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- France· 2010
France - Council of State, 10 December 2010, Cimade and others, n° 326704
EDAL summary. The transposition of the Asylum Procedures Directive (APD) in French legislation is incomplete on certain aspects (provision of information to applicants for asylum; access to the report of the person...
refugeeasylum - France· 2010
France - Council of State, 23 July 2010, Amnesty International France and others, n° 336034
EDAL summary. Partial quashing of the list of safe countries of origin: Armenia, Madagascar, Turkey and Mali (women only) removed from the list
refugeeasylum - France· 2010
France - Council of State, 7 April 2010, Mr. B., n°319840
EDAL summary. Before applying the exclusion clause in a case of complicity in an honour killing, the Court should inquire whether, on the one hand family constraint might have lowered the free will of the applicant...
refugeeasylum - UK· 2010
UK - Court of Appeal, 25 February 2010, MK (Iran), R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2010] EWCA Civ 115
EDAL summary. No liability in damages in EU Law under Art 16(1)(b) of the Dublin Regulation arose from the failure to promptly examine an application for asylum where the United Kingdom accepted responsibility for...
refugeeasylum - France· 2010
France - Council of State, 16 June 2010, Ms. A., n°340250
EDAL summary. French legislative provisions concerning the non suspensive effect of the judicial remedy under the accelerated procedure are not manifestly incompatible with the Asylum Procedures Directive and the R...
refugeeasylum - Ireland· 2010
Ireland - High Court, 28 September 2010, R.M.K. (DRC) v Refugee Appeals Tribunal and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform 2010 IEHC 367
EDAL summary. This case concerned the consideration of expert medical evidence by asylum decision makers and the link with the assessment of credibility. The Court found that the Refugee Appeals Tribunal failed ade...
refugeeasylum - Ireland· 2010
Ireland - High Court, 5 February 2010, S.O. (a minor) v Refugee Appeals Tribunal and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform [2010] IEHC 151
EDAL summary. This case concerned the treatment of evidence from unaccompanied minors. The applicant was an unaccompanied minor from Afghanistan. He claimed asylum on the basis of a fear of persecution both by the...
refugeeasylum - Ireland· 2009
Ireland - High Court, 9 December 2009, A.S.O v Refugee Appeals Tribunal and Minister for Justice Equality and Law Reform [2009] IEHC 607
EDAL summary. This case concerned the refusal of a Refugee appeal on the basis that Sate protection was available and/or that the applicant could relocate within Nigeria and avoid persecution. In support of the fi...
refugeeasylum - Ireland· 2009
Ireland - High Court, 15 October 2009, G.O.I v Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform & Refugee Applications Commissioner [2009] IEHC 463
EDAL summary. This case concerned the interpretation of Article 4.3 of the Qualification Directive and the nature of the assessment of the facts and circumstances of a refugee application that should take place. Th...
refugeeasylum - France· 2009
France - CNDA, 28 July 2009, Miss D., n°632210/08016675
EDAL summary. In countries where there is a high prevalence of female genital mutilation (FGM), persons who have demonstrated that they oppose this practice have thus infringed the customary norms of their country...
refugeeasylum - Hungary· 2009
Hungary - Metropolitan Court, 30 September 2009, D.T. v. Office of Immigration and Nationality 17.K.33.301/2008/15
EDAL summary. Subsidiary protection can be granted if on return to their country of origin an applicant would face a real risk of torture, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. The question at issue was whe...
refugeeasylum - France· 2009
France - CNDA, 30 October 2009, M.P., n°640035/08020515
EDAL summary. The practices used by the authorities of a given country in order to exclude some citizens, members of a minority, from nationality can be considered as persecution since they are linked to one of the...
refugeeasylum - France· 2009
France - CNDA, 7 July 2009, Mr. C., n°634565
EDAL summary. Homosexuals in Tunisia, even those that do not proclaim or overtly demonstrate their sexual orientation, can be considered as constituting a specific and sufficiently identifiable whole so as to form...
refugeeasylum - France· 2009
France - CNDA, 9 June 2009, Mr. H., n°639474/08019905
EDAL summary. The situation which prevails today in Mogadishu must be seen as a situation of generalised violence resulting from a situation of internal armed conflict. Its intensity is sufficient to consider that...
refugeeasylum - France· 2009
France - Council of State, 3 July 2009, Ofpra vs. Mr. A., n°320295
EDAL summary. The requirement of an individualisation of the threat to the life or person of an applicant for subsidiary protection is inversely proportional to the degree of indiscriminate violence which character...
refugeeasylum - Ireland· 2009
Ireland - High Court, 3 November 2009, D.T. v Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform [2009] IEHC 482
EDAL summary. This case concerned the assessment of the option of internal relocation within Sierra Leone in the context of a threat from a family member. The Court found that, provided that regard has been had to...
refugeeasylum - France· 2009
France - CNDA, 17 December 2009, Mr. T., n°641626
EDAL summary. Vendetta constitutes a serious harm falling within the scope of subsidiary protection.
refugeeasylum - Ireland· 2009
Ireland - High Court, 4 December 2009, M.S.T. v Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform [2009] IEHC 529
EDAL summary. This case concerned the interpretation of Article 4(4) of the Qualification Directive and the transposing Irish measure, which had added certain wording. The Court noted that the Directive left it ope...
refugeeasylum - France· 2009
France - CNDA, 24 April 2009, Mr. G., n°625816
EDAL summary. The situation which currently prevails in the Republic of Chechnya does not amount to generalised violence resulting from a situation of internal or international armed conflict.
refugeeasylum - France· 2009
France - CNDA, 23 December 2009, Ms. K., n° 636547/08017005
EDAL summary. The protection provided by the 1951 Refugee Convention can only be afforded if it is established that the asylum applicant, for a valid reason linked to one of the grounds listed in Art 1A(2) of this...
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