The Seventh Circuit has determined that when evaluating whether an applicant for protection under the Convention Against Torture has demonstrated a clear probability of torture, the agency must evaluate the aggregate risk of torture. “[W]e adopt the aggregate risk approach for the determination of substantial risk and hold that the agency may address risk factors individually so long as it considers all sources of and reasons for risk cumulatively to determine whether there is a substantial risk of torture,”

The full text of Nyandwi v. Garland can be found here:

http://media.ca7.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/rssExec.pl?Submit=Display&Path=Y2021/D10-08/C:20-3215:J:Kirsch:aut:T:fnOp:N:2774468:S:0

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