Human rights / Right to justice

Application for judicial review.

5 April 2007 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Diplomatic assurances - Exclusion clauses - Prosecution vs persecution - Right to justice - Serious non-political crime | Countries: Canada - China

For the Federal Court's reasons see: Thamotharem c. Canada (Ministre de la Citoyenneté et de l'Immigration) (C.F.), 2006 CF 16; [2006] 3.R.C.F. 168, dated 6 January 2006.

1 January 2007 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court of Appeal | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Criminal justice - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Right to justice - Tamil | Countries: Canada - Sri Lanka

4 October 2004 | Publisher: Amnesty International | Document type: Country Reports

See also: Lai Cheong Sing and Others v. Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, [2004] FC 179 (3 February 2004), and: Lai Cheong Sing and Others v. Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, [2005] FCA 125 (11 April 2005). Application for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada dismissed on 9 May 2005.

6 May 2002 | Judicial Body: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Criminal justice - Death penalty - Exclusion clauses - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Grounds for persecution - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Prosecution vs persecution - Right to justice - Serious non-political crime - Social group persecution | Countries: Canada - China