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UK - Supreme Court, I.A v The Secretary of State for the Home Department, 2014 UKSC 6

Country of Decision: United Kingdom
Country of Applicant: Iran
Keywords: Assessment of facts and circumstances, Credibility assessment, Relevant Documentation, Relevant Facts

A national decision maker must pay close attention to a United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) decision when determining an application for asylum. Such a decision does not create a presumption, however, substantive countervailing reasons are required to justify the decision maker coming to a different decision to the UNHCR.
Date: 29-01-2014

Greece - Special Appeal Committee, 15 November 2011, 95/52986

Country of Decision: Greece
Country of Applicant: Afghanistan
Keywords: Actor of persecution or serious harm, Actors of protection, Country of origin information, Credibility assessment, Discrimination, Internal protection, Membership of a particular social group, Non-state actors/agents of persecution, Persecution (acts of), Persecution Grounds/Reasons, Protection, Real risk, Refugee Status, Relevant Documentation, Religion, Unaccompanied minor, Well-founded fear

Appeal against the General Secretary of the Ministry of Public Order's negative decision no 95/52986 of 28.4.2006 on a claim for asylum before the Appeal Committees formed pursuant to Articles 26 & 32 of Presidential Decree 114/2010 and the Minister of Citizen Protection's decision 5401/3-505533 of 7.11.2011 (385/8-11-2011 FEK YODD) pursuant to which the present Committee was formed.

This case involved a fear of persecution because of religious beliefs (atheism) as well as because of membership of a particular social group (personality shaped in a non-Islamic society /...
Date: 15-11-2011

Hungary - Metropolitan Court, 10 November 2009, O.K.E. v Office of Immigration and Nationality (OIN), 15.K.34.873/2008/13

Country of Decision: Hungary
Country of Applicant: Nigeria
Keywords: Medical Reports/Medico-legal Reports, Relevant Documentation, Relevant Facts, Subsidiary Protection

The Court obliged the Respondent to conduct new proceedings as it expressed an opinion on the Claimant’s state of health without appointing an expert.
Date: 10-11-2009

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