The Climiglaw Database
A global climate mobility case law database
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10-142363ASD-BORG/01, Norway- Borgarting Court of Appeal, 23 September 2011
23 Nov 2011
Decision in judgment: In favor of the applicant
Country of origin
Somalia
Host origin
Norway
Type of mobility
Cross-border
Hazard
Drought
Rights invoked
Prohibition of Torture, Inhumane and Degrading Treatment
Vulnerability characteristics
Ethnicity/Nationality/Clan affiliation
Applicant description
Adult man
Description
In deportation cases, the state is required to consider a proposed internal relocation alternative that is reasonable, and in so doing it must have regard, amongst other things, to country information revealing serious difficulties associated with the impact of persistent drought on a person’s ability to support himself, in this case through livestock keeping. The case focuses primarily on a procedural law question concerning which provision of domestic law should be followed, but it is important to the extent that it reflects a recognition of the relevance of environmental factors when determining the reasonableness of an internal relocation alternative.
Case type
Names of all parties
Abid Hassan Jama (Applicant). Utlendingsnemda (Immigradtion Appeals Board) (Respondent).
Name of court
Borgarting lagmannsrett, Norway - Court of second instance.