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26 May 2015 | Judicial Body: United States Board of Immigration Appeals | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Acts of persecution - Appeal / Right to appeal - Forced sterilization / Abortion - Immigration law - Refugee / Asylum law - Right to family life - Visas - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: China - United States of America
The court granted a petition for review of the Board’s denial of a motion to reopen removal proceedings.
1 April 2015 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Appeal / Right to appeal - Forced sterilization / Abortion - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: China - United States of America
10 December 2014 | Judicial Body: Ireland: High Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Forced sterilization / Abortion - One-child policy / Family planning - Social group persecution | Countries: China - Ireland
28 May 2014 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Forced sterilization / Abortion - Social group discrimination | Countries: Australia - China
31 December 2013 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Convention against Torture (CAT) - Forced sterilization / Abortion - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) | Countries: China - United States of America
11 December 2013 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Convention against Torture (CAT) - Forced sterilization / Abortion - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment | Countries: China - United States of America
22 November 2013 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Appeal / Right to appeal - Convention against Torture (CAT) - Forced sterilization / Abortion | Countries: China - United States of America
Case remanded on grounds that the BIA failed to investigate whether the applicant faced a substantial risk of compulsory sterilization if removed.
9 May 2013 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit | Document type: Case Law | Countries: China - United States of America
Decision vacated and remanded for review under the proper clear error standard.
4 January 2013 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Document type: Case Law | Countries: China - United States of America
13 April 2012 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Forced sterilization / Abortion - One-child policy / Family planning | Countries: China - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland