Burden / standard of proof / Burden of proof

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 | Document type: Case Law | Countries: Sri Lanka - United States of America

15 February 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae

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 | Document type: Case Law | 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

Summary Order. Petition for Review of a Board of Immigration Appeals decision.

30 April 2010 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Burden of proof - Resettlement | Countries: United States of America

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

27 November 2007 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements - Burden of proof - Convention against Torture (CAT) - Credibility assessment - Deportation / Forcible return - Gio - Racial / Ethnic persecution | Countries: Liberia - United States of America

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

2 November 2007 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Burden of proof - Convention against Torture (CAT) - Deportation / Forcible return - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - HIV and AIDS - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity - Social group persecution | Countries: Mexico - United States of America

On Petition for review of an Order by the Board of Immigration Appeals.

1 November 2007 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Burden of proof - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Non-state agents of persecution - Religious discrimination - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Sunni | Countries: Pakistan - United States of America

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

7 May 2007 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Burden of proof - Derivative status - Female genital mutilation (FGM) - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution of family members - Social group persecution - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: Somalia - United States of America