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Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae

Interventions before courts by UNHCR and other organizations are an important tool through which protection standards can be developed and a consistent application of refugee law fostered. Interventions before courts may take different forms, depending on the national or supranational context, including formal amicus curiae briefs, advisory opinions or letters to the court or parties involved, as well as public statements. Interventions by UNHCR are carried out in the exercise of its supervisory function.

Refworld is the repository of all interventions made by UNHCR in judicial proceedings before national and regional courts. They are organised in reverse-chronological order and, where available, are linked to the court decision in the case(s) at hand once adopted.
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UNHCR letter to legal counsel regarding the International Standards for Exclusion From Refugee Status as Applied to Child Soldiers

12 September 2005 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae

Intervention before the United States Board of Immigration Appeals in the Matter of A-M-

29 March 2005 | Publisher: Center for Gender & Refugee Studies | Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae

UNHCR letter to Attorney General relating to the Matter of Rodi Alvarado Peña

9 January 2004 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae

Intervention before the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in the case of R-G-M- v Ashcroft, Attorney General

25 August 2003 | Publisher: Center for Gender & Refugee Studies | Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae

UNHCR letter to legal counsel relating to the case of Sokha Sun v. Ashcroft, Attorney General, pending before the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

28 February 2003 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae

Intervention before the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in the case of Xu-, Xin- v Ashcroft, Attorney General

21 January 2003 | Publisher: Center for Gender & Refugee Studies | Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae

Intervention before the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in the case of A-O- v Reno, Attorney General

31 January 2000 | Publisher: Center for Gender & Refugee Studies | Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae

UNHCR intervention before the Supreme Court of the United States in the case of Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Aguirre-Aguirre

21 January 1999 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae

UNHCR intervention before the Supreme Court of the United States in the case of Gene McNary, Commissioner, Immigration and Naturalization Service, et al. (Petitioners) v. Haitian Centers Council, Inc., et al. (Respondents)

October 1992 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae

UNHCR intervention before the Supreme Court of the United States in the case of Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Elias Zacarias

14 August 1991 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae

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