HR v Refugee Appeals Tribunal and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform

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Respondent/Defendant:Refugee Appeals Tribunal and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform
Court/s:High Court
Citation/s:[2011] IEHC 151
Nature of Proceedings:Judicial Review
Judgment Date/s:15 Apr 2011
Judge:Cooke J.
Category:Refugee Law
Keywords:Refugee, Refugee Law
Country of Origin:Belarus
URL:https://www.courts.ie/acc/alfresco/dc81207f-92dd-4a37-8491-4d030e1a38ea/2011_IEHC_151_1.pdf/pdf#view=fitH
Geographic Focus:Ireland

The Applicant was a Belarusian national who had come to Ireland in 2004 and had claimed asylum in May 2006 when her student visa expired. She claimed that before coming to Ireland she had been arrested by the Belarusian authorities while carrying literature supportive of the Belarusian opposition. The Refugee Applications Commissioner recommended that she not be declared a refugee, … Read More

Principles:

A decision maker must be careful not to misplace reliance upon demeanour and risk construing as deliberate lack of candour a demeanour which may be the result of nervousness, of the stress of the occasion and even of the embarrassment of being an asylum seeker

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