Document Type
Brief
Category
Community Contributions
Publication Date
2018
Abstract
Corruption has human rights consequences. That was the conclusion of a 2009 study by the International Council on Human Rights Policy and Transparency International and it is a conclusion that the 9th Circuit implicitly reached in Parada v. Sessions, a review of a dismissal of asylum case decided on August 29th, 2018. Despite the fact that such a conclusion enjoys widespread support, courts have been slow to recognize the relationship between corruption and human rights abuses. Parada v. Sessions represents an effort by the 9th Circuit to give legal cognizance to the corruption-human rights link. The holding of the case creates a blueprint that could have broad application outside of 9th Circuit immigration law jurisprudence.
Disciplines
Human Rights Law | Law
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Recommended Citation
Edward Popovici,
The Corruption and Human Rights Connection: Government Acquiescence in Torture,
(2018).
Available at:
https://scholarship.law.columbia.edu/public_integrity/18