Historical & Legal References

Human Rights First Website

Working with Medical and Mental Health Experts in Asylum and Related Fear-of-Return Claims

Chakravartula,  N, Lin, C, Lustig, S, McKenzie, Katherine. 24-7 Bender’s Immigr. Bull. 01 (2019)

Refugee Act Refugee Act of 1980

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United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.

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Sexual Orientation as Grounds for Asylum in the United States--In Re Tenorio

Grider S. 1994, No. A72 093 558 (EOIR Immigration Court, July 26, 1993). Harv Int'l LJ.35:213-595.

Asylum as a General Principle of International Law

Gil-Bazo M-T. 2015. International journal of refugee law.27:3-28.

“An absolutely necessary piece”: A qualitative study of legal perspectives on medical affidavits in the asylum process

Scruggs E, Guetterman TC, Meyer AC, VanArtsdalen J, Heisler M. Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine. 2016;44(2016):72-78. doi:10.1016/j.jflm.2016.09.002

Law of asylum in the United States

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Matter of Kasinga, Board of Immigration Appeals, Interim Decision 3278 (13 June 1996).

1997. International journal of refugee law.213. US Department of Justice. Matter of Kasindja. 1996. https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/eoir/legacy/2014/07/25/3278.pdf. Accessed July 12, 2019.

Women whose governments are unable or unwilling to provide reasonable protection from domestic violence may qualify as refugees under United States Asylum Law.

Anker D, Gilbert L, Kelly N. 1997. Georgetown immigration law journal Georgetown immigration law journal.11:709-745.

Report of the UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women

UN Committee Against Torture (CAT), General Comment No. 2: Implementation of Article 2 by States Parties, 24 January 2008, CAT/C/GC/2, para 18; (E/CN.4/2002/83, 31 January 2002, introduction, pa