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15 April 2008 | Publisher: Center for Gender & Refugee Studies | Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae
14 April 2008 | Publisher: Center for Gender & Refugee Studies | Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae
Matter of Chen, 20 I&N Dec. 16 (BIA 1989), followed.
5 March 2008 | Judicial Body: United States Board of Immigration Appeals | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Female genital mutilation (FGM) - Social group persecution | Countries: Somalia - United States of America
26 September 2007 | Judicial Body: United States Board of Immigration Appeals | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Convention against Torture (CAT) - Country of origin information (COI) - Female genital mutilation (FGM) - Social group persecution | Countries: Mali - United States of America
5 September 2007 | Judicial Body: United States Board of Immigration Appeals | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Family reunification - Female genital mutilation (FGM) - Immigration law | Countries: Senegal - United States of America
12 June 2007 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Family reunification - Female genital mutilation (FGM) - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) | Countries: Senegal - United States of America
Petition for Review of a Final Decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals.
7 May 2007 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Burden of proof - Derivative status - Female genital mutilation (FGM) - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution of family members - Social group persecution - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: Somalia - United States of America
On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals.
19 April 2006 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Appeal / Right to appeal - Deportation / Forcible return - Female genital mutilation (FGM) - Persecution based on political opinion - Persecution of family members | Countries: Guinea - United States of America
30 December 2005 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Children-at-risk - Female genital mutilation (FGM) - Harmful traditional practices - Persecution of family members - Social group persecution | Countries: Ethiopia - United States of America
Petition for review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals.
8 September 2005 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Convention against Torture (CAT) - Deportation / Forcible return - Female genital mutilation (FGM) - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Social group persecution - Visas | Countries: Senegal - United States of America