(a) Standards of Proof

  UNHCR Documents UNHCR, 'Note on Burden and Standard of Proof in Refugee Claims', 16 December 1998.   Cases INS v. Cardoza-Fonseca 480 US 421 (1987). (US judicial decision stating that one in ten probability of harm can constitute well-founded fear)

About the Reader

Section I Introduction to International Refugee Law: Background and Context


Section II International Framework for Refugee Protection


Section III European Framework for Refugee Protection


Section IV UNHCR and Other Actors Relevant to International Asylum Law

(a) Standards of Proof

 

UNHCR Documents

UNHCR, 'Note on Burden and Standard of Proof in Refugee Claims', 16 December 1998.

 

Cases

INS v. Cardoza-Fonseca 480 US 421 (1987). (US judicial decision stating that one in ten probability of harm can constitute well-founded fear)



UNHCR Documents

Note on Burden and Standard of Proof in Refugee Claims

UNHCR, 'Note on Burden and Standard of Proof in Refugee Claims', 16 December 1998.

Cases

INS v. Cardoza-Fonseca

INS v. Cardoza - Fonseca 480 US 421 (1987). (US judicial decision stating that one in ten probability of harm can constitute well-founded fear)