Case Law

18 May 2005 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Criminal justice - Proof of nationality - Racial / Ethnic persecution | Countries: Canada - Somalia

18 May 2005 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Criminal justice - Proof of nationality - Racial / Ethnic persecution | Countries: Canada - Somalia

24 January 2005 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Country of origin information (COI) - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Persecution based on political opinion - Persecution of family members - Proof of nationality - Social group persecution - Unlawful departure | Countries: Congo, Democratic Republic of the - New Zealand

1 April 2004 | Judicial Body: Colombia: Consejo de Estado | Topic(s): Proof of nationality - Right to registration at birth | Countries: Colombia

30 June 2003 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Topic(s): Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Persecution based on political opinion - Proof of nationality - Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures - Statelessness | Countries: Eritrea - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

This Country Guidance was superseded/replaced by ST (Ethnic Eritrean – nationality – return) Ethiopia CG [2011] UKUT 00252 (IAC) (30 June 2011).

14 February 2003 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - Proof of nationality - Racial / Ethnic persecution | Countries: Ethiopia - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Date of Hearing: 8 October 2002; Date Determination notified: 11 November 2002.

11 November 2002 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Deportation / Forcible return - Proof of nationality - Standard of proof | Countries: Kenya - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

11 May 2000 | Judicial Body: African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Citizenship / Nationality law - Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity - Expulsion - Proof of nationality | Countries: Mauritania

5 May 1999 | Judicial Body: African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights | Topic(s): Citizenship / Nationality law - Denial of nationality - Deportation / Forcible return - Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity - Expulsion - Proof of nationality | Countries: Zambia

22 April 1999 | Judicial Body: Colombia: Consejo de Estado | Topic(s): Citizenship / Nationality law - Habitual residence - Proof of nationality | Countries: Colombia