International law / Convention against Torture (CAT)

26 January 2015 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Convention against Torture (CAT) - Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity - Grounds for persecution - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) | Countries: Kyrgyzstan - United States of America

18 December 2013 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Convention against Torture (CAT) - Persecution based on political opinion - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: China - United States of America

Petition for review granted, decision vacated and remanded for further proceedings to determine claimant's claim of imputed political opinion for purposefully organizing workers

7 September 2012 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit | Document type: Case Law | Countries: China - United States of America

25 February 2010 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Convention against Torture (CAT) - Deportation / Forcible return - Dioula - Female genital mutilation (FGM) - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution of family members - Social group persecution | Countries: Côte d'Ivoire - United States of America

Petition for review.

11 June 2008 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Convention against Torture (CAT) - Deportation / Forcible return - Female genital mutilation (FGM) - Social group persecution - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: Guinea - United States of America

Petition for review of a final decision and order of removal of the Board of Immigration Appeals.

7 December 2007 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Convention against Torture (CAT) - Deportation / Forcible return - One-child policy / Family planning - Persecution based on political opinion | Countries: China - United States of America