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EMAP (Gang violence – Convention Reason) El Salvador CG v. Secretary of State for the Home Department [2022] UKUT 00335 (IAC)

The main determination in this case is whether harm amounts to persecution for one of the five reasons set out in the Refugee Convention. The Court considered country background of El-Salvador to assess and determine if the appellant has a well-founded fear/risk of persecution for reasons relating to membership of a particular social group and different political opinion.

15 December 2022 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) | Legal Instrument: 1951 Refugee Convention | Topic(s): Acts of persecution - Asylum-seekers - EU Qualification Directive - Gang related violence | Countries: El Salvador - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

JA (child – risk of persecution) Nigeria

20 December 2016 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) | Legal Instrument: 1989 Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) | Topic(s): Acts of persecution - Children-at-risk - Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) | Countries: Nigeria - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Mr Husain Ibrahimi and Mr Mohamed Abasi v. The Secretary of State for the Home Department

5 August 2016 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: High Court (England and Wales) | Topic(s): 1951 Refugee Convention - Acts of persecution - Asylum-seekers - Refoulement - Safe third country | Countries: Hungary - Iran, Islamic Republic of - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Munyakazi v. Lynch

11 July 2016 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit | Topic(s): Acts of persecution - Arbitrary arrest and detention - Convention against Torture (CAT) - Genocide - Torture | Countries: Rwanda - United States of America

Gutierrez-Rostran v. Lynch

13 January 2016 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit | Topic(s): Acts of persecution - Appeal / Right to appeal - Cumulative grounds of persecution - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) | Countries: Nicaragua - United States of America

AB (Ukraine)

25 June 2015 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Immigration and Protection Tribunal | Topic(s): 1951 Refugee Convention - Acts of persecution - Convention against Torture (CAT) - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: New Zealand - Ukraine

AC (Ukraine)

25 June 2015 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Immigration and Protection Tribunal | Topic(s): 1951 Refugee Convention - Acts of persecution - Appeal / Right to appeal - Convention against Torture (CAT) - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Persecution based on political opinion - Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: New Zealand - Ukraine

Matter of Z-Z-O-

26 May 2015 | Judicial Body: United States Board of Immigration Appeals | Topic(s): Acts of persecution - Appeal / Right to appeal - Forced sterilization / Abortion - Immigration law - Refugee / Asylum law - Right to family life - Visas - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: China - United States of America

Szubi v Minister for Immigration

5 March 2015 | Judicial Body: Australia: Federal Court | Topic(s): Acts of persecution - Administrative law - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness - Visas | Countries: Australia - Nepal

Andre Lawrence Shepherd v Bundesrepublik Deutschland

26 February 2015 | Judicial Body: European Union: Court of Justice of the European Union | Topic(s): Acts of persecution - Asylum-seekers - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Regional instruments - War crimes | Countries: Germany - United States of America

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