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Precluding Protection: Findings from Interviews with Haitian Asylum Seekers in Central and Southern Mexico

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May 08, 2024

Drawn from over 100 interviews with asylum seekers and local service providers in Tapachula and Mexico City, this report discusses myriad barriers to protection and inhumane conditions facing Haitian asylum seekers in Mexico.

Implementation of the Mexican Legal Reforms that Prohibit Detention of Accompanied and Unaccompanied Migrant Children

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Mar 01, 2021

We joined our coauthors in releasing a report about the implementation of the Mexical legal reforms that prohibit detention of migrant children.

Honduras: Climate Change, Human Rights Violations, and Forced Displacement

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Dec 20, 2023

This report sheds light on the far-reaching effects of the climate emergency in Honduras. It includes recommendations directed at both the U.S. and Honduran governments, urging decisive action to address these challenges, protect the environment, and safeguard the human rights of those affected.

Matter of A-B- One Year Later: Winning Back Gender-Based Asylum Through Litigation and Legislation

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Nov 01, 2020

This article surveys Matter of A-B-'s impact in its first year, discusses how it has fared in the federal courts, and argues that Congress must act to ensure that gender-based violence claims are adjudicated in a manner consistent with international law.

Deteriorating Conditions in the Jérémie, Haiti Prison: A Call to Action to Preserve Due Process and Human Life

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Jun 01, 2023

CGRS, UC Law SF students, and partners at the Catholic Law School of Jeremie investigate conditions in the prison in Jeremie, Haiti, finding grave violations of human rights and offering recommendations for restoring them.

Kondisyon k ap grangennen nan prizon Jeremi, Ayiti:Apèl alaksyon pou prezève garanti pou respè lavi moun, avèk pou yo jwenn yon pwosè jis epi ekitab

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Jun 01, 2023

CGRS, UC Law SF students, and partners at the Catholic Law School of Jeremie investigate conditions in the prison in Jeremie, Haiti, finding grave violations of human rights and offering recommendations for restoring them.

Détérioration des conditions de détention dans la prison civile de Jérémie, en Haïti: Un appel à l'action pour préserver la vie humaine et le droit à un procès équitable

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Jun 01, 2023

CGRS, UC Law SF students, and partners at the Catholic Law School of Jeremie investigate conditions in the prison in Jeremie, Haiti, finding grave violations of human rights and offering recommendations for restoring them.

Far from Safety: Dangers and Limits to Protection for Asylum Seekers Transiting through Latin America

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Apr 21, 2023

This report covers the legal and policy context of the Biden administration’s proposed "asylum ban" and highlights nine transit countries' inability to protect asylum seekers. It also provides recommendations to the U.S. government based on its legal and moral obligations to refugees.