Case Law

1. This decision considers whether the appellant should be excluded from the protection of the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees (‘the Convention’) because there are serious reasons for considering that he committed crimes against humanity (Article 1F(a)) or in the alternative a serious non-political crime (Article 1F(b)) during his service in the Police d’Intervention Rapide (PIR) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

9 March 2022 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) | Legal Instrument: 1951 Refugee Convention | Topic(s): 1951 Refugee Convention - Crimes against humanity - Exclusion clauses - International criminal law - Serious non-political crime | Countries: Congo, Democratic Republic of the - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

8 September 2016 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) | Legal Instrument: 1951 Refugee Convention | Topic(s): Burden of proof - Crimes against humanity - Exclusion clauses | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

5 November 2014 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Supreme Court | Topic(s): Crimes against humanity - Extradition - Genocide - International criminal law - Right to justice | Countries: Rwanda - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

19 June 2012 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Crimes against humanity - Exclusion clauses | Countries: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - Zimbabwe

18 May 2012 | Judicial Body: Special Court for Sierra Leone | Topic(s): Crimes against humanity - Human rights and fundamental freedoms - Terrorism - War crimes | Countries:

8 May 2012 | Judicial Body: South Africa: High Court | Topic(s): Crimes against humanity - Criminal justice - Torture | Countries: South Africa - Zimbabwe

26 April 2012 | Judicial Body: Special Court for Sierra Leone | Topic(s): Crimes against humanity - Human rights and fundamental freedoms - Terrorism - War crimes | Countries:

3 February 2012 | Judicial Body: Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia | Topic(s): Crimes against humanity - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Persecution based on political opinion - Torture - War crimes | Countries: Cambodia

2 February 2012 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) | Topic(s): Crimes against humanity - Exclusion clauses | Countries: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - Zimbabwe

Heard at Manchester on 4 May 2011.

29 July 2011 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) | Topic(s): Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements - Complementary forms of protection - Crimes against humanity - Exclusion clauses - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Persecution based on political opinion | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland