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GS (Existence of internal armed conflict) Afghanistan [2009] UKAIT 00010
ASYLUM AND IMMIGRATION TRIBUNAL
Date of hearing: 24 February 2009
Date Determination notified: 24 February 2009
Before
Senior Immigration Judge Mather
Between
| GS |
APPELLANT |
| and |
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| Secretary of State for the Home Department | RESPONDENT |
DIRECTIONS
The Secretary of State concedes that as at 7 January 2009 for the purpose of International Humanitarian Law (IHL) there is an internal armed conflict in Afghanistan extending to the whole of the territory of Afghanistan
The respondent having by letter dated 7 January 2009 conceded that, for the purposes of International Humanitarian Law ("IHL") there is at present an internal armed conflict in Afghanistan, and that for the purposes of IHL the whole of the territory of Afghanistan is to be treated as being in such a conflict
IT IS DIRECTED that the issue as to the existence of such a conflict is not to be aired at the forthcoming substantive hearing.
Signed
Senior Immigration Judge Mather
24 February 2009