Book contents
- Transitional Justice and Forced Migration
- Transitional Justice and Forced Migration
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- In Lieu of an Introduction
- Part I The Past as the Memory of the Future
- Part II Law, Justice, and Hope
- Part III Ethics of Witnessing
- 8 Persecution, Prosecution, Protection
- 9 Transitional Justice, Reconciliation, and Reconstruction Process
- 10 The Principle of Legal Certainty
- 11 Perspectives on Legal Justice and Victim Reparations in the Diasporic African Great Lakes Region
- Index
- References
8 - Persecution, Prosecution, Protection
Doing International Justice for Sexual Violence
from Part III - Ethics of Witnessing
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 October 2019
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Book contents
- Transitional Justice and Forced Migration
- Transitional Justice and Forced Migration
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- In Lieu of an Introduction
- Part I The Past as the Memory of the Future
- Part II Law, Justice, and Hope
- Part III Ethics of Witnessing
- 8 Persecution, Prosecution, Protection
- 9 Transitional Justice, Reconciliation, and Reconstruction Process
- 10 The Principle of Legal Certainty
- 11 Perspectives on Legal Justice and Victim Reparations in the Diasporic African Great Lakes Region
- Index
- References
Summary
On August 26, 2014, the United States Board of Immigration Appeals issued a precedential decision recognizing domestic violence as a basis for asylum (Matter of A-R-C-G-). In the case, the Government of Guatemala failed to intervene when Ms. C-G-’s husband broke her nose, repeatedly beat and raped her, and burned her with paint thinner. Having just returned from representing Central American women who were detained at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Artesia, New Mexico, in their asylum claims, many claiming persecution on the grounds of gender-based violence, I was pleased that their claims would now be on firmer ground. I eagerly shared the news with a colleague of mine, explaining to him that although other women had been granted asylum based on domestic violence, this was a big win for asylum advocates, since the board had remained silent on the issue for fifteen years in spite of their efforts (Musalo 2014).
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- Transitional Justice and Forced MigrationCritical Perspectives from the Global South, pp. 193 - 221Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019
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