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M A v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

United States.  29 September 1988 ; 27 March 1990 .

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2021

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Abstract

Aliens — Refugees — Refugee status — Geneva Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, 1951 and Protocol, 1967 — Implementation — Determination of refugee status — Applicable standard — United States Immigration and Nationality Act 1952 — Refugee Act 1980 — Interpretation — Application for refugee status by person seeking to evade conscription — Whether applicant established well-founded fear of persecution — Guidance from United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

War and armed conflict — Internal conflicts — Geneva Conventions on the Law of Armed Conflict, 1949, common Article 3 — Second Additional Protocol to the Geneva Conventions, 1977 — Conflict in El Salvador — Alleged violations of law by El Salvador armed forces — Person seeking to avoid conscription into El Salvador armed forces — Whether entitled to refugee status — Whether necessary that alleged violations be condemned by international community — The law of the United States

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Case Report
Copyright
© Cambridge University Press 1992

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