Age, gender and diversity / Forced sterilization / Abortion

26 May 2015 | Judicial Body: United States Board of Immigration Appeals | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Acts of persecution - Appeal / Right to appeal - Forced sterilization / Abortion - Immigration law - Refugee / Asylum law - Right to family life - Visas - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: China - United States of America

The court granted a petition for review of the Board’s denial of a motion to reopen removal proceedings.

1 April 2015 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Appeal / Right to appeal - Forced sterilization / Abortion - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: China - United States of America

31 December 2013 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Convention against Torture (CAT) - Forced sterilization / Abortion - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) | Countries: China - United States of America

11 December 2013 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Convention against Torture (CAT) - Forced sterilization / Abortion - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment | Countries: China - United States of America

22 November 2013 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Appeal / Right to appeal - Convention against Torture (CAT) - Forced sterilization / Abortion | Countries: China - United States of America

Case remanded on grounds that the BIA failed to investigate whether the applicant faced a substantial risk of compulsory sterilization if removed.

9 May 2013 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit | Document type: Case Law | Countries: China - United States of America

Decision vacated and remanded for review under the proper clear error standard.

4 January 2013 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Document type: Case Law | Countries: China - United States of America

On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals. Agency No. A088 378 045. Petition Denied. Non-precedential Decision.

8 October 2010 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Forced sterilization / Abortion - One-child policy / Family planning | Countries: China - United States of America

On Petition for Review of an Order of the United States Department of Justice Board of Immigration Appeals. Agency No. A099-583-314. Petition Granted and Case Remanded for Further Proceedings.

8 September 2010 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Forced sterilization / Abortion - One-child policy / Family planning - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: China - United States of America

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

14 July 2010 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Christian - Convention against Torture (CAT) - Cumulative grounds of persecution - Forced sterilization / Abortion - One-child policy / Family planning - Persecution based on political opinion - Persecution of family members - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) | Countries: China - United States of America