DVTS v Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform & Anor

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Respondent/Defendant:Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform & Anor
Court/s:High Court
Citation/s:[2007] IEHC 305
Judgment Date/s:04 Jul 2007
Judge:Edwards
Category:Refugee Law
Keywords:Refugee, Refugee Law, Refugee Status
Country of Origin:Democratic Republic of Cameroon
URL:https://www.courts.ie/acc/alfresco/923d9d24-fbf7-42f7-9de2-c4c6107a5b7f/2007_IEHC_305_1.pdf/pdf#view=fitH

The Cameroonian applicant applied for asylum, was refused by the Refugee Applications Commissioner and appealed to the Refugee Appeals Tribunal. The applicant claimed, inter alia, to have been an SCNC sympathiser – and latterly an SDF member  and alleged that he was arrested during political demonstrations, detained and tortured. The applicant furnished the Tribunal with medico-legal reports which stated, inter … Read More

Principles:

Decision-makers should assess asylum claims in the context of the whole picture provided by the country information and should not be selective in their use of country of origin information.

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