Case Law

19 October 2017 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Legal Instrument: 1950 European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) | Topic(s): Decision on admissibility - Effective remedy - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Gang related violence - Non-state agents of persecution - Refugees - Right to life | Countries: El Salvador - Spain

7 February 2014 | Judicial Body: United States Board of Immigration Appeals | Topic(s): Gang related violence - Non-state agents of persecution - Social group persecution | Countries: El Salvador - United States of America

23 January 2014 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit | Topic(s): Gang related violence - Non-state agents of persecution - Social group persecution | Countries: El Salvador - United States of America

On 6 April 2010, the Court issued a decision denying the petition for review. Mejilla-Romero v. Holder, Attorney General.

6 August 2010 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit | Topic(s): Children-at-risk - Non-state agents of persecution - Social group persecution | Countries: El Salvador - United States of America

On petition for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals. The panel and BIA’s decisions were subsequently vacated and the case was remanded to the BIA: Mejilla-Romero v. Holder, Attorney General.

6 April 2010 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit | Topic(s): Children-at-risk - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Persecution of family members - Social group persecution | Countries: El Salvador - United States of America

24 November 2009 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Effective protection - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution of family members - Police - Social group persecution - State protection | Countries: Australia - El Salvador

17 April 2006 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: El Salvador - New Zealand

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

13 September 2004 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Topic(s): Abduction - Effective protection - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity - Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) - Social group persecution | Countries: El Salvador - United States of America

Deportation proceedings.

17 March 1988 | Judicial Body: United States Board of Immigration Appeals | Topic(s): Combatants / Former combatants - Deportation / Forcible return - Internal armed conflict - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Non-state agents of persecution - Social group persecution | Countries: El Salvador - United States of America