Facts: The applicant was a national of Pakistan who claimed to be a Pashtun and to originate in Waziristan, part of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (“FATA”). She claimed that when she was a child she was the subject of an arranged marriage organised by her father but she explained that her father cancelled the arrangement when the proposed groom … Read More
SK v Refugee Appeals Tribunal and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform
| Respondent/Defendant: | Refugee Appeals Tribunal and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform |
| Court/s: | High Court |
| Citation/s: | [2014] IEHC 520 |
| Nature of Proceedings: | Judicial Review |
| Judgment Date/s: | 05 Nov 2014 |
| Judge: | McDermott J. |
| Category: | Refugee Law |
| Keywords: | Asylum, Persecution, Refugee, Refugee Law |
| Country of Origin: | Pakistan |
| URL: | https://www.courts.ie/acc/alfresco/91b17e6c-53d7-488b-92c8-9e5f20f91a7b/2014_IEHC_520_1.pdf/pdf#view=fitH |
| Geographic Focus: | Ireland |
| Principles: | State protection cannot be said to be unavailable to an applicant simply because the police in his or her country of origin have investigated a crime, have not been able to apprehend the perpetrators, particularly where the criminals are terrorists. A finding that internal relocation is available to an applicant for international protection will be open to a protection decision-maker where the applicant has actually relocated in his or her country of origin and not been traced there by his or her persecutors. |