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The wrong answer to the right question:  How to address the failure of protection for gender-based claims?

This opinion was contributed by Prof. Karen Musalo, Director of the Center for Gender & Refugee Studies at UC Hastings. It was originally published on ImmigrationProf Blog on 9 March 2021. 

The Biden administration has committed itself to reviewing the issue of protection for those fleeing gender-based violence. As we consider how to remedy the issue, some argue for a legislative amendment to the refugee definition, adding gender as a sixth ground to the statute’s five protected grounds of race, religion, nationality, political opinion and membership in a particular social group. This is the wrong solution. It would not only repeat the errors of the past (amending the refugee definition in 1996, discussed below), but it would also fail to adequately protect survivors of gender-based violence. At the same time, it would lead to the quite foreseeable consequence of leaving many deserving asylum seekers outside the ambit of refugee protection. It is also likely to signal to other Convention State parties that unless they also add a sixth ground, they could deny protection to women and girls without running afoul of the treaty’s obligations. [Read more here.]

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Recommendations for CGRS Expert Witness Database

Two years ago, CGRS launched an Expert Witness Database to facilitate connecting advocates for asylum-seekers and expert witnesses. Since its launch, advocates have used the database thousands of times to find mental health, medical, and country conditions experts. While the need for experts to support asylum cases persists, we are encouraged by the database’s continuing growth.

 Please help us and your community of immigration advocates expand this valuable resource.If you have had positive experiences with country conditions, mental health, medical evaluators or other issue or topic-specific experts, we would appreciate you recommending them for inclusion in the CGRS database by (1) sending them an invitation (see below); or (2) filling out our brief form here and we will follow up. 

Additionally, we would appreciate your help in inviting experts you know to CGRS’s upcoming presentation for expert witnesses in asylum cases. CGRS attorneys will provide an overview of the role of expert testimony, and walk through features in the CGRS expert database, including tips on how experts can make the most of their profile pages, and how advocates use the database to find experts. In case it is helpful, we have provided a sample email that you can tailor and send to experts you would recommend including the expert database. 

 **TEMPLATE TO EXPERTS **

 Hello,

I am reaching out to you because you served as an expert witness in an immigration case in which my client sought relief based on their fear of returning to their home country (asylum, withholding of removal, or protection under the Convention Against Torture). I wanted to make sure you are aware of the Center for Gender & Refugee Studies’ (CGRS) Expert Witness Database and their upcoming webinar specifically for experts.

Based at U.C. Hastings College of the Law, the Center for Gender & Refugee Studies (CGRS) has been at the forefront of the struggle to protect the fundamental human rights of refugee women, children, LGBTQ individuals, and others fleeing persecution. Among other efforts, CGRS provides technical assistance to attorneys representing asylum seekers. One of CGRS’s resources is an Expert Witness Database, which helps attorneys like me find country conditions experts, mental health or medical evaluators, or others who can serve as experts in asylum cases. If you are interested in being listed in the database, you can submit your information to CGRS for consideration here.

CGRS is also hosting a webinar on Wednesday, December 9, so individuals can learn more about serving as expert witnesses and about CGRS’s Expert Database. The registration information is below. You can contact [email protected] with any questions or for more information.

Webinar for Expert Witnesses: The Role of Expert Witnesses in Asylum Cases and Overview of the Center for Gender & Refugee Studies’ Expert Witness Database

When: Wednesday, 9 December 2020, 12:30-1:30pm PST

RSVP here by December 8.

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