EDAL case summaries
Country of Decision: United Kingdom
Country of Applicant: Sierra Leone
Keywords: Refugee Status, Discrimination, Female genital mutilation, Gender Based Persecution, Inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, Membership of a particular social group, Persecution (acts of), Persecution Grounds/Reasons
The case concerned a woman who feared return to Sierra Leone because she would face gender specific persecution in the form of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). The issue was whether she was entitled to recognition as a refugee because she feared persecution on account of her membership of a particular social group. Her appeal was allowed on the basis that women in Sierra Leone and, alternatively, uninitiated women who had not been subjected to FGM in Sierra Leone, were particular social groups.
Date: 18-10-2006
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