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Gender and Asylum Seekers in the
U.S.
New UN Guidelines on Iraqi Asylum Seekers Could Undermine Refugee
Protection (04/17/03)
Rwandan and Burundian Refugees Stranded in Uganda
Refugees, Asylum Seekers, and the Department of Homeland Security
Tanzania:
Rwandan Refugees at Risk
Refugee
Women Face New Risk from Justice Department
LCHR Report: Refugee Women Fleeing Persecution Face Unfair U.S.
Laws
In Limbo Forever? A View From Nakivale, a Ugandan Refugee Camp(12/23/02)
US-Canada
"Safe Third Country" Agreement Will Hurt Asylum Seekers
Refugee
Protection in Africa: LCHR Co-Sponsors Conference in Uganda
Urge
Secretary Ridge to Repeal Policy of Blanket Detention Based Upon
Nationality
Urge
Tanzanian Government to Protect Refugees
Urge
Attorney General Ashcroft to Protect Women Refugees
Urge
the U.S. Government to End Discriminatory Treatment of Haitian Asylum
Seekers
Urge
Members of the
Senate to Take Action
Ensure that the Rights of Refugees, Asylum-Seekers
and other Immigrants are Protected in the new Department of Homeland
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Lawyers Committee’s Refugee
Program
Advancing the Rights of Refugees
Protecting the human rights of refugees, both internationally and
here in the United States, has been an integral part of the work
of the Lawyers Committee for Human Rights since its inception. The
Lawyers Committee grounds its work on refugee protection in the
international standards of the 1951 Convention relating to the Status
of Refugees and its 1967 Protocol and other international human
rights instruments.
Through our U.S. Asylum Program,
we are committed to advancing the rights of refugees in the United
States. We achieve this objective by winning asylum for individual
refugees through our
Pro Bono work, by ensuring access to asylum,
by advocating for fair asylum procedures and by pressing for U.S.
compliance with international refugee and human rights law. To learn
more about our efforts to secure reform of U.S. laws governing asylum
and to support these reforms, join our Torchlight
Campaign.
Through our International
Refugee Program, we work to monitor the standard
of refugee protection accorded by national and international institutions
and organizations, to contribute to the development of enhanced
legal mechanisms and practices in order to more effectively tackle
new protection challenges, and to work with local and international
non-governmental organizations to strengthen regional and institutional
capacity to address refugee protection concerns.
History
of LCHR Refugee Work
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A
new Department of Homeland Security plan includes mandatory
detention for all asylum applicants seeking refuge from a
certain group of countries, including Iraq. 