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Matter of L-A-C-

19 May 2015 | Judicial Body: United States Board of Immigration Appeals | Topic(s): Appeal / Right to appeal - Convention against Torture (CAT) - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Persecution based on political opinion | Countries: Guatemala - United States of America

Matter of J-H-J-

12 May 2015 | Judicial Body: United States Board of Immigration Appeals | Topic(s): Appeal / Right to appeal - Criminal justice | Countries: China - United States of America

Maydai Hernandez-Avalos v. Loretta E. Lynch, Attorney General

The Fourth Circuit granted a petition for review of the Board’s decision affirming an Immigration Judge’s denial of an application for asylum and withholding of removal to El Salvador.

30 April 2015 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit | Topic(s): Gang related violence - Threats / Intimidation | Countries: El Salvador - United States of America

Tie Xia Chen v. Holder, Attorney General

The court granted a petition for review of the Board’s denial of a motion to reopen removal proceedings.

1 April 2015 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit | Topic(s): Appeal / Right to appeal - Forced sterilization / Abortion - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: China - United States of America

Andre Lawrence Shepherd v Bundesrepublik Deutschland

26 February 2015 | Judicial Body: European Union: Court of Justice of the European Union | Topic(s): Acts of persecution - Asylum-seekers - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Regional instruments - War crimes | Countries: Germany - United States of America

Pan v. Holder, Attorney General

26 January 2015 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit | Topic(s): Convention against Torture (CAT) - Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity - Grounds for persecution - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) | Countries: Kyrgyzstan - United States of America

Opinion of Advocate General Sharpston: Andre Lawrence Shepherd v. Bundesrepublik Deutschland

11 November 2014 | Judicial Body: European Union: Court of Justice of the European Union | Topic(s): Acts of persecution - Asylum-seekers - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Regional instruments - War crimes | Countries: Germany - United States of America

Trabelsi v. Belgium

4 September 2014 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Criminal justice - Extradition - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Suspensive effect | Countries: Belgium - Tunisia - United States of America

Ruiz-Del-Cid v. Holder, Attorney General

29 August 2014 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit | Topic(s): Appeal / Right to appeal - Refugee / Asylum law | Countries: United States of America

Matter of A-R-C-G- et al.

26 August 2014 | Judicial Body: United States Board of Immigration Appeals | Topic(s): Agents of persecution - Domestic violence - Gender-based persecution - Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) - Social group persecution | Countries: El Salvador - Guatemala - United States of America

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