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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 20, 2015
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...
Jan 8, 2014
Non-Refoulement: The Search for a Consistent Interpretation of Article 33
The international community rose to the challenge of addressing mass migration with the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of...
Jul 11, 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...
Jul 5, 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”...
Jun 27, 2012
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