Jean-Pierre v. U.S. Attorney General

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• holding that an applicant for CAT protection must demonstrate an individualized risk of torture
• noting that electric shock can constitute torture within the meaning of the 1984 United Nations Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (“CAT”
• stating that a CAT claim may fail if the applicants do not establish that they “would be individually and intentionally singled out for harsh treatment”
• requiring an applicant to prove that she “would be individually and intentionally singled out for harsh treatment”
• remanding for additional analysis of whether the respondent would specifically and individually be singled out for torture
• requiring evidence of more than “generalized mistreatment” to qualify for protection under the Convention

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