JA v Refugee Appeals Tribunal and Others

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Respondent/Defendant:Refugee Appeals Tribunal, Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Ireland and the Attorney General
Court/s:High Court
Citation/s:[2015] IEHC 342
Nature of Proceedings:Judicial Review
Judgment Date/s:19 May 2015
Judge:Faherty J.
Category:Refugee Law
Keywords:Protection, Refugee
Country of Origin:Pakistan
URL:https://www.courts.ie/acc/alfresco/ba0ad634-4069-4b28-b4eb-d7c945d4fc83/2015_IEHC_342_1.pdf/pdf#view=fitH
Geographic Focus:Ireland

Facts: The applicant was a national of Pakistan who claimed asylum in Ireland on the basis that he had become involved in a land dispute with his cousin. He claimed that, in the course of the dispute, his cousin menaced him with a gun, but that he disarmed him and shot and wounded him. He then fled, fearing arrest, and … Read More

Principles:

A claim for refugee status will fail if there is no convention nexus within the meaning of s. 2 of the Refugee Act 1996, or if the applicant can access state protection in his or her country of origin.

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