Human rights / Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment

22 August 2014 | Judicial Body: United States Board of Immigration Appeals | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Appeal / Right to appeal - Convention against Torture (CAT) - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment

8 May 2008 | Judicial Body: United States Board of Immigration Appeals | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Expulsion - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment | Countries: Ukraine - United States of America

Under section 101(a)(3) of the REAL ID Act of 2005, Div. B of Pub. L. No. 109-13, 119 Stat. 302, 303, in mixed motive asylum cases, an applicant must prove that race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion was or will be at least one central reason for the claimed persecution.

25 June 2007 | Judicial Body: United States Board of Immigration Appeals | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Grounds for persecution - Persecution based on nationality - Social group persecution | Countries: Rwanda - United States of America

The holdings in this case were overruled by the decision of the Attorney General in: Matter of J-S-, 24 I&N Dec. 520 (A.G. 2008).

19 September 2006 | Judicial Body: United States Board of Immigration Appeals | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Persecution based on political opinion - Persecution of family members | Countries: China - United States of America

23 March 2006 | Judicial Body: United States Board of Immigration Appeals | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Decision on admissibility - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Women-at-risk | Countries: China - United States of America

2 May 2002 | Judicial Body: United States Board of Immigration Appeals | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Armenian - Christian - Convention against Torture (CAT) - Deportation / Forcible return - Drug trafficking - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - United States of America