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Seeking Asylum in the First Year of the Biden Administration: Cruelty and Chaos Persist

Factsheet
Jan 21, 2022

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.

The Struggle for Equality: Women's Rights, Human Rights, and Asylum Protection

Commentary
Jan 01, 2019

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

Commentary
Dec 12, 2018

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

Commentary
Jan 01, 2018

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

Policy Memo
Feb 10, 2022

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.

Summary of Civil Society Presentation: Hearing on Widespread Sexual Violence Against Women and Girls in Haiti

Human Rights Body Submission
Mar 08, 2023

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.