Human rights / Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment

Hearing date: 10 October 2007. On appeal from the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (HX/19216/2004).

30 October 2007 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) - Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) - Tutsis | Countries: Rwanda - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Under section 101(a)(3) of the REAL ID Act of 2005, Div. B of Pub. L. No. 109-13, 119 Stat. 302, 303, in mixed motive asylum cases, an applicant must prove that race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion was or will be at least one central reason for the claimed persecution.

25 June 2007 | Judicial Body: United States Board of Immigration Appeals | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Grounds for persecution - Persecution based on nationality - Social group persecution | Countries: Rwanda - United States of America

7 December 2006 | Judicial Body: UN Committee Against Torture (CAT) | Document type: Case Law | Countries: Rwanda - Sweden

30 October 2006 | Publisher: World Organisation Against Torture | Document type: Country Reports