This study, co-authored by CGRS founder Karen Musalo, uses more than five hundred immigration judge decisions, to identify trends in immigration court decisions and found patterns of incompetence and bias among these decisions.
CGRS submitted input to the Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants, addressing the phenomenon of missing migrants. This submission highlights how U.S. border policies place asylum seekers at risk, including exposure to kidnapping and disappearances.
CGRS provided input to the UN Working Group on Disappearances, addressing Enforced Disappearances in the Context of the Defense of Land, Environment, and Natural Resources. The submission emphasizes the particular vulnerability of land defenders in Honduras.
CGRS submitted input to The Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court to inform its forthcoming principles on gender persecution.
We submitted our analysis of the government's final rule that essentially closes off asylum during "emergency border circumstances." Our comment urges the government to withdraw the rule in its entirety.
CGRS submitted input to the UN Independent Expert on Human Rights and International Solidarity to inform its report on Indigenous peoples and international solidarity. The submission highlights the deplorable Indigenous rights conditions in Honduras and offers recommendations.
CGRS submitted input to the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders to inform its report on defenders working in remote and rural areas. The submission highlights conditions of violence and harm in Honduras and offers recommendations to address these challenges.
This factsheet highlights key elements of a declaration by renowned expert Donald Hernández Palma, detailing how the devastating effects of climate change and disasters have profoundly impacted human rights in Honduras.
In this policy memo, the #WelcomeWithDignity Campaign recommends four practical solutions to ensure meaningful access to asylum and increase safety at the border.
CGRS submitted input to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights' Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent on the the sexual and gender-based violence that Haitian and other Afro-descendant asylum seekers face on their journey to safety through the Darién region.