Professor Deborah Anker: The History and Future of Gender Asylum Law and Recognition of Domestic Violence as a Basis for Protection in the United States Human Rights Magazine, April 2020 This article, featured in the April issue of the American Bar Association’s Human Rights Magazine, discusses the past and current state of gender asylum law.…
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HIRC’s Director, Professor Deborah Anker, is currently seeking research assistants to work on the newest edition of her treatise, Law of Asylum in the United States, in the 2020-21 academic year. The treatise is updated every year and is a leading resource on U.S. asylum law with a comparative and international perspective. The Law of…
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Deborah Anker, author of Law of Asylum, talks about the 2016 edition of the treatise in the video below. [wpvideo 5VXth2tL] Special Features of the 2016 Edition: Gangs and Increasing Warfare in Central America; Emphasis on Political Opinion Ground Expanded sections on asylum and withholding status based on former gang membership Further developed section…
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Deborah Anker’s Law of Asylum in the United States, an authoritative guide to U.S. asylum law, was recently released as its updated 2016 edition. Lauded as a “must-have publication for practitioners, students, and teachers”, Law of Asylum provides a comprehensive description and interpretation of the current state of national and international asylum law. Law of…
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The 2015 edition of Deborah Anker’s leading treatise, Law of Asylum in the United States, is now available here. View flyer to receive a 20% discount! Law of Asylum in the United States is the authoritative presentation of U.S. asylum law, long considered a must -have for practitioners, scholars, students and teachers. “Law of Asylum contains detailed research and…
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Look out for Deborah Anker’s 2014 treatise on asylum law, published this year and now available to purchase! The seventh edition of the leading treatise, Law of Asylum in the United States, is available at http://legalsolutions.thomsonreuters.com/law-products/Treatises/Law-of-Asylum-in-the-United-States-2014-ed/p/100251917. This comprehensive treatise covers asylum, withholding and Convention against torture law in the United States, integrating international sources and perspectives.…
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Some nice infographics on the latest asylum figures in Europe via Thomson Reuters here. Interestingly, Germany received the largest number of applications – 75,000+! Additionally, Asylum Aid and ECRE published their latest report on asylum in Europe, filled with tons of important information and certainly worth reading if you are looking at asylum comparatively.
In November 2012, the Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinic arranged for continuing clinical student Marisa Taney ’13 to work with the University of Buenos Aires and as well as two other amazing organizations, CELS and CAREF, doing great work in refugee law. Read about her experience in her own words below! “When I chose to…
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