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- 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· 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, 23 November 2010, S & Anor v Refugee Applications Commissioner & Anor 2010 IEHC 421
EDAL summary. This case concerned a decision of the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner to refuse to process the asylum applications of two nationals of Azerbaijan, with refugee status in Poland. The ap...
refugeeasylum - Ireland· 2010
Ireland - High Court, 14 January 2010, Obuseh v Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform [2010] IEHC 93
EDAL summary. This case concerned the appropriate manner in which an application for subsidiary protection is to be decided where there may be at least an implicit claim of a “serious and individual threat” to the...
refugeeasylum - Ireland· 2010
Ireland - High Court, 11 May 2010, S and Another v Refugee Appeals Tribunal and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform [2010] IEHC 177
EDAL summary. This concerned a claim of persecution as conscientious objector and the use of previous decisions. The first applicant claimed that he faced persecution in Israel because he was a conscientious object...
refugeeasylum - Hungary· 2010
Hungary - Metropolitan Court, 8 April 2010, K.H. v. Office of Immigration and Nationality, 15.K.31.662/2009/16
EDAL summary. The Office of Immigration and Nationality (OIN) rejected an application for asylum and did not assess the risk of serious harm because the applicant was deemed not credible. The Metropolitan Court fou...
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...
refugeeasylum - Hungary· 2009
Hungary - Metropolitan Court, 2 July 2009, K.A.F v. Office of Immigration and Nationality, 15.K.30.401/2009/12
EDAL summary. The case concerned an appeal against a refusal to grant refugee status on the grounds that the applicant lacked credibility as the country of origin information (COI) submitted by the applicant was no...
refugeeasylum - France· 2009
France - CNDA, 12 March 2009, Miss K, n°639908 and Ms. D., n°638891
EDAL summary. Children who were born in France and who claim a fear of persecution because they refuse to be subjected to female genital mutilation (FGM) in their country of origin fall within the scope of subsidia...
refugeeasylum - Hungary· 2009
Hungary - Metropolitan Court, 23 September 2009, M.A.A. v. Office of Immigration and Nationality, 21.K.31484/2009/6
EDAL summary. The Office of Immigration and Nationality (OIN) found the applicant not credible and therefore did not assess the risk of serious harm. Instead the OIN granted protection against refoulement. The Metr...
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 - Council of State, 15 May 2009, Miss K., n°292564
EDAL summary. As soon as one persecution ground (in this case religion) exists and the other conditions for qualifying for refugee status are fulfilled, refugee status must be recognised rather than subsidiary prot...
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, 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, 6 April 2009, Mr. K., n°616907
EDAL summary. While Kosovan legislation prohibits any discrimination based on sexual orientation since 2004, persons who publicly acknowledge their homosexuality and demonstrate it in their external behavior regula...
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 - 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 - 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, 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 - 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...
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