30 April 2009

Law Articles/Papers: Credibility, Human Trafficking, Immigration Policy/U.S., Refugee Instruments

Convention Relative au Statut des Réfugiés ; Protocole Relative au Statut Des Réfugiés (UN Audiovisual Library of International Law, April 2009) [French text]
- "The French version of the introductory note by Mr. Goodwin-Gill to the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, 1951, and the Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees, 1967, was added to the Historic Archives section of the United Nations Audiovisual Library of International Law website on 28 April 2009."

"Credibility Assessments and the REAL ID Act’s Amendments to Immigration Law," Texas International Law Journal, vol. 44, no. 2 (Winter 2009) [text]

"First Circuit’s Deferential Standard for Reviewing Adverse Credibility Determinations in Asylum Cases Remains Unchanged—Cuko v. Mukasey, 522 F.3d 32 (1st Cir. 2008)," Suffolk University Law Review, vol. 42, no. 2 (2009) [text]

Kucana v. Holder (SCOTUSBlog, April 2009) [text]
- Analysis of U.S. Supreme Court case involving petitioner who overslept and missed his asylum hearing. The Court "agreed to rule on whether the 2005 REAL ID Act strips courts of jurisdiction over discretionary decisions made by the Board of Immigration Appeals (source)."

"The Modern-Day Slave Trade: How the United States Should Alter the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act in Order to Combat International Sex Trafficking More Effectively," Texas International Law Journal, vol. 44, no. 1 (Fall 2009) [text]

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