An Empirical Analysis of Credibility Assessment in German Asylum Cases

This study analyzes empirically how 236 German court decisions assess the credibility of asylum seekers’ accounts of their persecution. In their reasoning, the courts rely on generally accepted content-based credibility criteria, including consistency, level of detail, and timeliness of the claim. B...

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Main Authors: Björnstjern Baade, Leah Gölz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2023-03-01
Series:German Law Journal
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Online Access:https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2071832223000159/type/journal_article