Title | 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)") |
Publisher | UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) |
Publication Date | 15 October 2019 |
Country | United States of America |
Topics | Asylum policy | Non-refoulement | Right to seek asylum | Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness | Safe third country |
Citation / Document Symbol | Case No. 3:19-CV-04073 |
Related Document(s) | East Bay Sanctuary Covenant, et al., v. William P. Barr ("East Bay Sanctuary (II)") |
Cite as | UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), 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, Case No. 3:19-CV-04073, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/5dcc03354.html [accessed 1 June 2023] |
Comments | UNHCR submits this brief out of concern that the Interim Final Rule at issue in this case, Asylum Eligibility and Procedural Modifications (“IFR”), 84 Fed. Reg. 33,829 (July 16, 2019), significantly restricts access to asylum in a way that is at variance with two international law protections: the right to seek asylum and the principle of non-refoulement. UNHCR has a strong interest in ensuring that United States asylum policy remains consistent with the international treaty obligations that the United States helped to create, and respectfully offers its guidance on those obligations. |