United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

8 January 2007 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Credibility assessment - Female genital mutilation (FGM) - Harmful traditional practices - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Non-state agents of persecution - Social group persecution - Women-at-risk | Countries: Liberia - 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.

18 October 2006 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: House of Lords (Judicial Committee) | Topic(s): Albinism/Persons with Albinism - Children-at-risk - Female genital mutilation (FGM) - Social group persecution - Women-at-risk | Countries: Sierra Leone - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

On appeal from the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal. The Asylum and Immigration Tribunal subsequently redetermined the case: HJ (Homosexuality: Reasonably Tolerating Living Discreetly) Iran v. Secretary of State for the Home Department [2008] UKAIT 00044.

26 July 2006 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity - Social group persecution | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

21 June 2006 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Topic(s): Bedoon - Changes of circumstances in home country - Country of origin information (COI) - Credibility assessment - Equality before the law - Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures - Right to a nationality - Social group discrimination - Social group persecution - State protection - Statelessness | Countries: Kuwait - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

13 March 2006 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Domestic violence - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) - Social group persecution - State protection - Women-at-risk | Countries: Pakistan - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

On appeal from the Immigration Appeal Tribunal.

20 December 2005 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity - Social group persecution | Countries: Ethiopia - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Heard at Taylor House on 19 May 2005 and 22 July 2005.

4 August 2005 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Country of origin information (COI) - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity - Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) - Social group persecution - Unlawful departure | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Dates of hearing: 9 August 2004 & 15 February 2005.

8 July 2005 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Topic(s): Social group persecution | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

On appeal from the Immigration Appeal Tribunal.

9 June 2005 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Children-at-risk - Female genital mutilation (FGM) - Social group persecution - Women-at-risk | Countries: Sierra Leone - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

17 March 2005 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Social group persecution | Countries: China - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland