CGRS has released two updated country conditions toolkits on violence against women in Honduras and government ineffectiveness in Honduras and a sample annotated table of contents on violence against women in Honduras.

In this training, CGRS attorneys discuss when expert witnesses may be useful, how they can benefit children’s fear of return cases, best practices for vetting experts for an individual case, and identify the major steps in working together from the initial conversation to the conclusion of proceedings.

This explainer provides an overview of Cruz Galicia v. Garland, the first court of appeals decision on a climate change-based asylum claim, in which the court denied Mr. Cruz Galicia’s petition for review, finding that his proposed particular social group of “climate refugees” lacked social distinction, a necessary element of that ground for asylum. 

This practice advisory provides an overview of the Dedicated Docket, discusses strategies for representing families on the docket, and discusses strategies and best practices for mitigating and making a record of due process concerns for families whose cases are on the docket.

This toolkit includes pertinent resources on the historical and social context of political persecution in Brazil, the prevalence of this type of harm, and violence targeted at specific groups based on their political activities.

CGRS has added a field to our case intake form to track asylum ban cases.

Organizations or clinics offering expert evaluations are now listed in the Expert Witness Database.

Support CGRS by helping expand our TA Library! We welcome submissions of sample briefs, country conditions research, universal declarations, and more.