Case Law
- Afghanistan 1
- Albania 2
- Argentina 1
- Bosnia and Herzegovina 1
- Brazil 1
- Cameroon 1
- China 15
- Colombia 3
- Cuba 3
- Côte d'Ivoire 1
- El Salvador 10
- Guatemala 7
- Haiti 1
- Honduras 4
- India 2
- Iran, Islamic Republic of 1
- Israel 1
- Jamaica 1
- Kenya 1
- Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 1
- Korea, Republic of 1
- Lebanon 1
- Liberia 2
- Mali 2
- Mauritania 1
- Mexico 6
- Morocco 1
- Myanmar 1
- Pakistan 1
- Philippines 1
- Qatar 1
- Rwanda 1
- Senegal 2
- Somalia 1
- Spain 1
- Sri Lanka 1
- Togo 1
- Ukraine 1
- United States of America 99
- Venezuela 1
- Access to procedures 1
- Acts of persecution 1
- Agents of persecution 1
- Aliens 1
- Anti-terrorism law 1
- Appeal / Right to appeal 6
- Armed forces / Military 2
- Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements 1
- Armenian 1
- Asylum-seekers 4
- Blood feuds 1
- Burden of proof 2
- Changes of circumstances in home country 3
- Children's rights 1
- Children-at-risk 1
- Christian 1
- Combatants / Former combatants 1
- Complementary forms of protection 7
- Constitutional law 1
- Convention against Torture (CAT) 12
- Corruption 1
- Country of origin information (COI) 7
- Credibility assessment 5
- Criminal justice 3
- Decision on admissibility 1
- Denial of refugee status 1
- Deportation / Forcible return 32
- Derivative status 2
- Domestic violence 2
- Drug trafficking 2
- Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) 6
- Exceptional leave to remain (ELR) 1
- Exclusion clauses 3
- Expedited procedures 1
- Expulsion 1
- Extrajudicial executions 1
- Family reunification 2
- Female genital mutilation (FGM) 6
- Forced sterilization / Abortion 2
- Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 6
- Freedom of expression 1
- Freedom of speech 1
- Fresh / New claim 1
- Gang related violence 2
- Gender-based persecution 1
- Grounds for persecution 2
- Immigration Detention 2
- Immigration law 6
- Internal armed conflict 1
- Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) 2
- International courts and tribunals 1
- International criminal law 1
- Jurisdiction 3
- Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 1
- Manifestly unfounded / Clearly abusive claims 2
- Mentally disadvantaged persons 1
- Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription 3
- Multiple nationality 2
- Muslim 1
- Naturalization 1
- Non-state agents of persecution 6
- One-child policy / Family planning 5
- Opposition 1
- Persecution based on nationality 1
- Persecution based on political opinion 9
- Persecution of family members 2
- Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity 2
- Prison or detention conditions 1
- Re-entry 1
- Refugee / Asylum law 5
- Refugees 2
- Rejected asylum-seekers 4
- Religious persecution (including forced conversion) 1
- Resettlement 1
- Residence permits / Residency 2
- Right to family life 2
- SGBV 3
- Safe third country 2
- Serious non-political crime 1
- Sexual and reproductive rights 1
- Social group persecution 15
- Standard of proof 1
- State protection 1
- Temporary protection 1
- Terrorism 1
- Threats / Intimidation 1
- Torture 1
- Visas 1
- Voluntary repatriation 1
- Well-founded fear of persecution 7
- Women-at-risk 4
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Matter of M-Z-M-R-
Remanded to determine whether respondent could avoid future persecution by relocating to another part of the country and whether, under all the circumstances, it would be reasonable to expect him to do so. 4 October 2012 | Judicial Body: United States Board of Immigration Appeals | Countries: Sri Lanka - United States of America |
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Matter of E-A-
Appeal dismissed on grounds that the applicant’s actions as a member of a group that burned passenger buses and cars, threw stones, and disrupted the economic activity of merchants in the market, while pretending to be from the opposition party in order to discredit such party, reached the level of serious criminal conduct which outweighed its political nature and therefore constituted a serious nonpolitical crime. 11 September 2012 | Judicial Body: United States Board of Immigration Appeals | Countries: Côte d'Ivoire - United States of America |
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Matter of A-S-J-
The BIA held that an Immigration Judge does not have jurisdiction to review the termination of asylum status by the Department of Homeland Security. 24 August 2012 | Judicial Body: United States Board of Immigration Appeals | Countries: United States of America |
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Matter of X-
Request for deferral of removal under the Convention Against Torture granted. Unpublished Opinion. 7 June 2012 | Judicial Body: United States Board of Immigration Appeals | Topic(s): Convention against Torture (CAT) - Exceptional leave to remain (ELR) - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) | Countries: Jamaica - United States of America |
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Matter of L-S-
Case remanded to the Immigration Judge to determine whether the applicant showed compelling reasons to be granted asylum based on either severe past persecution or other serious harm. 17 February 2012 | Judicial Body: United States Board of Immigration Appeals | Countries: Albania - United States of America |
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Matter of N-C-M-
10 June 2011 | Judicial Body: United States Board of Immigration Appeals | Topic(s): Complementary forms of protection - Derivative status | Countries: El Salvador - United States of America |
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Matter of N-M-
9 June 2011 | Judicial Body: United States Board of Immigration Appeals | Topic(s): Complementary forms of protection - Corruption - Persecution based on political opinion | Countries: Colombia - United States of America |
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Matter of E-R-M- & L-R-M-
3 June 2011 | Judicial Body: United States Board of Immigration Appeals | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - Expedited procedures - Jurisdiction - Rejected asylum-seekers | Countries: Cuba - United States of America |
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Matter of Echeverria
1 June 2011 | Judicial Body: United States Board of Immigration Appeals | Topic(s): Complementary forms of protection - Derivative status | Countries: Argentina - United States of America |
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Matter of A-G-G-
12 May 2011 | Judicial Body: United States Board of Immigration Appeals | Topic(s): Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Resettlement - Safe third country | Countries: Mauritania |
