Case Law
- Afghanistan 1
- Albania 2
- Argentina 1
- Bosnia and Herzegovina 1
- Brazil 1
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- China 15
- Colombia 3
- Cuba 3
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- Lebanon 1
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- United States of America 99
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- Access to procedures 1
- Acts of persecution 1
- Agents of persecution 1
- Aliens 1
- Anti-terrorism law 1
- Appeal / Right to appeal 6
- Armed forces / Military 2
- Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements 1
- Armenian 1
- Asylum-seekers 4
- Blood feuds 1
- Burden of proof 2
- Changes of circumstances in home country 3
- Children's rights 1
- Children-at-risk 1
- Christian 1
- Combatants / Former combatants 1
- Complementary forms of protection 7
- Constitutional law 1
- Convention against Torture (CAT) 12
- Corruption 1
- Country of origin information (COI) 7
- Credibility assessment 5
- Criminal justice 3
- Decision on admissibility 1
- Denial of refugee status 1
- Deportation / Forcible return 32
- Derivative status 2
- Domestic violence 2
- Drug trafficking 2
- Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) 6
- Exceptional leave to remain (ELR) 1
- Exclusion clauses 3
- Expedited procedures 1
- Expulsion 1
- Extrajudicial executions 1
- Family reunification 2
- Female genital mutilation (FGM) 6
- Forced sterilization / Abortion 2
- Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 6
- Freedom of expression 1
- Freedom of speech 1
- Fresh / New claim 1
- Gang related violence 2
- Gender-based persecution 1
- Grounds for persecution 2
- Immigration Detention 2
- Immigration law 6
- Internal armed conflict 1
- Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) 2
- International courts and tribunals 1
- International criminal law 1
- Jurisdiction 3
- Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 1
- Manifestly unfounded / Clearly abusive claims 2
- Mentally disadvantaged persons 1
- Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription 3
- Multiple nationality 2
- Muslim 1
- Naturalization 1
- Non-state agents of persecution 6
- One-child policy / Family planning 5
- Opposition 1
- Persecution based on nationality 1
- Persecution based on political opinion 9
- Persecution of family members 2
- Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity 2
- Prison or detention conditions 1
- Re-entry 1
- Refugee / Asylum law 5
- Refugees 2
- Rejected asylum-seekers 4
- Religious persecution (including forced conversion) 1
- Resettlement 1
- Residence permits / Residency 2
- Right to family life 2
- SGBV 3
- Safe third country 2
- Serious non-political crime 1
- Sexual and reproductive rights 1
- Social group persecution 15
- Standard of proof 1
- State protection 1
- Temporary protection 1
- Terrorism 1
- Threats / Intimidation 1
- Torture 1
- Visas 1
- Voluntary repatriation 1
- Well-founded fear of persecution 7
- Women-at-risk 4
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In re C-A-
(1) The members of a particular social group must share a common, immutable characteristic, which may be an innate one, such as sex, color, or kinship ties, or a shared past experience, such as former military leadership or land ownership, but it must be one that members of the group either cannot change, or should not be required to change,
because it is fundamental to their individual identities or consciences. Matter of Acosta, 19 I&N Dec. 211(BIA 1985), followed.
15 June 2006 | Judicial Body: United States Board of Immigration Appeals | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - Non-state agents of persecution - Social group persecution | Countries: Colombia - United States of America |
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In re S-K-
8 June 2006 | Judicial Body: United States Board of Immigration Appeals | Countries: Myanmar - United States of America |
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In re C-C-
23 March 2006 | Judicial Body: United States Board of Immigration Appeals | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Decision on admissibility - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Women-at-risk | Countries: China - United States of America |
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In re X- K-
4 May 2005 | Judicial Body: United States Board of Immigration Appeals | Countries: United States of America |
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In re Y-T-L-
22 May 2003 | Judicial Body: United States Board of Immigration Appeals | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return | Countries: China - United States of America |
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In re G-A-
2 May 2002 | Judicial Body: United States Board of Immigration Appeals | Topic(s): Armenian - Christian - Convention against Torture (CAT) - Deportation / Forcible return - Drug trafficking - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - United States of America |
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In re J-E-
22 March 2002 | Judicial Body: United States Board of Immigration Appeals | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return | Countries: Haiti - United States of America |
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In re Y-C-
The record is remanded to the Immigration Judge for further proceedings consistent with the foregoing opinion and for the entry of a new decision. 11 March 2002 | Judicial Body: United States Board of Immigration Appeals | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - Immigration Detention | Countries: China - United States of America |
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In re Jesus Enrique Rodriguez-Tejedor, Respondent
Decided: July 24, 2001 The Immigration Judge found the respondent deportable under section 241(a)(2)(A)(iii) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. § 1251(a)(2)(A)(iii) (1994), as an alien convicted of an aggravated assault. 24 July 2001 | Judicial Body: United States Board of Immigration Appeals | Topic(s): Naturalization | Countries: Mexico - United States of America |
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In Re S-A
- 27 June 2000 | Judicial Body: United States Board of Immigration Appeals | Topic(s): Muslim - Non-state agents of persecution - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Women-at-risk | Countries: Morocco - United States of America |
