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11 May 2016 | Publisher: Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations
26 August 2014 | Judicial Body: United States Board of Immigration Appeals | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Agents of persecution - Domestic violence - Gender-based persecution - Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) - Social group persecution | Countries: El Salvador - Guatemala - United States of America
21 November 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae
Petition for review of a final order of the Board of Immigration Appeals. Petition granted in part and denied in part.
11 January 2012 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Gender-based persecution - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) - Social group persecution | Countries: El Salvador - United States of America
18 August 2010 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae
Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals.
13 September 2004 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Abduction - Effective protection - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity - Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) - Social group persecution | Countries: El Salvador - United States of America
28 November 1996 | Publisher: National Legislative Bodies / National Authorities | Document type: National Legislation
Petition for review.
28 October 1991 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Non-state agents of persecution - Political asylum - Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) - Social group persecution - Women-at-risk | Countries: El Salvador - United States of America
Petition for Review of an Order of the Immigration and Naturalization Service.
9 March 1987 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) - Social group persecution - Women-at-risk | Countries: El Salvador - United States of America