Title	Brief of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees before the United States District Court for the District of Columbia in the case S.M.S.R., et al., v. Donald J. Trump
Publisher	UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
Publication Date	10 December 2018
Country	United States of America
Topics	Asylum policy | Illegal entry | Non-refoulement | Right to seek asylum | Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness
Citation / Document Symbol	case 1:18-CV-02838-RDM
Cite as	UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Brief of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees before the United States District Court for the District of Columbia in the case S.M.S.R., et al., v. Donald J. Trump, 10 December 2018, case 1:18-CV-02838-RDM, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/5c459e534.html [accessed 1 November 2019]
Comments	UNHCR submits this brief out of concern that the United States’ recent rule entitled Aliens Subject to a Bar on Entry Under Certain Presidential Proclamations (“Interim Asylum Rule”), 83 Fed. Reg. 55,934 (Nov. 9, 2018), constitutes a substantial change in the United States’ asylum policy that, if implemented, would be at variance with the United States’ obligations under international law. UNHCR has a strong interest in ensuring that the United States’ asylum policy remains consistent with the obligations that the United States undertook when becoming party to the 1967 Protocol, and submits this brief to offer guidance to the Court on those obligations.