Practicing Asylum - A Handbook for Expert Witnesses in Latin American Gender- and Sexuality-Based Asylum Cases (Paperback)

A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. This multidisciplinary volume brings together experienced expert witnesses and immigration attorneys to highlight best practices and strategies for giving expert testimony in asylum cases. As the scale and severity of violence in Latin America has grown in the last decade, scholars and attorneys have collaborated to defend the rights of immigrant women, children, and LGBTQ+ persons who are threatened by gender-based, sexual, and gang violence in their home countries. Researchers in anthropology, history, political science, and sociology have regularly supported the work of immigration lawyers and contributed to public debates on immigration reform, but the academy contains untapped scholarly expertise that, guided by the resources provided in this handbook, can aid asylum seekers and refugees and promote the fair adjudication of asylum claims in US courts. As the recent refugee crisis of immigrant mothers and children and unaccompanied minors has made clear, there is an urgent need for academics to work with other professionals to build a legal framework and national network that can respond effectively to this human rights crisis.

General

Imprint:	University of California Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	June 2023
First published:	2023
Editors:	Kimberly Gauderman
Foreword by:	Blaine Bookey
Contributors:	Elizabeth Quay Hutchison • M Gabriela Torres • J. Anna Cabot • Maria Baldini-Potermin • Natalie Hansen
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	210
ISBN-13:	978-0-520-39135-2
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > General Books > Humanities > History > General Books > History > General
LSN:	0-520-39135-7
Barcode:	9780520391352

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