Facts: The applicant, a Nigerian national, was a Muslim, whose partner was a pagan, but later converted to Islam at her request. When his parents discovered this, they reacted angrily and threatened her. Her partner’s father, a wealthy and influential man, and leader in the Ogboni Society, subsequently became very ill. An oracle, in the form of a traditional priest, … Read More
ROY v Refugee Appeals Tribunal and the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform
| Respondent/Defendant: | Refugee Appeals Tribunal and the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform |
| Court/s: | High Court |
| Citation/s: | [2014] IEHC 162 |
| Nature of Proceedings: | Judicial Review |
| Judgment Date/s: | 06 Mar 2014 |
| Judge: | Barr J. |
| Category: | Refugee Law |
| Keywords: | Persecution, Refugee, Refugee (Convention), Refugee Law, Refugee Status |
| Country of Origin: | Nigeria |
| URL: | https://www.courts.ie/acc/alfresco/6592414d-7f89-43a2-b9ac-bc8510a93a77/2014_IEHC_162_1.pdf/pdf#view=fitH |
| Geographic Focus: | Ireland |
| Principles: | A protection decision-maker which wishes to make a material adverse credibility finding on an asylum applicant’s claim by reference to country of origin information is obliged by fair procedures and s. 16(8) of the Refugee Act 1996 to put that information to the applicant for comment. |