Tagged #convention-against-torture
Every article we've published on this topic, sorted by the agency's own announcement date.
DOJ-EOIR
Fourth Circuit: BIA misapplied standard in reviewing immigration judge's torture grant
A Fourth Circuit decision vacates the BIA's reversal of an immigration judge's Convention Against Torture grant, finding the Board failed to apply proper clearly erroneous review to factual findings about risk of torture.
removal defense
DOJ-EOIR
CAT Protection: When Asylum Is Barred and Torture Is the Only Argument Left
How Convention Against Torture relief works in U.S. removal proceedings — the no-bars structure, the 'acquiescence' element, and the difference between withholding and deferral.
humanitarian 6 min