University of Colorado School of Law
June 1, 1996


Training Law Students to Research Human Rights Conditions Through the Internet to Assist Asylum Applicants

Outline of Presentation by Fernando Chang-Muy


1. Identify agencies in the locality which provide pro bono services to asylum seekers

     A.  Directory of Non-Profit Agencies that Assist Persons in 
Immigration Matters

Publisher: National Immigration Law Center
1636 West 8th Street, Suite 205
Los Angeles, CA
Phone: 213-938-6452

DENVER:
Catholic Immigration Services
3417 W. 38th Avenue
Denver, CO 80211
303-458-0222/FAX 458-0331
CONTACT PERSON: Barbara Carr
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: Representation in deportation proceedings; all types
of cases.  Handles appeals of legalization cases.  Conducts community
education and training. Serves Colorado and Wyoming; all nationalities. 
Spanish spoken.  BIA-accredited.

     B. American Immigration Lawyers Association, Pro Bono Committee

2. Offer assistance to non-profit agencies to assist asylum seekers

     A.   Country of Origin Information (Issue of Persecution) and/or
     B.   Intake Screening
		
	  (1)  Agency to develop protocols with Superintendent for 
 student visits to the detention facility
	  (2)  Driving students to detention facility
	  (3)  Confidentiality vis-a-vis students and detainee

3. Immigration Course Curriculum


    A.  Devote two hours to Refugee Standards (8 USC 207/208; 101(a)(42))
    B.  Fear
	  Subjective
	  Objective
    C. Persecution
    D. Grounds
	  Race
	  Religion
	  Nationality
	  Social Group
	  Political Opinion

4. Persecution: Internet


UN: 
http://gatekeeper.unicc.org/unhcrcdr/
http://www.un.org/

Regional Organizations:
http://WWW.oas.org/
http://www.edvz.sbg.ac.at/var/docs/egmr/echrhome.htm

US:
gopher://dosfan.lib.uic.edu/

NGOs:
http://www.io.org/amnesty/wwaeng.html
http://www.umn.edu/humanrts/
http://www.intac.com/PubService/human_rights/
gopher://server.gdn.org:70/11/Human_Rights_Reports/Human_Rights_Watch
http://www.derechos.org/
http://doddel.cs.rulimburg.nl/~ingelse/
http://www.sccs.swarthmore.edu/~natasha/
http://www.abo.fi/instut/imr/
http://www.abo.fi/instut/imr/hemsidor/salespub/nordbalt.htm
http://www.yorku.ca/research/crs/

Legal Research:
http://www.library.yale.edu/un/un3b4.htm
http://www.law.cornell.edu/lii.table.html
http://www.loc.gov/
http://www.peacenet.apc.org/igc/www.refugee.html

Acknowledgments:

Profs. Joan Fitzpatrick; Kevin Johnson, Hiroshi Motomura; Jane Thompson, University of Pennsylvania School of Law


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