Burden / standard of proof / Credibility assessment

Application for judicial review.

27 July 2009 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Topic(s): Armed forces / Military - Credibility assessment - Deportation / Forcible return - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) | Countries: Canada - Russian Federation

Application for judicial review.

8 July 2009 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Topic(s): Chechen - Complementary forms of protection - Credibility assessment - Deportation / Forcible return - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Racial / Ethnic persecution | Countries: Canada - Russian Federation

9 June 2009 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Credibility assessment - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Human rights activists - Persecution based on political opinion - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Soyot | Countries: Australia - Russian Federation

Application for leave to appeal.

14 February 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Session (Scotland) | Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Orthodox Christian - Persecution based on political opinion - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) | Countries: Russian Federation - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

15 November 2007 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Abduction - Credibility assessment - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Non-state agents of persecution | Countries: New Zealand - Russian Federation

Application for judicial review.

2 November 2007 | Judicial Body: Australia: Federal Magistrates Court | Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Persecution based on political opinion - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness | Countries: Australia - Russian Federation

12 January 2007 | Judicial Body: Australia: Federal Court | Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Persecution based on political opinion | Countries: Australia - Russian Federation

4 March 2005 | Judicial Body: Belgium: Commission permanente de recours des réfugiés (see: Conseil du Contentieux des Etrangers) | Topic(s): Chechen - Country of origin information (COI) - Credibility assessment - Persecution based on nationality | Countries: Belgium - Russian Federation

4 March 2005 | Judicial Body: Belgium: Commission permanente de recours des réfugiés (see: Conseil du Contentieux des Etrangers) | Topic(s): Chechen - Country of origin information (COI) - Credibility assessment - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Persecution based on nationality | Countries: Belgium - Russian Federation

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.

25 January 2005 | Judicial Body: Slovakia: Regional Court in Bratislava | Countries: Russian Federation - Slovakia