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SONTOS MAUDILIA DIAZ-REYNOSO, AKA Sontos Maurilla Diaz-Reynoso, Petitioner, v. WILLIAM P. BARR, Attorney General, Respondent 7 August 2020 \| Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit \| Document type: Case Law \| Topic(s): Domestic violence - Non-state agents of persecution - Social group persecution - Women-at-risk \| Countries: Guatemala - United States of America
The Canadian Council for Refugees et al v Minister for Immigration and Minister for Public Safety The Applicants challenge the validity and the constitutionality of the legislation implementing the Agreement between the Government of Canada and the Government of the United States of America For Cooperation in the Examination of Refugee Status Claims from Nationals of Third Countries (referred to as the “Safe Third Country Agreement” or “STCA”). The Applicants allege that by returning ineligible refugee claimants to the United States (US), Canada exposes them to risks in the form of detention, refoulement, and other violations of their rights contrary to the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, 28 July 1951, 189 UNTS at 137 (Refugee Convention or RT) and contrary to the United Nations Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhumane or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT, collectively referred to as the Conventions). 22 July 2020 \| Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court \| Document type: Case Law \| Topic(s): Safe third country \| Countries: Canada - United States of America
Comments of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees on the Proposed Rules from the U.S. Department of Justice (Executive Office for Immigration Review) and U.S. Department of Homeland Security (U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services) "Procedures for Asylum and Withholding of Removal; Credible Fear and Reasonable Fear Review" 15 July 2020 \| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) \| Document type: Comments on National Legislation
East Bay Sanctuary Covenant, et al., v. William P. Barr ("East Bay Sanctuary (II)") 6 July 2020 \| Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit \| Document type: Case Law \| Topic(s): Asylum policy - Entry / Exit - Non-refoulement - Right to seek asylum \| Countries: United States of America
East Bay Sanctuary Covenant v. Trump The panel affirmed the district court’s grant of a temporary restraining order and a subsequent grant of a preliminary injunction enjoining enforcement of a rule and presidential proclamation that, together, strip asylum eligibility from every migrant who crosses into the United States along the southern border of Mexico between designated ports of entry. 28 February 2020 \| Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit \| Document type: Case Law \| Topic(s): Entry / Exit - Illegal entry - Non-refoulement - Rejection at border - Right to seek asylum \| Countries: United States of America
Brief of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees before the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in the case Adelina Solares Mijangos v William P. Barr, U.S. Attorney General 28 February 2020 \| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) \| Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae
Brief of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees before the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in the case Santos Maudillia Diaz Reynoso v. William P. Barr, U.S. Attorney General 28 February 2020 \| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) \| Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae
Brief of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees before the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in the case Monica Marroquin-Perez v. William P. Barr, U.S. Attorney General 28 February 2020 \| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) \| Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae
Brief of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees before the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in the case Gricella Nereyda Arellano Rodriguez, et al., v. William P. Barr, U.S. Attorney General 28 February 2020 \| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) \| Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae
Brief of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees before the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in the case Maria Magdalena Fuentes Reyes v. William P. Barr, U.S. Attorney General 28 February 2020 \| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) \| Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae

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