Does Matter of A-R-C-G- Matter That Much?: Why Domestic Violence Victims Seeking Asylum Need Better Protection.

نویسنده

  • Carolyn M Wald
چکیده

INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 527 R I. BACKGROUND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 530 R A. Brief History of U.S. Asylum Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 530 R B. Framework for Granting Asylum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 531 R C. BIA Framework for “Particular Social Group” . . . . . . 532 R D. UNHCR Framework for “Particular Social Group” . . 535 R II. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AS A SOCIAL GROUP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 536 R A. Early Treatment of Domestic Violence As a Social Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 536 R B. Matter of R-A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 537 R C. Matter of L-R. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 540 R D. Matter of A-R-C-G. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 541 R III. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AS GENDER PERSECUTION . . . . . . . . . . 544 R IV. RECOMMENDATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 547 R A. Consequences of Status Quo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 548 R B. Regulatory Approach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 550 R C. Amending Definition of Refugee to Include Gender . . 554 R CONCLUSION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 555 R

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Cornell journal of law and public policy

دوره 25 2  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2015