Case Law
- Access to procedures 1
- Acts of persecution 1
- Agents of persecution 1
- Aliens 1
- Anti-terrorism law 1
- Appeal / Right to appeal 5
- Armed forces / Military 2
- Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements 1
- Armenian 1
- Asylum-seekers 4
- Blood feuds 1
- Burden of proof 2
- Changes of circumstances in home country 3
- Children's rights 1
- Children-at-risk 1
- Christian 1
- Combatants / Former combatants 1
- Complementary forms of protection 7
- Constitutional law 1
- Convention against Torture (CAT) 11
- Corruption 1
- Country of origin information (COI) 7
- Credibility assessment 5
- Criminal justice 3
- Decision on admissibility 1
- Denial of refugee status 1
- Deportation / Forcible return 32
- Derivative status 2
- Domestic violence 2
- Drug trafficking 2
- Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) 6
- Exceptional leave to remain (ELR) 1
- Exclusion clauses 3
- Expedited procedures 1
- Expulsion 1
- Extrajudicial executions 1
- Family reunification 2
- Female genital mutilation (FGM) 6
- Forced sterilization / Abortion 2
- Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 5
- Freedom of expression 1
- Freedom of speech 1
- Fresh / New claim 1
- Gang related violence 2
- Gender-based persecution 1
- Grounds for persecution 2
- Immigration Detention 2
- Immigration law 6
- Internal armed conflict 1
- Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) 2
- International courts and tribunals 1
- International criminal law 1
- Jurisdiction 3
- Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 1
- Manifestly unfounded / Clearly abusive claims 2
- Mentally disadvantaged persons 1
- Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription 3
- Multiple nationality 2
- Muslim 1
- Naturalization 1
- Non-state agents of persecution 6
- One-child policy / Family planning 5
- Opposition 1
- Persecution based on nationality 1
- Persecution based on political opinion 9
- Persecution of family members 2
- Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity 2
- Prison or detention conditions 1
- Re-entry 1
- Refugee / Asylum law 5
- Refugees 2
- Rejected asylum-seekers 4
- Religious persecution (including forced conversion) 1
- Resettlement 1
- Residence permits / Residency 2
- Right to family life 2
- Safe third country 2
- Serious non-political crime 1
- Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) 3
- Sexual and reproductive rights 1
- Social group persecution 15
- Standard of proof 1
- State protection 1
- Temporary protection 1
- Terrorism 1
- Threats / Intimidation 1
- Torture 1
- Visas 1
- Voluntary repatriation 1
- Well-founded fear of persecution 7
- Women-at-risk 4
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In re Ahmad Aldabesheh
- 30 August 1999 | Judicial Body: United States Board of Immigration Appeals | Countries: Israel - United States of America |
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In Re R-A-
11 June 1999 | Judicial Body: United States Board of Immigration Appeals | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) | Countries: Guatemala - United States of America |
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In re S-S-
- 21 January 1999 | Judicial Body: United States Board of Immigration Appeals | Countries: United States of America |
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In re G-A-C-
U.S. Department of Justice Executive Office for Immigration Review Board of Immigration Appeals 9 July 1998 | Judicial Body: United States Board of Immigration Appeals | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return | Countries: Lebanon - United States of America |
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Matter of C-A-L-
Appeal dismissed as the applicant was not able to establish that he would have a well-founded fear of persecution in other parts of the country. 21 February 1997 | Judicial Body: United States Board of Immigration Appeals | Countries: Guatemala - United States of America |
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In re T-M-B-
U.S. Department of Justice Executive Office for Immigration Review Board of Immigration Appeals 20 February 1997 | Judicial Body: United States Board of Immigration Appeals | Topic(s): Freedom of expression - Freedom of speech - Persecution based on political opinion | Countries: Philippines - United States of America |
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In re S-M-J-
U.S. Department of Justice Executive Office for Immigration Review Board of Immigration Appeals 31 January 1997 | Judicial Body: United States Board of Immigration Appeals | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return | Countries: Liberia - United States of America |
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Matter of Rodi Adalí Alvarado-Peña
Decision overturned by Matter of R-A-, Int. Dec. 3403 (BIA 1999), vacated (A.G. 2001). 20 September 1996 | Judicial Body: United States Board of Immigration Appeals | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) | Countries: Guatemala - United States of America |
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In re Fauziya Kasinga
13 June 1996 | Judicial Body: United States Board of Immigration Appeals | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Credibility assessment - Female genital mutilation (FGM) - Social group persecution | Countries: Togo - United States of America |
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Matter of B-
The BIA found that past persecution suffered by the applicant was so severe that asylum should be granted notwithstanding the change of circumstances in the country of origin. 19 May 1995 | Judicial Body: United States Board of Immigration Appeals | Countries: Afghanistan - United States of America |
