Adjudication of asylum claims (refugee status determination / asylum procedures) / Persecution based on political opinion

Petition for Review of a Decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals.

25 October 2007 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Political parties - State protection | Countries: Colombia - United States of America

30 August 2007 | Judicial Body: Australia: Federal Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion | Countries: Australia - Colombia

21 March 2007 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

8 March 2007 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court of Appeal | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Abduction - Grounds for persecution - Persecution based on political opinion | Countries: Canada - Colombia

Application for judicial review.

14 December 2006 | Judicial Body: Australia: Federal Magistrates Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Credibility assessment - Mental health - Persecution based on political opinion - Persecution of family members | Countries: Australia - Colombia

On appeal from the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (CC/17533/00). The Court of Appeal held that the guidelines in Devaseelan v. Secretary of State for the Home Department [2002] UKIAT 00702 were relevant to cases where the parties involved were not the same but there was a material overlap of evidence.

5 October 2006 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Appeal / Right to appeal - Criminal justice - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Persecution of family members | Countries: Colombia - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

15 May 2006 | Judicial Body: Ecuador: Corte Constitucional | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Combatants / Former combatants - Non-refoulement - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Refugees | Countries: Colombia - Ecuador

Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals. Unpublished opinion.

18 November 2005 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Convention against Torture (CAT) - Credibility assessment - Deportation / Forcible return - HIV and AIDS - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Social group persecution | Countries: Colombia - United States of America