Case summaries
UK - Immigration Appeal Tribunal, 16 December 2004, HE (DRC - credibility and psychiatric reports) DRC [2004] UKIAT 00321
Country of applicant:
Congo (DRC)
Keywords:
Assessment of facts and circumstances, Credibility assessment, Medical Reports/Medico-legal Reports
The court identified the limitation of psychiatric evidence when adduced as corroboration of past facts.
Date of decision:
16-12-2004
ECtHR - Hilal v. the United Kingdom, Application no. 45276/99, 6 June 2001
Country of applicant:
Tanzania
Keywords:
Country of origin information, Effective remedy (right to), Inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, Medical Reports/Medico-legal Reports, Personal interview, Refugee Status, Political Opinion, Real risk
The European Court of Human Rights ruled that the proposed expulsion of a Tanzanian national from the United Kingdom to Tanzania will expose him to inhuman and degrading treatment, in violation of Article 3 of the Convention.
Date of decision:
06-06-2001
ECtHR - T.I. v. The United Kingdom, Application No. 43844/98, Decision as to the Admissibility, 7 March 2000
Country of applicant:
Sri Lanka
Keywords:
Credibility assessment, Effective remedy (right to), Inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, Manifestly unfounded application, Medical Reports/Medico-legal Reports, Personal circumstances of applicant, Procedural guarantees, Protection, Torture, Refugee Status, Membership of a particular social group, Real risk
The case involved a Sri Lankan asylum seeker whose application was rejected in Germany, and upon seeking asylum in the UK, was rejected on the basis of the Dublin Convention and that his application corresponded to Germany. The Court found no breach of a Convention obligation from the UK by its decision to remove him to Germany.
Date of decision:
07-03-2000