Case Law

Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals.

16 July 2010 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements - Changes of circumstances in home country - Convention against Torture (CAT) - Minorities - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Tamil - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: Sri Lanka - United States of America

On Petition for Review of a Final Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals. Not Precedential.

3 June 2010 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit | Topic(s): Catholic - Credibility assessment - One-child policy / Family planning - Persecution based on political opinion - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: China - United States of America

Petition for Review of a Decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals. Unpublished opinion.

5 May 2010 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Topic(s): Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements - Changes of circumstances in home country - Denial of refugee status - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Persecution based on political opinion - Rejected asylum-seekers - Social group persecution - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: Sierra Leone - United States of America

Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals.

28 April 2010 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit | Topic(s): Convention against Torture (CAT) - Forced sterilization / Abortion - Livelihoods - One-child policy / Family planning - Persecution based on political opinion - Social group persecution - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: China - United States of America

Petition for Review of a Decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals. Unpublished Opinion.

20 April 2010 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Topic(s): Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements - Convention against Torture (CAT) - Persecution based on political opinion - Political parties - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: Colombia - United States of America

26 March 2010 | Judicial Body: United States Board of Immigration Appeals | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Forced sterilization / Abortion - One-child policy / Family planning - Sexual and reproductive rights - Social group persecution - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: China - United States of America

Petition for Review of a Decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals.

19 February 2010 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Persecution based on political opinion - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: Guinea - United States of America

On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals.

27 January 2010 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Topic(s): Grounds for persecution - Non-state agents of persecution - Smuggling of persons - Social group persecution - Trafficking in persons - Well-founded fear of persecution - Witnesses | Countries: Mexico - United States of America

Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals.

25 January 2010 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit | Topic(s): Grounds for persecution - Social group persecution - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: El Salvador - United States of America

The case summary in English has been prepared in the framework of the Knowledge-Based Harmonisation of European Asylum Practices Project (2010-2012), co-financed by the European Refugee Fund.

17 July 2009 | Judicial Body: Italy: Courts of First Instance | Countries: Congo, Democratic Republic of the - Italy