Case Law

23 July 2013 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Topic(s): Gang related violence | Countries: Canada - El Salvador

Petition for review granted on grounds that witnesses who testify against gang members may constitute a particular social group despite a lack of social visibility.

13 February 2013 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Countries: El Salvador - United States of America

25 October 2012 | Judicial Body: Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACrtHR) | Topic(s): Children's rights - Housing, land and property rights (HLP) - Peace process - Property restitution - Right to life - Transitional justice (including amnesty laws) | Countries: El Salvador

Petition for review granted, order vacated and decision remanded for proceedings to establish clarity with regards to rejection of claimant's past persecution claim and basing decision on the legal principle that past persecution to family members can be the basis for a past persecution claim.

7 October 2012 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit | Countries: El Salvador - United States of America

EOIR held the applicant had established well founded fear of persecution on account of her membership in a particular social group comprised of members of her family (family targeted for persecution by an El Salvadoran gang, MS-13).

21 June 2012 | Judicial Body: United States Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) | Topic(s): Social group persecution | Countries: El Salvador - United States of America

4 June 2012 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Topic(s): Gang related violence | Countries: Canada - El Salvador

18 May 2012 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Complementary forms of protection | Countries: Australia - El Salvador

20 March 2012 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Topic(s): Benefit of the doubt - Credibility assessment - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) | Countries: Canada - El Salvador

Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals.Petition Denied. Request for rehearing en banc also denied.

1 March 2012 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit | Topic(s): Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Social group persecution | Countries: El Salvador - United States of America

Petition for review of a final order of the Board of Immigration Appeals. Petition granted in part and denied in part.

11 January 2012 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit | Topic(s): Gender-based persecution - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) - Social group persecution | Countries: El Salvador - United States of America