Jan 20, 2015Do Human Rights Treaties Help Asylum-Seekers?: Lessons from the United KingdomThe following blog post summarizes Do Human Rights Treaties Help Asylum-Seekers?: Lessons from the United Kingdom (48 Vand. J. Transnat’l...
Jan 8, 2014Optimal AsylumThe 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, 2012Refugee Credibility Assessment and the “Religious Imposter” Problem: A Case Study of Eritrean PenteCredibility assessment in refugee status determination (RSD) poses unique challenges when the outcome of asylum applications turns on the...
Jun 27, 2012A New Standard for Evaluating Claims of Economic Persecution Under the 1951 Convention Relating to tThe United Nations Convention and Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees define the requirements for qualification as a “refugee”...