Type: Judgment

Authority: National Courts: Supreme Courts (Eire) - High Court

Date: 05/05/2011

Subject: The High Court has admitted the claim to re-examine the decision which rejected a claim for asylum issued by the Refugee Appeals Tribunal. The Court has asked the review of the situation of the claimant with regard to his involvement in acts amounting to crimes against humanity, which were committed as regional chief of a Taleban group in Afghanistan, deeming such behaviour as reason of exclusion of the status of refugee, according to the Convention of Geneva and Directive 2004/83/EC

Parties: A.B. and Refugee Appeals Tribunal and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform

Original language: Irish

Classification: Freedoms - Art. 18 Right to asylum

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