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23 November 2009 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Christian - Credibility assessment - Harmful traditional practices - Non-state agents of persecution - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Social group persecution | Countries: Australia - Nigeria
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 | Document type: Case Law | 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 judicial review.
14 October 2009 | Judicial Body: Ireland: High Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Fresh / New claim - HIV and AIDS - Non-state agents of persecution - Public health - Social group persecution | Countries: Ireland - Nigeria
Leave to apply for judicial review.
9 October 2009 | Judicial Body: Ireland: High Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Access to procedures - Credibility assessment - EU Qualification Directive - Iko - Non-state agents of persecution - Racial / Ethnic persecution - State protection | Countries: Ireland - Nigeria
Application for leave to apply for judicial review.
8 October 2009 | Judicial Body: Ireland: High Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Christian - Credibility assessment - Non-state agents of persecution - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) | Countries: Ireland - Nigeria
25 June 2009 | Judicial Body: Ireland: High Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Appeal / Right to appeal - Credibility assessment - Jurisdiction - Non-state agents of persecution - Transgression of social / cultural norms | Countries: Ireland - Nigeria
18 June 2009 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Session (Scotland) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Appeal / Right to appeal - Effective protection - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Manifestly unfounded / Clearly abusive claims - Non-state agents of persecution - State protection | Countries: Nigeria - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
30 April 2009 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Case Law | 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
Application for interlocutory injunction preventing deportation.
2 April 2009 | Judicial Body: Ireland: High Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Children's rights - Deportation / Forcible return - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Political parties - Rejected asylum-seekers | Countries: Ireland - Nigeria
13 February 2009 | Judicial Body: Ireland: High Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Christian - Credibility assessment - Non-state agents of persecution - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) | Countries: Ireland - Nigeria