Case Law

1 December 2011 | Judicial Body: Belgium: Conseil du Contentieux des Etrangers | Topic(s): Female genital mutilation (FGM) - Forced marriage | Countries: Belgium - Guinea

Heard at Field House on 13 to 21 June and 15 July 2011.

25 November 2011 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) | Topic(s): Complementary forms of protection - EU Qualification Directive - Female genital mutilation (FGM) - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) | Countries: Somalia - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Decision on admissibility.

17 May 2011 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Children-at-risk - Deportation / Forcible return - Female genital mutilation (FGM) - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Non-state agents of persecution - Rejected asylum-seekers - Social group persecution - State protection - Women-at-risk | Countries: Ireland - Nigeria

18 April 2011 | Judicial Body: United States Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) | Topic(s): Female genital mutilation (FGM) - Social group persecution | Countries: Mali - United States of America

14 April 2011 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Christian - Country of origin information (COI) - Female genital mutilation (FGM) - Forced marriage - Gender-based persecution - Non-state agents of persecution - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Social group persecution | Countries: Australia - Uganda

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.

6 January 2011 | Judicial Body: Germany: Verwaltungsgericht | Countries: Germany - Guinea

22 November 2010 | Judicial Body: United States Board of Immigration Appeals | Topic(s): Female genital mutilation (FGM) - Social group persecution - State protection | Countries: Kenya - United States of America

16 November 2010 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Session (Scotland) | Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Female genital mutilation (FGM) - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Social group persecution | Countries: Somalia - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

28 July 2010 | Judicial Body: Uganda: Court of Appeal/Constitutional Court | Topic(s): Constitutional law - Female genital mutilation (FGM) - Women-at-risk | Countries: Uganda

Heard at Procession House on 16 and 17 October, 24 November 2008; and 7 and 8 May, 9 June, 18 August 2009.

7 July 2010 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Customary law - Domestic violence - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Female genital mutilation (FGM) - Forced marriage - Gender discrimination - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) - Social group persecution - State protection - Women-at-risk | Countries: Côte d'Ivoire - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland