On April 2, 2025, the Council of State ruled on iMMO’s approach to the B-question in an iMMO study. To be clear; iMMO expert reports consist of two parts. By far the most important part is the examination of medical support evidence in support of an asylum application, known as the A-question. The B-question examines with what degree of likelihood psychological problems could possibly have affected the ability to explain during IND hearings.

The Council of State, following the expert they hired, ruled that the iMMO methodology should be more in line with current scientific understanding of how PTSD affects memory and what effect that has on the ability to explain in asylum cases.

But iMMO has never investigated, nor will it investigate, memory problems on the ability to explain at the time of the hearings, since iMMO is called in a very long time after the hearings, at which time it is no longer possible to investigate a state of mind at the time of the hearings. The B-question is therefore answered at iMMO solely on the basis of written medical and legal information available at the time of the hearings.

iMMO included above explanation extensively in writing leading up to the hearing and it was also discussed at length at the hearing. Unfortunately, this input is not reflected at all in the ruling. iMMO very much regrets how the wording in the ruling now seems to concern the entire modus operandi of iMMO. It thus overshadows the investigation into the medical support evidence of the A-questions, which is the main purpose of an iMMO investigation. iMMO will thoroughly consider the consequences of this ruling together with experts