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Los Angeles Declaration on Migration and Protection 10 June 2022 \| Publisher: United States President \| Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations
NANCY GIMENA HUISHA-HUISHA, AND HER MINOR CHILD, ET AL., APPELLEES v. ALEJANDRO N. MAYORKAS, SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY, ET AL., APPELLANTS It is likely that § 265 grants the Executive sweeping authority to prohibit aliens from entering the United States during a public-health emergency; that the Executive may expel aliens who violate such a prohibition; and that under § 1231(b)(3)(A) and the Convention Against Torture, the Executive cannot expel aliens to countries where their “life or freedom would be threatened” on account of their “race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion” or where they will likely face torture. 4 March 2022 \| Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit \| Document type: Case Law \| Topic(s): COVID-19 - Deportation / Forcible return - Expulsion - Public health \| Countries: United States of America
#IBelong Campaign Update, October – December 2021 1 February 2022 \| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) \| Document type: Thematic Reports
Brief of Amicus Curiae United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Support of Plaintiffs-Appellees and Affirmance in the case of Nancy Gimena Huisha-Huisha, et al. v. Alejandro Mayorkas, et al. 19 November 2021 \| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) \| Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae
Brief of United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees as Amicus Curiae Supporting Petitioner in the case of Daniel Girmai Negusie V. Merrick Garland, U.S. Attorney General 4 August 2021 \| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) \| Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae
#IBelong Campaign Update, April 2021 - June 2021 9 July 2021 \| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) \| Document type: Country News
GRACE, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. WILLIAM P. BARR, ATTORNEY GENERAL, et al., Defendants-Appellants For UNHCR’s intervention at the district court level, see the Brief of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees as Amicus Curaie in Support of Plaintiff’s Cross-Motion for Summary Judgment in case Grace, et. al., Plaintiffs, v. Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III, in his Official Capacity as Attorney General of the United States, et. al., Defendants. For UNHCR’s intervention in this case, see Brief of Amicus Curiae United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Support of Plaintiffs-Appellees in case Grace, et. al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. William P. Barr, Attorney General, et. al., Defendants-Appellants. From the Court: "Twelve asylum seekers challenge a host of executive-branch policies adopted to implement the expedited-removal provisions of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act (IIRIRA), [...]. Broadly speaking, the challenged policies concern how asylum officers determine whether an alien has demonstrated a “credible fear” of persecution, a threshold showing that permits an alien who would otherwise be immediately deported to seek asylum in the United States. The asylum seekers principally argue that the policies raise the bar for demonstrating a credible fear of persecution far above what Congress intended and that the Attorney General and various agencies violated the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), [...] by failing to adequately address important factors bearing on the policies’ adoption. Largely on these grounds, the district court found the policies inconsistent with IIRIRA, the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), [...] seq., and the APA, and enjoined their enforcement. For the reasons set forth in this opinion, we affirm in part and reverse in part." 20 May 2021 \| Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit \| Document type: Case Law \| Topic(s): Agents of persecution - Burden of proof - State protection \| Countries: United States of America
Amicus Curaie (Asylum Access Mexico, et al): Relativo a que cualquier compromiso que asuma el gobierno de Guatemala como "tercer país seguro" y/o de "cooperación respecto al examen de solicitudes de protección", debe previamente ser aprobado por el congreso de la república conforme a lo previsto en la literal l) del artículo 171 de la constitución política de la república 9 March 2021 \| Publisher: Americas - Miscellaneous \| Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae
Brief of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees before the Supreme Court of the United States in the case CHAD F. WOLF, ACTING SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY, et al., PETITIONERS, v. INNOVATION LAW LAB, et al., RESPONDENTS. 22 January 2021 \| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) \| Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae
Comments of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees on the Proposed Rule from the U.S. Department of Justice (Executive Office for Immigration Review): "Procedures for Asylum and Withholding of Removal" 23 October 2020 \| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) \| Document type: Comments on National Legislation

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