Youssef v Secretary of State for the Home Department

Subject Matter

IMMIGRATION — Asylum — Acts contrary to United Nations purposes and principles — Home Secretary finding claimants excluded from refugee protection on grounds claimants guilty of acts contrary to United Nations purposes and principles — Scope of exclusion — Whether act capable of giving rise to exclusion if not constituting crime under international law — Convention and Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees (1951) (Cmd 9171) and (1967) (Cmnd 3906), art 1F(a)(c)

[2018] EWCA Civ 933; [2019] QB 445; [2018] 3 WLR 1532; [2018] WLR(D) 259, CA

Appellate History

Legislation Considered

International Conventions

Convention and Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees, (1951) (Cmd 9171) and (1967) (Cmnd 3906), art 1F(a)(c)

Cases Considered

Cases considered in: Youssef v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2018] EWCA Civ 933; [2019] QB 445; [2018] 3 WLR 1532; [2018] WLR(D) 259, CA

Cases Cited

Cases cited in: Youssef v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2016] UKUT 137 (IAC), UT

AH (Algeria) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2012] EWCA Civ 395; [2012] 1 WLR 3469; [2012] WLR (D) 106, CA

Al-Sirri v Secretary of State for the Home Department (United Nations High Comr for Refugees intervening) [2009] EWCA Civ 222; [2009] Imm AR 624, CA

DD (Afghanistan) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2012] UKSC 54; [2013] 1 AC 745; [2012] 3 WLR 1263; 34 BHRC 69; [2013] Imm AR 330; [2013] INLR 665; The Times, 19 December 2012; Case details, SC(E)

Deutsche Lufthansa AG v Gertraud Kumpan. (Case C-109/09); EU:C:2011:129, ECJ

Federal Republic of Germany v B (Joined cases C-57/09 and C-101/09); EU:C:2010:661; [2012] 1 WLR 1076; [2011] Imm AR 190, ECJ

Khan v Royal Mail Group Ltd [2014] EWCA Civ 1082; [2014] CN 1496, CA

MN (Somalia) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2014] UKSC 30; [2014] 1 WLR 2064; 2014 SC (UKSC) 183; [2014] 4 All ER 443; [2014] WLR (D) 227; Case details, SC

R (JS (Sri Lanka)) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2010] UKSC 15; [2011] 1 AC 184; [2010] 2 WLR 766; [2010] 3 All ER 881; [2010] WLR (D) 79; Case details, SC(E)

R (JS (Sri Lanka)) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2009] EWCA Civ 364; [2011] 1 AC 184; [2010] 2 WLR 17; [2009] 3 All ER 588, CA

R (Youssef) v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs [2012] EWHC 2091 (Admin); [2013] QB 906; [2013] 2 WLR 904, DC

Cases cited in: Youssef v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2018] EWCA Civ 933; [2019] QB 445; [2018] 3 WLR 1532; [2018] WLR(D) 259, CA

AH (Algeria) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2012] EWCA Civ 395; [2012] 1 WLR 3469; [2012] WLR (D) 106, CA

AH (Algeria) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (No 2) [2015] EWCA Civ 1003; [2016] 1 WLR 2071; [2016] 3 All ER 453; [2015] WLR (D) 413, CA

Adan v Secretary of State for the Home Department [1999] 1 AC 293; [1998] 2 WLR 702; [1998] 2 All ER 453, HL(E)

Al-Waheed v Ministry of Defence [2017] UKSC 2; [2017] AC 821; [2017] 2 WLR 327; [2017] 3 All ER 215; [2017] WLR (D) 50; Case details, SC(E)

Commissaire général aux réfugiés et aux apatrides v Lounani (Case C-573/14); EU:C:2017:71; [2017] 4 WLR 52; [2017] WLR (D) 56, ECJ

DD (Afghanistan) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2012] UKSC 54; [2013] 1 AC 745; [2012] 3 WLR 1263; 34 BHRC 69; [2013] Imm AR 330; [2013] INLR 665; The Times, 19 December 2012; Case details, SC(E)

DD (Afghanistan) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2010] EWCA Civ 1407; [2010] WLR (D) 330, CA

Director of Public Prosecutions v Armstrong [2000] Crim LR 379, DC

Federal Republic of Germany v B (Joined cases C-57/09 and C-101/09); EU:C:2010:661; [2012] 1 WLR 1076; [2011] Imm AR 190, ECJ

Hamdan v Rumsfeld (2006) 548 US 557

Invicta Plastics Ltd v Clare [1976] RTR 251, DC

KK (Turkey) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2004] UKIAT 101; [2004] Imm AR 284, IAT

MH (Syria) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2009] EWCA Civ 226; [2009] 3 All ER 564, CA

Prosecutor v Dyilo (unreported) 29 January 2007, International Criminal Court

Prosecutor v Kordić (unreported) 17 December 2004, International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia

Prosecutor v Tadić (unreported) 15 July 1999, International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia

Pushpanathan v Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) (Canadian Council for Refugees intervening) [1998] 1 SCR 982; 6 BHRC 387

R (JS (Sri Lanka)) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2010] UKSC 15; [2011] 1 AC 184; [2010] 2 WLR 766; [2010] 3 All ER 881; [2010] WLR (D) 79; Case details, SC(E)

R (Youssef) v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs [2016] UKSC 3; [2016] AC 1457; [2016] 2 WLR 509; [2016] 3 All ER 261; [2016] WLR (D) 35; Case details, SC(E)

R v Central Independent Television Plc [1994] Fam 192; [1994] 3 WLR 20; [1994] 3 All ER 641, CA

R v Gul (Mohammed) [2013] UKSC 64; [2014] AC 1260; [2013] 3 WLR 1207; [2014] 1 All ER 463; [2014] 1 Cr App R 196; [2013] WLR (D) 402; Case details, SC(E)

R v Rowe [2007] EWCA Crim 635; [2007] QB 975; [2007] 3 WLR 177; [2007] 3 All ER 36; [2007] 2 Cr App R (S) 92; [2007] 2 Cr App R 171, CA

R v Secretary of State for the Home Department, Ex p Adan (Lul Omar) [2001] 2 AC 477; [2001] 2 WLR 143; [2001] 1 All ER 593; [2001] Imm AR 253; [2001] INLR 44; The Times, 20 December 2000; The Independent, 16 January 2001, HL(E)

T v Secretary of State for the Home Department [1996] AC 742; [1996] 2 WLR 766; [1996] 2 All ER 865, HL(E)

Cases citing

Cases citing: Youssef v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2018] EWCA Civ 933; [2019] QB 445; [2018] 3 WLR 1532; [2018] WLR(D) 259, CA

AE (Iraq) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2021] EWCA Civ 948, CA

Secretary of State for the Home Department v NF [2021] EWCA Civ 17, CA