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Karen Musalo

Books
Journal Articles
  • The Implementation of the One–Year Bar to Asylum, 31 Hastings Int'l & Comp. L. Rev. 693 (2008) (with Marcelle Rice). LX HEIN WL
  • Conscientious Objection as a Basis for Refugee Status: Protection for the Fundamental Right of Freedom of Thought, Conscience, and Religion, 26 Refugee Surv. Q. 69 (2007). SSRN HOPAC
  • Panel One — Empowering Survivors with Legal–Status Challenges, 22 Berkeley J. Gender L. & Just. 304 (2007) (panel discussion). LX HEIN WL
  • Protecting Victims of Gendered Persecution: Fear of Floodgates or Call to (Principled) Action?, 14 Va. J. Soc. Pol'y & L. 119 (2007). LX HEIN WL
  • The One–Year Bar: Denying Protection to Bona Fide Refugees, Contrary to Congressional Intent and Violative of International Law, 2005 Immigr. Briefings 1 (2005) (with Leena Khandwala, Stephen Knight, & Maria Anna K. Hreschyshyn). WL
  • Claims for Protection Based on Religion or Belief: Analysis and Proposed Conclusions, 16 Int'l J. Refugee L. 165 (2004) (UNHCR Dept. of Int'l Protection, Legal and Protection Policy Research Series, PPLA⁄2002⁄01, 2002). HEIN WL URL
  • Asylum for Victims of Gender Violence: An Overview of the Law and an Analysis of 45 Unpublished Decisions, 2003 Immigr. Briefings 1 (2003) (with Stephen Knight). WL
  • Revisiting Social Group and Nexus in Gender Asylum Claims: A Unifying Rationale for Evolving Jurisprudence, 52 DePaul L. Rev. 777 (2003). LX HEIN WL
  • Unequal Protection, 58 Bull. Atomic Scientists 56 (Nov./Dec. 2002) (with Stephen Knight). WL
  • Expedited Removal, 28 Hum. Rts. 12 (Winter 2001). HEIN WL
  • Gender Jurisprudence in the United States: Developments in Asylum Laws Relating to the Protection of Women, 27 S.F. Att'y 25 (June–July 2001). LX
  • Steps Forward and Steps Back: Uneven Progress in the Law of Social Group and Gender–Based Claims in the United States, 13 Int'l J. Refugee L. 51 (2001) (with Stephen Knight). HEIN
  • Gender–Based Asylum: An Analysis of Recent Trends, 77 Interpreter Releases 1533 (2000) (with Stephen Knight). LX URL
  • Matter of R–A–: An Analysis of the Decision and Its Implications, 76 Interpreter Releases 1177 (1999). WL URL
  • Credibility and Burden of Proof in Asylum Claims After the Board of Immigration Appeals' Four 1998 Decisions, 1080 PLI/Corp 277 (1998). WL
  • In Re Fauziya Kasinga: Brief for the Respondent, 7 S. Cal. Rev. L. & Women's Stud. 373 (1998). LX HEIN WL
  • Ruminations on In Re Kasinga: The Decision's Legacy, 7 S. Cal. Rev. L. & Women's Stud. 357 (1998). LX HEIN WL
  • In Re Kasinga: A Big Step Forward for Gender–Based Asylum Claims, 73 Interpreter Releases 853 (1996). WL
  • Women Refugees: Does the United States Provide Adequate Protection?, 1 Inter Alia ___ (1996).
  • Irreconcilable Differences? Divorcing Refugee Protections from Human Rights Norms, 15 Mich. J. Int'l L. 1179 (1994). LX HEIN WL
  • Swords into Ploughshares: Why the United States Should Provide Refuge to Young Men Who Refuse to Bear Arms for Reasons of Conscience, 26 San Diego L. Rev. 849 (1989). HEIN WL
  • Conscientious Objection to Military Service Accepted as Valid Basis of Claim to Political Asylum for Salvadoran Men, 10 Immigr. J. 8 (1987). HOPAC
Chapters In Books
  • The Developing Jurisprudence of Gender–Based Claims, in 2 Immigration and Nationality Law Handbook 513 (Amer. Immigration Lawyers Ass'n 1997) (reprinted at 1021 PLI/Corp 291 (1997)). URL
  • Legal Issues for Refugee Women, in Women's Legal Guide 487 (Barbara R. Hauser & Julie A. Tigges eds., Fulcrum Pub. 1996).
  • Comparison of the Use of Social Groups in Canadian and United States Jurisprudence, in Immigration and Nationality Law: 1993 Annual Symposium — Advanced Topics ___ (Amer. Immigration Lawyers Ass'n 1993).
Newspaper & Magazine Articles
  • A Haven for the Abused, Legal Times, Sept. 18, 2006. URL
Reports, Working Papers & Training Materials
  • Center for Gender & Refugee Studies: 2006 Annual Report (U.C. Hastings College of the Law, 2006) (with Stephen M. Knight & Richard A. Boswell). URL
  • Center for Gender & Refugee Studies: 2005 Annual Report (U.C. Hastings College of the Law, 2005) (with Stephen M. Knight & Richard A. Boswell). URL
  • Center for Gender & Refugee Studies: 2004 Annual Report (U.C. Hastings College of the Law, 2004) (with Stephen M. Knight & Richard A. Boswell). URL
  • The Expedited Removal Study: Evaluation of the General Accounting Office's Second Report on Expedited Removal (Ctr. for Hum. Rts & Int'l Just., U.C. Hastings College of Law, 2000) (with Lauren Gibson, Stephen Knight, & J. Edward Taylor). URL
  • The Expedited Removal Study: Report on the First Three Years of Implementation of Expedited Removal (Ctr. for Hum. Rts & Int'l Just., U.C. Hastings College of Law, 2000) (with Lauren Gibson, Stephen Knight, & J. Edward Taylor) (reprinted at 15 Notre Dame J.L. Ethics & Pub. Pol'y 1 (Special Issue 2001)). URL
  • The Expedited Removal Study: Report on the Second Year of Implementation of Expedited Removal (Ctr. for Hum. Rts & Int'l Just., U.C. Hastings College of Law, 1999) (with Lauren Gibson & J. Edward Taylor). URL
  • The Expedited Removal Study: Report on the First Year of Implementation of Expedited Removal (Int'l Hum. Rts. & Migration Proj., Markkula Ctr. for Applied Ethics, Santa Clara U., 1998) (with J. Edward Taylor & Nipa Rahim). URL
  • No Justice, No Peace: Accountability for Rape and Gender–Based Violence in the Former Yugoslavia (Int'l Hum. Rts. Law Grp., 1993) (with Laurel Fletcher, Diane Orentlicher, & Kathleen Pratt).




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