Last Updated: Wednesday, 31 May 2023, 15:44 GMT

International law / Convention against Torture (CAT)

Selected filters: United States of America
Filter:
Showing 31-40 of 89 results
Matter of C-T-L-

14 September 2010 | Judicial Body: United States Board of Immigration Appeals | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Convention against Torture (CAT) - Deportation / Forcible return - Persecution based on political opinion - Rejected asylum-seekers | Countries: Brazil - United States of America

Alamuu v. Holder, Attorney General

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

2 September 2010 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Convention against Torture (CAT) - Credibility assessment - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Persecution based on political opinion - Political groups - Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) | Countries: Ethiopia - United States of America

Japarkulova v. Holder

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

11 August 2010 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Changes of circumstances in home country - Convention against Torture (CAT) - Grounds for persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Right to employment - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: Kyrgyzstan - United States of America

Martinez-Buendia v. Holder, Attorney General of the United States

Petition for Review of a Decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals.

10 August 2010 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements - Convention against Torture (CAT) - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Social group persecution - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: Colombia - United States of America

Pathmakanthan v. Holder, Attorney General of the United States

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

16 July 2010 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements - Changes of circumstances in home country - Convention against Torture (CAT) - Minorities - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Tamil - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: Sri Lanka - United States of America

Jiang v. Holder, Attorney General

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

14 July 2010 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Christian - Convention against Torture (CAT) - Cumulative grounds of persecution - Forced sterilization / Abortion - One-child policy / Family planning - Persecution based on political opinion - Persecution of family members - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) | Countries: China - United States of America

Chen v. U.S. Attorney General

Petition for Review of a Decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals. Unpublished opinion.

8 July 2010 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Convention against Torture (CAT) - Forced sterilization / Abortion - Mental health - One-child policy / Family planning - Persecution based on political opinion | Countries: China - United States of America

Escobar-Batres v. Holder, United States Attorney General

On appeal from the Board of Immigration Appeals. Not Recommended for Full-Text Publication.

2 July 2010 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Convention against Torture (CAT) - Social group persecution | Countries: El Salvador - United States of America

Cruz-Samoya et al. v. Holder, Attorney General

Petition for Review of a Decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals.

21 June 2010 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Convention against Torture (CAT) - Persecution based on political opinion - Prosecution vs persecution | Countries: Guatemala - United States of America

List of issues prior to the submission of the 5th periodic report of United States of America (CAT/C/USA/5) : Committee against Torture, 43rd session, 2-20 November 2009

20 June 2010 | Publisher: UN Committee Against Torture (CAT) | Document type: Country Reports

Search Refworld