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EMAP (Gang violence – Convention Reason) El Salvador CG v. Secretary of State for the Home Department [2022] UKUT 00335 (IAC)

The main determination in this case is whether harm amounts to persecution for one of the five reasons set out in the Refugee Convention. The Court considered country background of El-Salvador to assess and determine if the appellant has a well-founded fear/risk of persecution for reasons relating to membership of a particular social group and different political opinion.

15 December 2022 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) | Document type: Case Law | Legal Instrument: 1951 Refugee Convention | Topic(s): Acts of persecution - Asylum-seekers - EU Qualification Directive - Gang related violence | Countries: El Salvador - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

BRIEF OF AMICUS CURIAE UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES IN SUPPORT OF PLAINTIFFS-APPELLEES in the case GRACE, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. WILLIAM P. BARR, ATTORNEY GENERAL, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

31 July 2019 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae

Life Under Gang Rule in El Salvador

26 December 2018 | Publisher: International Crisis Group (ICG) | Document type: Country Reports

BRIEF OF THE UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES AS AMICUS CURIAE IN SUPPORT OF PLAINTIFFS' 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. before the United States District Court for the District of Columbia

28 September 2018 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae

Freedom in the World 2018 - Jamaica

27 August 2018 | Publisher: Freedom House | Document type: Annual Reports

Haïti : information sur les actes de vengeance commis par les gangs ou par d'autres structures du crime organisé; capacité des gangs ou autres structures du crime organisé à suivre la trace de leurs cibles, y compris si elles retournent en Haïti après une longue absence (2015-juin 2018)

3 July 2018 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

Haiti: Acts of revenge committed by gangs or by other organized crime entities; ability of gangs or other organized crime entities to track down their targets, including those who return to Haiti after a long absence (2015-June 2018)

3 July 2018 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

Armed gangs force 'growing number' to flee north and south, in Central America

22 May 2018 | Publisher: UN News Service | Document type: Country News

Freedom in the World 2018 - Brazil

28 March 2018 | Publisher: Freedom House | Document type: Annual Reports

Freedom in the World 2018 - El Salvador

15 March 2018 | Publisher: Freedom House | Document type: Annual Reports

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