Case Law

Application for leave to appeal from the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal.

8 October 2009 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Session (Scotland) | Topic(s): Abduction - Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements - Credibility assessment - Non-state agents of persecution | Countries: Afghanistan - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Heard at Field House on 18 December 2008.

28 August 2009 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Hazara - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Ismaili - Non-state agents of persecution - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) | Countries: Afghanistan - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Application for leave to apply for judicial review.

15 July 2009 | Judicial Body: Ireland: High Court | Topic(s): Children-at-risk - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) - Social group persecution - State protection - Trafficking in persons - Unaccompanied / Separated children | Countries: Afghanistan - Ireland

On appeal from the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (AIT No: AA/00286/2008).

18 June 2009 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Complementary forms of protection - Credibility assessment - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Persecution of family members - Right to family life - Women-at-risk | Countries: Afghanistan - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Heard at Field House on 28 October 2008.

5 January 2009 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | 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) - Non-state agents of persecution - Pashtun - Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity - Prosecution vs persecution - Social group persecution | Countries: Afghanistan - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

9 September 2008 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Non-state agents of persecution - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Safe third country - Shia | Countries: Afghanistan - New Zealand

This is an abridged version of the decision. Some particulars have been removed from or summarised in the decision pursuant to s129T of the Immigration Act 1987. Where this has occurred, it is indicated by square brackets.

12 August 2008 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Non-state agents of persecution - Pashtun - Persecution of family members - Security situation - Social group persecution | Countries: Afghanistan - New Zealand

Application for permission to appeal from the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (AIT No: AA/033808/2006).

6 August 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Non-state agents of persecution | Countries: Afghanistan - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Application for leave to appeal against a decision by the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal.

23 July 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Session (Scotland) | Topic(s): Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Political parties - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Tajik | Countries: Afghanistan - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Applications for permission to appeal against the Country Guidance decision of the AIT in PM & Others (Kabul - Hizb-i-Islami) Afghanistan CG [2007] UKAIT 00089.

23 July 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Topic(s): 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 - Persecution based on political opinion - Political groups - Political parties | Countries: Afghanistan - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland