 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Topic(s): Burden of proof - Credibility assessment - Criminal justice - Deportation / Forcible return - Exclusion clauses - National security / Public order - Refoulement - Serious non-political crime | Countries: Eritrea - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

On appeal from the Court of Appeal (England and Wales): MT (Algeria), RB (Algeria), U (Algeria) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department [2007] EWCA Civ 808; and Othman (Jordan) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department [2008] EWCA Civ 290.

18 February 2009 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: House of Lords (Judicial Committee) | Topic(s): Appeal / Right to appeal - Convention refugee - Criminal justice - Deportation / Forcible return - Diplomatic assurances - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Exclusion clauses - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Jurisdiction - National security / Public order - Right to justice - Right to liberty and security - Terrorism | Countries: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Application for judicial review.

23 September 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: High Court (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Complementary forms of protection - Criminal justice - EU Qualification Directive - Exclusion clauses - Prosecution vs persecution | Countries: China - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Application for leave to appeal from the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal.

23 July 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Combatants / Former combatants - Exclusion clauses - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Pashtun - Prosecution vs persecution | Countries: Afghanistan - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Decision on preliminary issue. Whether the procedural safeguards considered in the House of Lords’ judgment in Secretary of State for the Home Department v MB [2007] UKHL 46 in proceedings about control orders apply with equal force to substantive appeals to the Commission.

27 June 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC) | Topic(s): Convention refugee - Deportation / Forcible return - Exclusion clauses - Immigration Detention - Mental health - National security / Public order - Right to justice - Right to liberty and security | Countries: Jordan - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Appeal against the notice of intention to deport.

2 November 2007 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC) | Topic(s): Acts contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations - Deportation / Forcible return - Diplomatic assurances - Exclusion clauses - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - National security / Public order - Non-refoulement - Palestinian - Right to justice | Countries: Jordan - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

On appeal from the Special Immigration Appeals Commission. The judgment was subsequently appealed before the House of Lords: RB (Algeria) (FC) and Another v. Secretary of State for the Home Department; OO (Jordan) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department [2009] UKHL 10.

30 July 2007 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Criminal justice - Deportation / Forcible return - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Exclusion clauses - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Prosecution vs persecution | Countries: Algeria - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Appeals against the notice of intention to deport.

27 April 2007 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC) | Topic(s): Convention refugee - Country of origin information (COI) - Criminal justice - Death penalty - Deportation / Forcible return - Diplomatic assurances - Exclusion clauses - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - National security / Public order - Prison or detention conditions - Right to justice - Terrorism | Countries: Libya - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

12 March 2007 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Topic(s): Crimes against humanity - Exclusion clauses - International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Persecution based on political opinion - War crimes | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Appeal against the notice of intention to deport. The decision was subsequently quashed by the Court of Appeal (England and Wales): Othman (Jordan) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department [2008] EWCA Civ 290.

26 February 2007 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC) | Topic(s): Convention refugee - Criminal justice - Deportation / Forcible return - Diplomatic assurances - Exclusion clauses - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - National security / Public order - Non-refoulement - Right to family life - Right to justice - Right to life - Terrorism | Countries: Jordan - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland