Human rights / Abduction

This case concerned the application of the Hague Convention on child abduction and UK asylum law. The court concluded that a child cannot be removed by a Hague Convention order until after a final determination on the principal applicant's asylum claim.

19 March 2021 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Supreme Court | Topic(s): Abduction | Countries: South Africa - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

30 October 2014 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Abduction - Acts of persecution - Arbitrary arrest and detention - Immunity - Jurisdiction | Countries: Libya - Morocco - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

9 April 2010 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Session (Scotland) | Topic(s): Abduction - Effective protection - Gender-based persecution - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Persecution of family members - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Sikh - Social group persecution - State protection | Countries: Pakistan - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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

Application for judicial review.

1 December 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: High Court (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Abduction - Appeal / Right to appeal - Credibility assessment - Deportation / Forcible return - Derivative status - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Manifestly unfounded / Clearly abusive claims - Persecution based on political opinion - Right to family life - Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) | Countries: Sri Lanka - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Application for permission to appeal from the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (AIT No. AA/09448/2007).

9 July 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Abduction - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Sunni | Countries: Iraq - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

On appeal from the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (AIT No: AA/08751/2006).

1 July 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Abduction - Credibility assessment - Criminal justice - Deportation / Forcible return - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Residence permits / Residency | Countries: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Heard at Kings Court, North Shields, on 13 November 2007. JA (Ethnic Palestinian - Iraq - Objective Evidence) Iraq v. Secretary of State for the Home Department CG [2005] UKIAT 00045 is no longer to be considered country guidance.

14 May 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Topic(s): Abduction - Country of origin information (COI) - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Non-state agents of persecution - Palestinian - Persecution based on political opinion - Persecution of family members - Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures - Single heads of household - Statelessness - Statelessness | Countries: Iraq - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Application for permission to appeal against a decision by an Immigration Judge (Asylum and Immigration Tribunal).

17 April 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Abduction - Appeal / Right to appeal - Credibility assessment - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Persecution based on political opinion - Tamil | Countries: Sri Lanka - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

On appeal from the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal.

11 March 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Abduction - Chechen - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Mental health - Persecution based on political opinion - Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) | Countries: Russian Federation - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland