The applicant challenged the decision of the Refugee Appeals Tribunal by way of judicial review on the bases, inter alia, that the Tribunal had considered the country of origin information selectively, that the decision was wrongly based on an acceptance that the applicant should practice his religion exclusively in private, and that this was a denial of his fundamental right … Read More
RYT v Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform
| Respondent/Defendant: | Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform |
| Court/s: | High Court |
| Citation/s: | [2007] IEHC 56 |
| Judgment Date/s: | 23 Jan 2007 |
| Judge: | Herbert |
| Category: | Refugee Law |
| Keywords: | Refugee, Refugee Law, Refugee Status |
| URL: | https://www.courts.ie/acc/alfresco/a116f613-b845-4e82-a3c0-36ce77fe2ff6/2007_IEHC_56_1.pdf/pdf#view=fitH |
| Principles: | In considering evidence regarding persecution on the ground of religion, the decision maker must not substitute its own view of an applicant’s religious activities for a consideration of the probable view of those activities likely to be taken by the authorities in the applicant’s country of origin in light of the evidence. |