Oral Evidence of Dr Fatah
12. In oral evidence Dr Fatah attested to the accuracy of his written reports and expanded further on matters set out therein. He referred to the evidence already provided as to the documents an Iraqi national is required to produce to the Iraqi consulate in London in order to obtain a laissez-passer. A laissez-passer is not a recognised form of identity document in Iraq . A recognised Iraqi identity document is required in order to move around Iraq and access services there. 13. Dr Fatah was referred to the conclusions found in paragraph 91 of the Tribunal’s decision in
- Introduction
- Iraq
- ) v Secretary of State for the Home Department
- The Evidence – A Summary
- Written Evidence of Dr Fatah
- Oral Evidence of Dr Fatah
- MK (documents – relocation)
- Amnesty International
- Home Office Country Information
- UNHCR’s position paper
- Existing Country Guidance
- HF (
- ) and others
- The Submissions – A Summary
- Appellant’s skeleton argument
- Appellant’s oral submissions
- Respondent’s skeleton argument
- Article 15(c) of the Qualification Directive
- Legal Framework
- MOJ & Ors (return to Mogadishu) Somalia
- Elgafaji v Staatssecretaris van Justitie
- Diakite v Commissaire general aux refugies
- Elgafaji
- Diakite,
- HM and others (Article 15(c) Iraq
- HM (Iraq)
- Article 15(c) - Discussion and Conclusions
- AK (Article 15(c)) Afghanistan
- Iraqi Kurdish Region (IKR)
- Erbil, Sulaymaniyah and Dahuk
- The Southern Governorates – Basra, Kerbala, Najaf, Muthana, Thi-Qar, Missan, Qadissiya and Wassit
- Baghdad City
- Internal relocation
- Legal Framework
- Januzi v Secretary of State for the Home Department
- AH (Sudan) & others (FC)
- Places of Return
- only
- HF (Iraq
- I accept, as Mr Fordham submits, that it would be necessary for the court to consider whether the appellants would be at risk on return if their return were feasible, but I do not accept that the Tribunal has to ask itself the hypothetical question of what would happen on return if that is simply not possible for one reason or another
- INDISCRIMINATE VIOLENCE IN IRAQ: ARTICLE 15(C) OF THE QUALIFICATION DIRECTIVE
- Secretary of State for the Home Department
- DOCUMENTATION AND FEASIBILITY OF RETURN (excluding IKR)
- HF (Iraq) and Others v Secretary of State for the Home Department
- POSITION ON DOCUMENTATION WHERE RETURN IS FEASIBLE
- IRAQI KURDISH REGION
- F. EXISTING COUNTRY GUIDANCE DECISIONS
- The Appellant’s Case
- Documents before the Upper Tribunal