Case Law

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

19 August 2011 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Topic(s): Non-refoulement | 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 | 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

Petition for review of a final order of the Board of Immigration Appeals.

20 November 2009 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - National security / Public order - Non-refoulement | Countries: El Salvador - United States of America

Motion for stay pursuant to Federal Courts Rules, SOR/98-106, r. 398(1)(b) of Federal Court judgment (2007 FC 1262) invalidating 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, Washington, 5 December 2002, [2004] Can. T.S. No. 2 (entered into force 29 December 2004) pending determination of appeal. The Federal Court’s decision can be accessed here.

31 January 2008 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court of Appeal | Topic(s): Non-refoulement - Safe third country - Single procedure - Treaties / Agreements / Charters / Protocols / Conventions / Declarations | Countries:

Motion for stay pursuant to Federal Courts Rules, SOR/98-106, r. 398(1)(b) of Federal Court judgment (2007 FC 1262) invalidating 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, Washington, 5 December 2002, [2004] Can. T.S. No. 2 (entered into force 29 December 2004) pending determination of appeal. The Federal Court’s decision can be accessed here.

31 January 2008 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court of Appeal | Topic(s): Non-refoulement - Safe third country - Single procedure - Treaties / Agreements / Charters / Protocols / Conventions / Declarations | Countries:

On Appeal from the Board of Immigration Appeals.

19 December 2007 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Convention against Torture (CAT) - Deportation / Forcible return - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Jurisdiction - Non-refoulement - Persecution based on political opinion | Countries: Albania - United States of America

Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus and to vacate the decision of the Secretary of Homeland Security to terminate the court-ordered deferral of removal of the Petitioner. Motion for Release from Custody. The decision was subsequently appealed before the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit: Nos. 07-2926 & 08-1094.

10 January 2007 | Judicial Body: United States District Courts | Topic(s): Convention against Torture (CAT) - Diplomatic assurances - Exclusion clauses - Extradition - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Immigration Detention - Non-refoulement - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness - Serious non-political crime | Countries: Egypt - United States of America

On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals. Argued and Submitted: November 17, 2006 Pasadena, California; Filed: December 12, 2006.

12 December 2006 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - Exhaustion of domestic remedies - Non-refoulement | Countries: Ukraine - United States of America

On Petition for Review of an Order of Removal of the Board of Immigration Appeals, U.S. Department of Justice, Executive Office for Immigration Review (BIA No. A71-346-048). Argued: Monday, May 15, 2006.

20 July 2006 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit | Topic(s): Criminal justice - Deportation / Forcible return - Non-refoulement - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness - Witnesses | Countries: Ukraine - United States of America

28 January 1992 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Topic(s): Non-refoulement - Refugees | Countries: Haiti - United States of America