Strategic Litigation: Suing for Damages in International Court

For asylees who flee for their lives, asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture are only the first steps. Thereafter, individuals can consider suing in Court for the horrors they experienced at the hands of brutal governments.

If you are in the United States and have received status, you can consider suing the individuals who harmed you under the Alien Tort Statute or the Torture Victim Protection Act. In addition you may be able to make a complaint to the Human Rights Counsel of the United Nations.

CIDBL engages in strategic litigation and exhausts all possible avenues of relief for those who have experienced past persecution.