[2009] UKAIT 10

  • Case title: GS (Existence of internal armed conflict)
  • Appellant name: GS
  • Status of case: Reported
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  • Country: Afghanistan
  • Judges: Mr C P Mather
  • Case Notes: This determination was removed from the CG list on 21/10/09
  • Keywords Existence of internal armed conflict

The decision

GS (Existence of internal armed conflict) Afghanistan CG [2009] UKAIT 00010


ASYLUM AND IMMIGRATION TRIBUNAL


THE IMMIGRATION ACTS



Before:

Senior Immigration Judge Mather


Between

GS

Appellant

and

SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT
Respondent

The Secretary of State concedes that as at 7 January 2009 for the purpose of International Humanitarian Law (IHL) there is an internal armed conflict in Afghanistan extending to the whole of the territory of Afghanistan

DIRECTIONS


The respondent having by letter dated 7 January 2009 conceded that, for the purposes of International Humanitarian Law (“IHL”) there is at present an internal armed conflict in Afghanistan, and that for the purposes of IHL the whole of the territory of Afghanistan is to be treated as being in such a conflict


IT IS DIRECTED that the issue as to the existence of such a conflict is not to be aired at the forthcoming substantive hearing.





Signed



Senior Immigration Judge Mather
23/02/2009