ZQ (Serving Soldier) Iraq v. Secretary of State for the Home Department

Author: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (AIT)
Document source:

United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority
Date:
2 December 2009

In this section

Appeal allowed on asylum and human rights grounds.

Author

Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (AIT)

Title

ZQ (Serving Soldier) Iraq v. Secretary of State for the Home Department

Document source

United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority

Date

2 December 2009

Document number

CG [2009] UKAIT 00048

Document type

Collection

Country

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)

Iraq

Keywords

Armed forces / Military

Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements

Combatants / Former combatants

Country of origin information (COI)

International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions

Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription

Non-state agents of persecution

Persecution based on political opinion

Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures

Religious persecution (including forced conversion)

Right to life

Security situation

War crimes

Religious groups

Yazīdī

Comments:

Heard at Birmingham, 10 June 2008 and Field House, 23 January 2009. NH (Iraq-Yazidis) Iraq CG [2004] UKIAT 00306 is no longer to be followed.

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