Afghanistan

Application for permission to appeal from the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (AIT No: AA/04533/2007).

5 December 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Elections - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) | Countries: Afghanistan - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Application for permission to apply for judicial review.

28 August 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: High Court (England and Wales) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Appeal / Right to appeal - Christian - Credibility assessment - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) | Countries: Afghanistan - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

28 May 2008 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Cessation clauses - Country of origin information (COI) - Credibility assessment - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Non-state agents of persecution - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Shia - Social group persecution - Tajik - Women-at-risk | Countries: Afghanistan - New Zealand

22 November 2007 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Smuggling of persons - Uzbek | Countries: Afghanistan - New Zealand

2 August 2007 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Session (Scotland) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Credibility assessment - Death penalty - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Illegitimate children - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Transgression of social / cultural norms | Countries: Afghanistan - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

On appeal from the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (HX/58241/2003).

29 January 2007 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Complementary forms of protection - Credibility assessment - Involuntary repatriation - Persecution based on political opinion - Reception - Unaccompanied / Separated children | Countries: Afghanistan - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

The decision was subsequently confirmed by the Federal Court of Appeal in: Zazai c. Canada (Ministre de la Citoyenneté et de l'Immigration), 2005 CAF 303; [2006] 4 R.C.F. F-29, on 20 September 2005.

1 October 2004 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Crimes against humanity - Deportation / Forcible return - Exclusion clauses | Countries: Afghanistan - Canada

The decision was subsequently confirmed by the Federal Court of Appeal in: Zazai v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), 2005 FCA 303; [2006] 4 F.C.R. D-23, on 20 September 2005.

1 October 2004 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Crimes against humanity - Deportation / Forcible return - Exclusion clauses | Countries: Afghanistan - Canada

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.

26 November 2003 | Judicial Body: Austria: Supreme Administrative Court (Verwaltungsgerichtshof) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Complementary forms of protection - Country of origin information (COI) - Credibility assessment - International protection - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness - Standard of proof | Countries: Afghanistan - Austria

12 June 1997 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Credibility assessment - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - State protection | Countries: Afghanistan - New Zealand