GS v The Secretary of State for the Home Department [2009] UKAIT 10

[2009] UKAIT 00010
ASYLUM AND IMMIGRATION TRIBUNAL
THE IMMIGRATION ACTS
Before
Senior Immigration Judge Mather
Between
GSAppellantSECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENTRespondentAppellantSECRETARY OF STATE for HOME DEPARTMENTRespondentThe Secretary of State concedes that as at 7 January 2009 for purpose of International Humanitarian Law (IHL) there is an internal armed conflict in Afghanistan extending to the whole of the territory of AfghanistanDate 2009-03-20
[2]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[3]IT IS DIRECTED that the issue as to the existence of such a conflict is not to be aired at the forthcoming substantive hearing.