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

26 August 2014 | Judicial Body: United States Board of Immigration Appeals | Topic(s): Agents of persecution - Domestic violence - Gender-based persecution - Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) - Social group persecution | Countries: El Salvador - Guatemala - United States of America

9 July 2014 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit | Topic(s): Gang related violence - Persecution of family members - Residence permits / Residency - Social group persecution | Countries: El Salvador - United States of America

6 May 2014 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Topic(s): Gang related violence - Persons not in need of international protection - Social group persecution | Countries: Canada - El Salvador - United States of America

6 May 2014 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Topic(s): Gang related violence - Social group persecution | Countries: Canada - El Salvador - United States of America

7 February 2014 | Judicial Body: United States Board of Immigration Appeals | Topic(s): Gang related violence - Non-state agents of persecution - Social group persecution | Countries: El Salvador - United States of America

23 January 2014 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit | Topic(s): Gang related violence - Non-state agents of persecution - Social group persecution | Countries: El Salvador - United States of America

EOIR held the applicant had established well founded fear of persecution on account of her membership in a particular social group comprised of members of her family (family targeted for persecution by an El Salvadoran gang, MS-13).

21 June 2012 | Judicial Body: United States Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) | Topic(s): Social group persecution | Countries: El Salvador - United States of America

Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals.Petition Denied. Request for rehearing en banc also denied.

1 March 2012 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit | Topic(s): Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Social group persecution | Countries: El Salvador - United States of America

Petition for review of a final order of the Board of Immigration Appeals. Petition granted in part and denied in part.

11 January 2012 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit | Topic(s): Gender-based persecution - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) - Social group persecution | Countries: El Salvador - United States of America

3 November 2011 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Topic(s): Exclusion clauses - Serious non-political crime - Social group persecution | Countries: Canada - El Salvador