International humanitarian law (IHL) / International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions

Heard at Field House on 28 January - 1 February 2008.

25 March 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Topic(s): Arabs - Complementary forms of protection - Conflict situation - Country of origin information (COI) - EU Qualification Directive - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Gender-based persecution - International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions - Kurd - Racial / Ethnic persecution | Countries: Iraq - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Application for judicial review.

12 March 2008 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Topic(s): Constitutional law - Internal armed conflict - International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions - Jurisdiction | Countries: Afghanistan - Canada

Application for judicial review.

12 March 2008 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Topic(s): Constitutional law - Internal armed conflict - International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions - Jurisdiction | Countries: Afghanistan - Canada

The Trial Judgment was issued on 20 June 2007 and the Sentencing Judgment, on 19 July 2007.

22 February 2008 | Judicial Body: Special Court for Sierra Leone | Topic(s): Appeal / Right to appeal - Child soldiers - Crimes against humanity - International courts and tribunals - International criminal law - International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - War crimes | Countries: Sierra Leone

Heard at Field House on 19 to 22 November 2007. This determination supersedes FK (Shekal Ghandershe) Somalia v. Secretary of State for the Home Department CG [2004] UKIAT 00127 and AA (Risk – Geledi - Benadiri Clan) Somalia v. Secretary of State for the Home Department [2002] UKIAT 05720. This determination was superseded by AM & AM (Armed Conflict: Risk Categories) Somalia CG [2008] UKAIT 00091.

28 January 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Topic(s): Complementary forms of protection - Country of origin information (COI) - EU Qualification Directive - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions - Non-state agents of persecution - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Women-at-risk | Countries: Somalia - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Application for judicial review.

9 July 2007 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription | Countries: Canada - Russian Federation

Application for judicial review.

9 July 2007 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription | Countries: Canada - Russian Federation

12 March 2007 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Topic(s): Crimes against humanity - Exclusion clauses - International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Persecution based on political opinion - War crimes | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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.

1 March 2007 | Judicial Body: Austria: Supreme Administrative Court (Verwaltungsgerichtshof) | Topic(s): Internal armed conflict - International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions - Kurd - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness - Social group persecution | Countries: Austria - Türkiye

21 October 2006 | Judicial Body: Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) | Topic(s): Extrajudicial executions - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Gross, systematic and large-scale - International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions - Right to life | Countries: Colombia