Case Law

1 October 2014 | Judicial Body: Ireland: High Court | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - State protection | Countries: Ireland - Nigeria

27 November 2012 | Judicial Body: Italy: Court of Appeal (Corte d’Appello) | Topic(s): Burden of proof - Country of origin information (COI) - Credibility assessment - Female genital mutilation (FGM) - Gender discrimination - Gender-based persecution - Non-state agents of persecution - Social group persecution - State protection - Well-founded fear of persecution - Women-at-risk | Countries: Italy - Nigeria

On appeal from the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal: PO (Trafficked Women) Nigeria CG [2009] UKAIT 00046.

22 February 2011 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Effective protection - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Non-state agents of persecution - Social group persecution - State protection - Trafficking in persons - Women-at-risk | Countries: Nigeria - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Heard at Field House on 6 November 2008, 7 January 2009 and on 13 January 2009. The decision was subsequently appealed before the Court of Appeal (England and Wales): PO (Nigeria) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department [2011] EWCA Civ 132.

23 November 2009 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Effective protection - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Non-state agents of persecution - Prostitution / Commercial sex work - Right to family life - Social group persecution - State protection - Trafficking in persons - Women-at-risk | Countries: Nigeria - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Application for leave to apply for judicial review.

21 July 2009 | Judicial Body: Ireland: High Court | Topic(s): Christian - Country of origin information (COI) - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) | Countries: Ireland - Nigeria

Application for permission to apply for judicial review.

26 June 2009 | Judicial Body: Ireland: High Court | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Credibility assessment - HIV and AIDS - Public health - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness | Countries: Ireland - Nigeria

Application for permission to apply for judicial review.

26 June 2009 | Judicial Body: Ireland: High Court | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Cumulative grounds of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Social group persecution | Countries: Ireland - Nigeria

Application for an order of certiorari.

30 April 2009 | Judicial Body: Ireland: High Court | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Criminal justice - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness | Countries: Ireland - Nigeria

30 April 2009 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements - Christian - Country of origin information (COI) - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Political parties - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Social group persecution | Countries: Australia - Nigeria

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.

31 March 2009 | Judicial Body: Austria: Supreme Administrative Court (Verwaltungsgerichtshof) | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Credibility assessment - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness | Countries: Austria - Nigeria