SOGI Casebook chapters Archives: Asylum and immigration
Alla Konstantinova Pitcherskaia v. Immigration and Naturalization Service, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (24 June 1997)
Procedural Posture Alla K. Pitcherskaia petitioned the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ decision denying her application for asylum and withholding of deportation. Facts Among other things, the applicant claimed persecution on the basis of her political opinions in support of gay and lesbian […]
Order 15981/12, Supreme Court of Cassation, Italy (20 September 2012)
Procedural Posture Appeal to the Supreme Court of Cassation against the decision of the Court of Appeal denying the claimant’s application for refugee status. Both the Court of First Instance (Tribunale di Trieste) and the Court of Appeal of Trieste had rejected the claim for refugee status as well as the claims for subsidiary protection […]
Francis Ojo Ogunrinde v. Canada (Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness; Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), Federal Court of Canada (15 June 2012)
Procedural Posture The petitioner was refused refugee status by the Refugee Protection Division of the Immigration and Refugee Board because his claim of being a homosexual was found not credible. He appealed to Federal Court for review of the Immigration and Refugee Board decision. Facts The petitioner, a Nigerian citizen, arrived in Canada and sought […]
Report of the Special Rapporteur on torture, A/HRC/19/61/Add.4, 29 February 2012: United States
United States of America Joint Urgent Appeal (c) Joint Urgent Appeal: Alleged torture and illtreatment in immigration facilities. Case No. USA 15/2011, 19/08/2011 State reply: None to date. 172. The Special Rapporteur regrets that the Government of the United States of America to date has not responded to the communication dated 19 August 2011, regarding […]
Report of the Special Rapporteur on torture, A/HRC/19/61/Add.4, 29 February 2012: United Kingdom
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Urgent Appeal (a) Urgent Appeal: Alleged risk of torture for asylum seeker facing deportation Case No. GBR 1/2011, 23/02/2011. State reply: None to date. 168. The Special Rapporteur regrets that the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland has not responded to this […]
HJ (Iran) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department; HT (Cameroon) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department, Supreme Court of the United Kingdom (7 July 2010)
Procedural Posture Appeal to the Supreme Court against two unrelated decisions by the Court of Appeal to deny asylum to men who had claimed asylum under Article 1A of the Geneva Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees. Facts The appellants, HJ, an Iranian citizen, and HT, a Cameroonian citizen, were both gay men. In […]