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Comments of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees on Proposed Rules from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (U.S. Department of Homeland Security): "Procedures for Asylum and Bars to Asylum Eligibility", "Fee Schedule and Changes to Certain Other Immigration Benefit Request Requirements", and "Asylum Application, Interview, and Employment Authorization for Applicants" 21 February 2020 \| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) \| Document type: Comments on National Legislation
Comments of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees on Proposed Rule from the Executive Office for Immigration Review (U.S. Department of Justice): "Procedures for Asylum and Bars to Asylum Eligibility" February 2020 \| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) \| Document type: Comments on National Legislation
Brief of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees before the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in the case East Bay Sanctuary Covenant, et al., v. William P. Barr ("East Bay Sanctuary (II)") 15 October 2019 \| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) \| Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae
Guatemala: Court of Constitutionality - Accumulated Files: No. 3829-2019, 3849-2019, 3881-2019 - 9 September 2019 "Expedientes Acumulados 3829-2019, 3849-2019 y 3881-2019". Appeal of this earlier decision by the constitutional court. The Court found that the signing of the "safe third country" agreement between the United States and Guatemala did not violate Guatemalan law, as the President and the Foreign Relations Minister stated they would comply with the internal legal procedure and formal steps for the agreement to become a treaty and enter into force, including approval by congress. 9 September 2019 \| Judicial Body: Guatemala: Corte de Constitutionalidad \| Document type: Case Law \| Topic(s): Safe third country \| Countries: Guatemala - United States of America
BALDEMAR ZUNIGA, Petitioner, v. WILLIAM P. BARR, Attorney General,Respondent. This case presents us with a simple question: do non-citizens subject to expedited removal under 8 U.S.C. § 1228 have a statutory right to counsel in reasonable fear proceedings before immigration judges? The answer, based on the plain language of § 1228, is yes. 20 August 2019 \| Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit \| Document type: Case Law \| Topic(s): Legal representation / Legal aid - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness - Well-founded fear of persecution \| Countries: Mexico - United States of America
REEM YOUSEF SAEED KREISHAN et al, Appellants and THE MINISTER OF CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION Respondent 19 August 2019 \| Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court of Appeal \| Document type: Case Law \| Topic(s): Appeal / Right to appeal - Family reunification - Refoulement - Safe third country \| Countries: Bangladesh - Canada - Colombia - Jordan - Syrian Arab Republic - United States of America
O.A. v. Trump, Civ. No. 18-2718 and S.M.S.R. v. Trump, Civ. No. 18-2838 (consolidated cases) 2 August 2019 \| Judicial Body: United States District Courts \| Document type: Case Law \| Topic(s): Access to procedures - Asylum policy - Asylum-seekers - Illegal entry - Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures - Right to seek asylum \| Countries: El Salvador - Guatemala - Honduras - Mexico - Nicaragua - United States of America
BRIEF OF AMICUS CURIAE UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES IN SUPPORT OF PLAINTIFFS-APPELLEES in the case GRACE, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. WILLIAM P. BARR, ATTORNEY GENERAL, et al., Defendants-Appellants. 31 July 2019 \| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) \| Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae
YOLANY PADILLA; et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT; et al., Defendants-Appellants, and UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, FKA Department of Social Services; et al., Defendants. - ORDER Appellants’ emergency motion for a stay of the district court’s April 5, 2019 and July 2, 2019 orders pending appeal (Dkt. Entry No. 10) is granted in part and denied in part. 22 July 2019 \| Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit \| Document type: Case Law \| Topic(s): Immigration Detention \| Countries: United States of America
Guatemala: Court of Constitutionality - Accumulated Files: No. 3829-2019, 3849-2019, 3881-2019 - 14 July 2019 "Expedientes Acumulados 3829-2019, 3849-2019 y 3881-2019". Constitutional Court decision reviewing the constitutionality of the "safe third country" agreement between the United States and Guatemala. The court found, on procedural grounds, that the agreement did not comply with the treaty-making procedures in Guatemalan law. However, this was later overturned on appeal (See the appeal here.) 14 July 2019 \| Judicial Body: Guatemala: Corte de Constitutionalidad \| Document type: Case Law \| Topic(s): Safe third country \| Countries: Guatemala - United States of America

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