Democratic Republic of the Congo

18 April 2023 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Changes of circumstances in home country - Country of origin information (COI) - Elections - Persecution based on political opinion | Countries: Congo, Democratic Republic of the - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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) | Document type: Case Law | 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 2015 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Deportation / Forcible return - Returnees | Countries: Congo, Democratic Republic of the - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

2 June 2015 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Refoulement - Rejected asylum-seekers | Countries: Congo, Democratic Republic of the - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Heard at Field House on 22 June 2010 and 22 June 2011.

20 July 2011 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Appeal / Right to appeal - Jurisdiction | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland