Adjudication of asylum claims (refugee status determination / asylum procedures) / Well-founded fear of persecution

On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals

8 March 2005 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Burden of proof - Deportation / Forcible return - Sexual and reproductive rights - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: China - United States of America

Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals.

1 July 2004 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Credibility assessment - Female genital mutilation (FGM) - Transgression of social / cultural norms - Well-founded fear of persecution - Yoruba | Countries: Nigeria - United States of America

17 November 2003 | Judicial Body: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Persecution based on political opinion - Public health - Social group persecution - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: Canada - United States of America

Petitions for review of the decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals ordering the Applicant's deportation after denying his application for asylum, application for withholding of removal under the Immigration and Nationality Act and request for withholding of removal under Article 3 of the United Nations Convention Against Torture.

14 May 2003 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Child soldiers - Convention against Torture (CAT) - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Social group persecution - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: Uganda - United States of America

On Remand from the United States Supreme Court.

25 April 2003 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Changes of circumstances in home country - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: China - United States of America

Comment/Note in: Harvard Law Review, Volume 114, June 2001, No. 8, p. 2569-2575.

24 August 2000 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Social group persecution - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: Mexico - United States of America

8 June 1999 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: Guatemala - United States of America

Heard April 9, 1999

24 May 1999 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - Persecution based on political opinion - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: El Salvador - United States of America

U.S. EOIR, Immigration Court, El Paso Texas

18 December 1997 | Judicial Body: United States Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Acts of persecution - Grounds for persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Social group persecution - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: Guatemala - United States of America