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

28 June 2011 | Publisher: Center for Gender & Refugee Studies | Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae

28 June 2011 | Publisher: Center for Gender & Refugee Studies | Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae

18 April 2011 | Judicial Body: United States Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Female genital mutilation (FGM) - Social group persecution | Countries: Mali - United States of America

25 March 2011 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae

Petition for Review of a Final Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals. Petition granted and case remanded for BIA to consider whether "Peruvian military officers whose names became associated with Accomarca" would qualify as a social group.

24 March 2011 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Social group persecution | Countries: Peru - United States of America

18 March 2011 | Publisher: Center for Gender & Refugee Studies | Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae

On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals. Petition for review granted and case remanded to BIA to review for clear error of the lower court's finding that the claiman's persecution was based on account of family ties and that the Salvadoran government is unable or unwilling to control MS-13's activities.

16 February 2011 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Persecution of family members - Social group persecution | Countries: El Salvador - United States of America

Petitions for Review of Orders of the Board of Immigration Appeals.

11 January 2011 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Abduction - Blood feuds - Convention against Torture (CAT) - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Non-refoulement - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution of family members - Social group persecution | Countries: Albania - United States of America

On Petition for Review of a Final Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals. Agency No. A95 589 074. Petition Denied.

7 January 2011 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) - Social group persecution | Countries: Guinea - United States of America

22 November 2010 | Judicial Body: United States Board of Immigration Appeals | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Female genital mutilation (FGM) - Social group persecution - State protection | Countries: Kenya - United States of America