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Andre Lawrence Shepherd v Bundesrepublik Deutschland

26 February 2015 | Judicial Body: European Union: Court of Justice of the European Union | Topic(s): Acts of persecution - Asylum-seekers - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Regional instruments - War crimes | Countries: Germany - United States of America

Opinion of Advocate General Sharpston: Andre Lawrence Shepherd v. Bundesrepublik Deutschland

11 November 2014 | Judicial Body: European Union: Court of Justice of the European Union | Topic(s): Acts of persecution - Asylum-seekers - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Regional instruments - War crimes | Countries: Germany - United States of America

Adiam Hebtemariam v. Holder, Attorney General

19 June 2014 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit | Topic(s): Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - SGBV | Countries: Eritrea - United States of America

Yohannes Ghirmay Milat v. Holder, Attorney General

19 June 2014 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Freedom of expression - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Persecution based on political opinion | Countries: Eritrea - United States of America

Granados Gaitan v. Holder, Attorney General

Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals.Petition Denied. Request for rehearing en banc also denied.

1 March 2012 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit | Topic(s): Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Social group persecution | Countries: El Salvador - United States of America

Rivera-Barrientos v. Holder, Attorney General

Petition for review of a final order of the Board of Immigration Appeals. Petition granted in part and denied in part.

11 January 2012 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit | Topic(s): Gender-based persecution - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - SGBV - Social group persecution | Countries: El Salvador - United States of America

Walcott v. The Minister of Citizenship and Immigration

5 April 2011 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Topic(s): Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription | Countries: Canada - United States of America

Davtyan v Holder, Attorney General

Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals. Petition granted and case remanded for additional proceedings.

4 March 2011 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit | Topic(s): Burden of proof - Jehovah's Witness - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: Armenia - United States of America

Hinzman and Others v. Minister of Citizenship and Immigration

6 July 2010 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court of Appeal | Topic(s): Armed forces / Military - Complementary forms of protection - Deportation / Forcible return - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Persecution based on political opinion | Countries: Canada - United States of America

Mendez-Barrera v. Holder, Attorney General

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

15 April 2010 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit | Topic(s): Convention against Torture (CAT) - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Social group persecution | Countries: El Salvador - United States of America

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