Adjudication of asylum claims (refugee status determination / asylum procedures) / Social group persecution

24 August 2011 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Immigration and Protection Tribunal | Topic(s): Criminal justice - Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity - Hutus - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Right to justice - Social group persecution | Countries: New Zealand - Rwanda

8 July 2008 | Judicial Body: Belgium: Conseil du Contentieux des Etrangers | Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Prosecution vs persecution - Social group persecution - Unaccompanied / Separated children | Countries: Belgium - Rwanda

Under section 101(a)(3) of the REAL ID Act of 2005, Div. B of Pub. L. No. 109-13, 119 Stat. 302, 303, in mixed motive asylum cases, an applicant must prove that race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion was or will be at least one central reason for the claimed persecution.

25 June 2007 | Judicial Body: United States Board of Immigration Appeals | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Grounds for persecution - Persecution based on nationality - Social group persecution | Countries: Rwanda - United States of America

The decision was subsequently overturned by the Federal Court of Appeal in Williams v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) (F.C.A.), 2005 FCA 126; [2005] 3 F.C.R. 429, on 12 April 2005.

6 April 2004 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Topic(s): Persecution based on political opinion - Safe third country - Social group persecution | Countries: Canada - Rwanda

The decision was subsequently overturned by the Federal Court of Appeal in Williams c. Canada (Ministre de la Citoyenneté et de l'Immigration) (C.A.F.), 2005 CAF 126; [2005] 3 R.C.F. 429, on 12 April 2005.

6 April 2004 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Topic(s): Persecution based on political opinion - Safe third country - Social group persecution | Countries: Canada - Rwanda