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Ireland - High Court, 3 November 2009, D.T. v Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform [2009] IEHC 482

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What was at stake

EDAL summary. This case concerned the assessment of the option of internal relocation within Sierra Leone in the context of a threat from a family member. The Court found that, provided that regard has been had to...

Key holding

What the court decided

The court decided that, in assessing the option of internal relocation within a country of origin, the decision-maker is not obligated to seek out specific information on general economic and social conditions in a proposed site of relocation, provided that regard has been had to relevant country of origin information, and the risk identified is a private or domestic one, such as a threat from a family member.

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