he applicant claimed to be a Sudanese national from Darfur. He arrived in the State and claimed asylum. He said he was a farmer and lived with his parents and four brothers until 2003, when the Janjaweed militia attacked and destroyed his village and killed his father. He said his two brothers subsequently joined an armed group known as the … Read More
AMAA v Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform and the Refugee Appeals Tribunal
| Respondent/Defendant: | Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform and the Refugee Appeals Tribunal |
| Court/s: | High Court |
| Citation/s: | [2014] IEHC 505 |
| Nature of Proceedings: | Judicial Review |
| Judgment Date/s: | 01 Oct 2014 |
| Judge: | Barr J. |
| Category: | Refugee Law |
| Keywords: | Asylum, Persecution, Refugee |
| Country of Origin: | Sudan |
| URL: | https://www.courts.ie/acc/alfresco/825e8131-1ea3-4adf-8ef5-06b3f8e8e9bd/2014_IEHC_505_1.pdf/pdf#view=fitH |
| Geographic Focus: | Ireland |
| Principles: | If a protection decision-maker wishes to reject the credibility of an applicant’s claim to have suffered ill-treatment, it must have regard to any medical evidence supportive of that claim. If it wishes to discount that evidence, or considers that it cannot give much weight to it, it should set out an explanation for that stance, as failure to do so may result in its decision being quashed. The same principle applies to any other evidence supportive of the applicant’s claim. |