Help Defend Asylum
CGRS relies on the generous support of people like you to sustain our advocacy defending the human rights of refugees. Make a gift today!
Seeking Asylum in the First Year of the Biden Administration: Cruelty and Chaos Persist
This factsheet evaluates the Biden administration's treatment of people seeking asylum in its first year, including its embrace of Title 42, failure to end Remain in Mexico, and stalled progress on protections for survivors of gender-based violence.
Restore asylum for women fleeing abuse and death
This op-ed urges Congress to pass the Refugee Protection Act which, among other crucial provisions, would restore acces to asylum for women and girls fleeing gender-based violence.
Immigrant Women Too: The Legal Fight to Ensure Safe Haven for Survivors
In this piece CGRS Legal Director Blaine Bookey unpacks the Trump-era Matter of A-B- ruling, a step backwards for the rights of refugee survivors, and urges advocates to keep up the fight.
The Struggle for Equality: Women's Rights, Human Rights, and Asylum Protection
This article investigates the historical legal struggles of women seeking asylum in the U.S, including harmful decisons like Matter A-B- which have undermined the ability of people fleeing gender-based violence to obtain protection.
El Salvador--A Peace Worse Than War: Violence, Gender and a Failed Legal Response
This article explores the conditions underpinning high levels of gender-based violence and femicide in El Salvador, including the impact of the country's civil war, and evaluates the response of legal and governmental institutions to gender-based violence.
No Justice for Guatemalan Women: An Update Twenty Years After Guatemala's First Violence Against Women Law
This report provides an update on the situtation of violence against women in Guatamala and implementation of a 2008 law addressing the issue, offering recommendations to the Guatemalan government and urging officials to accelerate training to handle cases of violence against women.
Deadly Inertia: Needless Delay of “Particular Social Group” Regulations Puts Asylum Seekers at Risk
This factsheet explains why regulations on particular social group are important, why this legal issue has become so contentious, and how the Biden administration's needless delay in proposing regulations is putting lives at risk.
Comprehensive Written Submission of Civil Society: Hearing on Widespread Sexual Violence Against Women and Girls in Haiti
Testimony of Civil Society Representatives: Hearing on Widespread Sexual Violence Against Women and Girls in Haiti
Summary of Civil Society Presentation: Hearing on Widespread Sexual Violence Against Women and Girls in Haiti
This document summarizes the presentation CGRS and partner organizations will present to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights on widespread sexual violence against women and girls in Haiti.