Adjudication of asylum claims (refugee status determination / asylum procedures) / Exclusion clauses

February 2017 | Publisher: Refugee Studies Centre | Document type: Country Reports

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 | Document type: Case Law | Countries: Côte d'Ivoire - United States of America

Petition for review denied on ground that there is no implied exception to the material support bar for individuals who assist organizations engaged in legitimate political violence or who provide support under duress.

3 July 2012 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Exclusion clauses - Tamil | Countries: Sri Lanka - United States of America

6 April 2011 | Judicial Body: United States Board of Immigration Appeals | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Armed forces / Military - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Exclusion clauses - Extrajudicial executions - International courts and tribunals - International criminal law | Countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina - United States of America

On writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit: Negusie v. Gonzales, Attorney General, 15 May 2007.

3 March 2009 | Judicial Body: United States Supreme Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Acts of persecution - Agents of persecution - Convention against Torture (CAT) - Deportation / Forcible return - Exclusion clauses - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment | Countries: Eritrea - United States of America

23 June 2008 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae

21 May 2008 | Publisher: Center for Gender & Refugee Studies | Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae

Demande de contrôle judiciaire.

26 March 2008 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Death penalty - Deportation / Forcible return - Exclusion clauses - Prosecution vs persecution | Countries: Canada - United States of America

Application for judicial review.

26 March 2008 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Death penalty - Deportation / Forcible return - Exclusion clauses - Prosecution vs persecution | Countries: Canada - United States of America

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

15 May 2007 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Exclusion clauses - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Prison or detention conditions - Protestant - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) | Countries: Eritrea - United States of America