DR John Campbell jc58@soas.ac.uk
Reader in the Anthropology of Africa&Law
Expert Evidence in British Asylum Courts: The Judicial Assessment of Evidence on Ethnic Discrimination and Statelessness in Ethiopia
Campbell, John
Authors
Contributors
Iris Berger
Editor
Tricia Redeker Hepner
Editor
Benjamin N. Lawrance
Editor
Joanna T. Tague
Editor
Meredith Terretta
Editor
Abstract
In this chapter, I examine the decisions of adjudicators in the UK's Immigration and Asylum Chamber. The British system is based on the adversarial model, in which the claim of an individual seeking asylum is argued in court before an adjudicator: asylum applicants are normally represented by an independent barrister, and the Secretary of State for the Home Office is represented by a Home Office Presenting Officer, a junior civil servant. I examine how two country guidance cases, both involving claims of statelessness, were argued and decided in the Immigration and Asylum Chamber.
Citation
Campbell, J. (2015). Expert Evidence in British Asylum Courts: The Judicial Assessment of Evidence on Ethnic Discrimination and Statelessness in Ethiopia. In I. Berger, T. Redeker Hepner, B. N. Lawrance, J. T. Tague, & M. Terretta (Eds.), African Asylum at the Cross Roads (102-120). Ohio University Press
Publication Date | Jan 1, 2015 |
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Deposit Date | May 12, 2015 |
Publicly Available Date | Jan 2, 2115 |
Pages | 102-120 |
Book Title | African Asylum at the Cross Roads |
ISBN | 9780821421383 |
Keywords | judicial assessment, asylum, statelessness |
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