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MATTER OF H-C-R-C- (2024 credibility & CAT)

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Matter of H-C-R-C-, 28 I&N Dec. 809 (BIA 2024)

(1) Applicants bear the burden of establishing their own credibility, and no statute or legal precedent compels an Immigration Judge to conclude that an applicant’s testimony is credible.


(2) Rape is sufficiently severe to constitute torture and can never be a lawful sanction under the Convention Against Torture.