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Jan 20, 2015
Do Human Rights Treaties Help Asylum-Seekers?: Lessons from the United Kingdom
The following blog post summarizes Do Human Rights Treaties Help Asylum-Seekers?: Lessons from the United Kingdom (48 Vand. J. Transnat’l...
Jan 8, 2014
Optimal Asylum
The U.S. asylum system is noble but flawed. Scholars have long recognized that asylum is a “scarce” political resource, but U.S. law...
Jul 5, 2012
Refugee Credibility Assessment and the “Religious Imposter” Problem: A Case Study of Eritrean Pente
Credibility assessment in refugee status determination (RSD) poses unique challenges when the outcome of asylum applications turns on the...
Jun 27, 2012
A New Standard for Evaluating Claims of Economic Persecution Under the 1951 Convention Relating to t
The United Nations Convention and Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees define the requirements for qualification as a “refugee”...
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