Legal Rights Overviews and Brochures

• Multilingual Materials for Victims and Advocates
• DHS Infographic: Protection for Immigrant Victims (January 12, 2107)
• Immigration Options for Victims of Crime – DHS Brochure

VAWA Confidentiality: Improving Victim Safety

Webpages and Webinars

• VAWA Confidentiality Protections for Immigrant Crime Victims
• VAWA Confidentiality Webinar
• Enhanced Safety Planning for Immigrant Survivors of Domestic and Sexual Violence Webinar: Early Identification of Victims and VAWA Confidentiality
• VAWA Confidentiality and Protections for Immigrant Victims of Domestic Violence

Statutes

• Interlineated Statute

Congressionally Mandated Implementing Policies

• VAWA Confidentiality Statutes, Legislative History and Implementing Policy 
• All DHS Directive on Implementation of Section 1367 Information Provisions 
• All DHS VAWA Confidentiality Instruction
• DHS Broadcast Message on New 384 Class of Admission Code
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Office of the Principle Legal Advisor, U.S. Department of Homeland Security VAWA Confidentiality Operations Memos
• DHS Civil Rights Civil Liberties Complaint Instructions for VAWA Confidentiality Violations
• CRCL Complaint Form
• Memorandum: VAWA Confidentiality Provisions Prohibitions Relating to Battered Aliens: IIRIRA §384
• Executive Office of Immigration Review EOIR: VAWA Confidentiality Procedures for Immigration Court
• U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland Security: U Visa Regulations

Training Materials

• Three Prongs of VAWA Confidentiality
• Chapter 3.2: VAWA Confidentiality and Breaches of Confidentiality
• Service Provider Confidentiality Safeguards: Best Practices
• Advocate’s Guide to Immigrant Survivors’ Rights and Protections (2013)
• Chapter 3 of Empowering Survivors:  VAWA Confidentiality: History, Purpose, DHS Implementation, and Violations of VAWA Confidentiality Protections
• Newsletter on VAWA Confidentiality
• Family Court Bench Card on VAWA Confidentiality

 

This publication was developed under grant number SJI-20-E-005 from the State Justice Institute. The points of view expressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of the State Justice Institute.