Proof, evidentiary assessment and credibility in asylum procedures / / edited by Gregor Noll.

• Superior document: The Raoul Wallenberg Institute human rights library ; v. 16
• TeilnehmendeR: Noll, Gregor.
• Year of Publication: 2005
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Raoul Wallenberg Institute human rights library ; v. 16.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (248 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

Today, a majority of asylum cases are arguably decided on the basis of evidentiary assessment rather than issues of material law. Although the EU-wide Common European Asylum System purports to harmonise domestic practices at a minimum level, it fails to offer remedies for this crucial issue, which poses challenges for practitioners and academics alike. Without a coherent approach to evidentiary assessment, asylum law will remain fragmented and open to discretionary excess. Up to now, academic research has not addressed issues of proof and credibility in the asylum procedure to an extent reflecting its practical importance. This edited volume attempts to fill the void. Academic experts on the theory of evidence, international criminal law, human rights law, refugee law, sociology of law and psychology have contributed chapters exploring both empirical and normative dimensions of evidentiary assessment. Drawing on the results of a 12-month research project within the framework of the Refugee Research Programme and of three interdisciplinary expert conferences held at the Danish Centre for Human Rights, Copenhagen, the Institute for International Integration Studies, Dublin, and the Faculty of Law, Lund, this volume sets new parameters for an informed debate on evidence in asylum cases.

Table of Contents

TABLE OF ABBREVIATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION: REMAPPING EVIDENTIARY ASSESSMENT IN ASYLUM PROCEDURES Gregor Noll -- A - DISCOURSES, PROCEDURES AND CONCEPTS -- CHAPTER 2 COMPETING PATTERNS FOR EVIDENTIARY ASSESSMENTS Henrik Zahle -- CHAPTER 3 EVIDENTIARY ASSESSMENT AND NON-REFOULEMENT: INSIGHTS FROM CRIMINAL PROCEDURE Aleksandra Popovic -- B - LESSONS LEARNT ON THE BASIS OF DOMESTIC EXPERIENCESM -- CHAPTER 4 THE BORDERLINE BETWEEN QUESTIONS OF FACT AND QUESTIONS OF LAW Jens Vedsted-Hansen -- CHAPTER 5 STEREOTYPING AND ACCELERATION - GENDER, PROCEDURAL ACCELERATION AND MARGINALISED JUDICIAL REVIEW IN THE DUTCH ASYLUM SYSTEM Thomas Spijkerboer -- CHAPTER 6 ON BEING HEARD IN ASYLUM CASES - EVIDENTIARY ASSESSMENT THROUGH ASYLUM INTERVIEWS Nienke Doornbos -- CHAPTER 7 EVIDENTIARY ASSESSMENT AND PSYCHOLOGICAL DIFFICULTIES -- Jane Herlihy -- C - THE GUIDING POTENTIAL OF INTERNATIONAL LAW -- CHAPTER 8 EVIDENTIARY ASSESSMENT UNDER THE REFUGEE CONVENTION: RISK, PAIN AND THE INTERSUBJECTIVITY OF FEAR Gregor Noll -- CHAPTER 9 EXCLUSION AND EVIDENTIARY ASSESSMENT Geoff Gilbert -- CHAPTER 10 CREDIBILITY IN CHANGING CONTEXTS: INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE AND INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION Rosemary Byrne -- D - EPILOGUE -- CHAPTER 11 SALVATION BY THE GRACE OF STATE? EXPLAINING CREDIBILITY ASSESSMENT IN THE ASYLUM PROCEDURE Gregor Noll -- INDEX; BIBLIOGRAPHY (SELECT) -- TABLE OF CASES -- AUTHORS' BIOGRAPHIES.