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Selected Works

2015

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Full-Text Articles in Immigration Law

Joint Submission To The U.N. Committee Against Torture Concerning The United States’ Mistreatment Of Immigrant Detainees In Violation Of The Convention Against Torture And Other Cruel, Inhuman Or Degrading Treatment Or Punishment In Relation To The United States 5th Periodic Report On The Convention Against Torture (2014), Sarah Dávila-Ruhaak, Steven D. Schwinn, Jennifer Chan Jun 2015

Joint Submission To The U.N. Committee Against Torture Concerning The United States’ Mistreatment Of Immigrant Detainees In Violation Of The Convention Against Torture And Other Cruel, Inhuman Or Degrading Treatment Or Punishment In Relation To The United States 5th Periodic Report On The Convention Against Torture (2014), Sarah Dávila-Ruhaak, Steven D. Schwinn, Jennifer Chan

Steven D. Schwinn

This report relates to the mistreatment and abuse that adult immigrant detainees suffer in United States detention facilities. It is submitted in response to the United States’ periodic report relating to the Convention Against Torture (CAT) and specifically addresses the deplorable conditions of detention, the use of solitary confinement, the problem of sexual violence in detention and the lack of investigation of such acts, the refoulement of detainees who face risk of torture, the enforcement of the non-derogable prohibition of torture, and the prevention of cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. This report discusses current practices of the U.S. …

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The Forgotten Deported: A Declaration On The Rights Of Expelled And Deported Persons, Daniel Kanstroom, Jessica Chicco Dec 2014

The Forgotten Deported: A Declaration On The Rights Of Expelled And Deported Persons, Daniel Kanstroom, Jessica Chicco

Daniel Kanstroom

This article considers a “Declaration on the Rights of Expelled and Deported Persons.”  Drafted by the authors with significant input from a wide array of scholars, activists, judges, and others, this Declaration, re-printed in Appendix A, responds to what has become in recent years a major worldwide phenomenon: The deportation (also known as removal or expulsion) of large numbers of noncitizens.  Our aim, first, is to describe that phenomenon and to illustrate some of its most troubling features.  We then survey existing legal structures and mechanisms that seek to protect some of the rights of the deported, both during and …

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