Members are invited to post a short summary of Asylum procedures in their country, including papers delivered at the Conference. We will then seek to put them together into something which could be published during 2015. Thanks. Judith and Judith

Please feel free to upload your photographs from the conference here!

EASO pilot on Art 15c

Hugo, could you bring this post up to date please? Thanks J

Scarring and what it tells us.

Hi John, I'm sorry for the delay, I've been offline. Here's the link: KV (scarring - medical evidence) UKUT 230 (IAC) (http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKUT/IAC/2014/%5B2014%5D_UKUT_230_iac.html) I'm glad you like the forum. Where is your court? What are the main issues you are dealing with? Best...

I thought it might be helpful if we all post links to leading cases in our jurisdictions as they come out. The most recent one in the UK is AT and Others (Article 15c; risk categories) Libya CG UKUT 318 (IAC) (http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKUT/IAC/2014/%5B2014%5D_UKUT_318_iac.html) which...

Concept of persecution

Hello Paul Thanks for this. I don't know about a 'simpler' definition, but our leading cases were Shah and Islam UKHL 20 - see in particular the judgment of Lord Hoffmann - Horvath v Secretary of State for the Home Department EWCA Civ 3026, and Ravichandran v Secretary of State for the Home...

powers of the judge

P.S. Florence, how about a picture as your avatar - go into settings to upload one.

powers of the judge

Thank you for starting such an interesting topic, Florence! In the Uk, because our system is more adversarial than inquisitorial, we don't contact the Embassies directly for that type of information. We do see document verification reports from overseas embassies in the relevant countries, and...

powers of the judge

Thank you for starting such an interesting topic, Florence! In the Uk, because our system is more adversarial than inquisitorial, we don't contact the Embassies directly for that type of information. We do see document verification reports from overseas embassies in the relevant countries, and...

why this section

Please do let us know if anything isn't working right! Judith