Case Law

Case Law includes national and international jurisprudential decisions. Administrative bodies and tribunals are included.

Abduction 3
Access to procedures 3
Acts contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations 6
Acts of persecution 3
Administrative courts 5
Agents of persecution 3
Ahmadis 2
Albanians 1
Alevis 1
Amish 1
Appeal / Right to appeal 14
Arbitrary arrest and detention 27
Armed forces / Military 15
Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements 8
Arrival 1
Assyrians 2
Asylum policy 3
Asylum-migration nexus 1
Asylum-seekers 9
Benefit of the doubt 2
Blood feuds 6
Burden of proof 36
Catholic 3
Cessation clauses 5
Changes of circumstances in home country 16
Chechen 1
Child prostitution 1
Children's rights 16
Children-at-risk 29
Chinese 2
Christian 20
Citizenship / Nationality law 2
Combatants / Former combatants 7
Complementary forms of protection 32
Constitutional law 5
Convention against Torture (CAT) 5
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) 3
Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) 5
Convention refugee 60
Corruption 6
Country of origin information (COI) 35
Credibility assessment 88
Crimes against humanity 77
Crimes against peace 2
Criminal justice 72
Croats 2
Cumulative grounds of persecution 6
Death penalty 13
Death squads 2
Decision on admissibility 5
Democracy 1
Denial of refugee status 4
Deportation / Forcible return 181
Diplomatic assurances 4
Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity 10
Domestic violence 38
Drug trafficking 25
Economic, social and cultural rights 2
Effective protection 24
Effective remedy 10
Elections 1
Equality before the law 5
Evangelical 2
Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) 102
Exclusion clauses 88
Exhaustion of domestic remedies 7
Expulsion 26
Extended definition 1
Extradition 8
Extreme poverty 1
False documents 2
Falun Gong 4
Family law 1
Family reunification 11
Female genital mutilation (FGM) 5
Forced labour 1
Forced marriage 4
Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 98
Freedom of assembly and association 2
Freedom of conscience 3
Freedom of expression 28
Freedom of movement 2
Freedom of religion 7
Freedom of speech 26
Gang related violence 12
Gender discrimination 1
Gender-based persecution 19
Generalized violence 1
Genocide 3
Good governance 1
Grounds for persecution 16
HIV and AIDS 3
Habeas corpus 2
Hindu 1
Honour killings 1
Housing, land and property rights (HLP) 1
Human rights activists 1
Human rights and fundamental freedoms 10
Human rights law 1
Humanitarian protection (including tolerated stay) 2
Hutus 2
Illegal entry 5
Immigration Detention 14
Immigration law 5
Inclusion clauses 2
Independence of judiciary 9
Indigenous persons 1
Internal armed conflict 6
Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) 36
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) 1
International armed conflict 4
International criminal law 3
International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions 14
International protection 3
Involuntary repatriation 1
Jehovah's Witness 1
Jew 2
Jurisdiction 9
Juvenile justice system 2
Karen 2
Koreans 1
Kurd 5
Legal representation / Legal aid 11
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 37
Manifestly unfounded / Clearly abusive claims 2
Mental health 8
Military courts 1
Military law 2
Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription 47
Minorities 3
Minority rights 1
Mormon 2
Multiple nationality 4
Muslim 5
National security / Public order 13
Naturalization 2
Non-refoulement 30
Non-state agents of persecution 62
Older persons 1
One-child policy / Family planning 1
Opposition 7
Oromo 1
Palestinian 6
Passports 1
Pentecostal 2
Persecution based on nationality 13
Persecution based on political opinion 146
Persecution of family members 13
Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity 26
Persons not in need of international protection 8
Persons with disabilities 5
Police 8
Political asylum 6
Political groups 3
Political parties 10
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) 5
Pre-entry procedures 1
Pre-trial detention 3
Prison or detention conditions 9
Proof of nationality 2
Prosecution vs persecution 30
Public health 22
Punjabis 1
Racial / Ethnic persecution 39
Refoulement 31
Refugee / Asylum law 7
Refugee camps 1
Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures 12
Refugees 17
Refugees sur place 4
Rejected asylum-seekers 20
Religious discrimination 3
Religious persecution (including forced conversion) 40
Resettlement 2
Residence permits / Residency 13
Right to education 4
Right to employment 5
Right to family life 10
Right to food 1
Right to health 2
Right to justice 14
Right to liberty and security 21
Right to life 22
Right to return 2
Right to seek asylum 1
Right to self-determination 1
Roma 13
Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 61
Russians 2
Rwandans 2
SGBV 23
Safe third country 28
Saharawis 1
Security forces 3
Security situation 3
Serb 1
Serious non-political crime 35
Sexual and reproductive rights 2
Sharia law 1
Shia 4
Sikh 2
Single procedure 4
Smuggling of persons 7
Social group discrimination 8
Social group persecution 95
Standard of proof 20
State of emergency 1
State protection 105
Statelessness 7
Sur place persecution 10
Suspensive effect 2
Tamil 46
Terrorism 39
Threats / Intimidation 2
Tibetan 3
Torture 4
Trafficking in persons 5
Travel documents 1
Treaties / Agreements / Charters / Protocols / Conventions / Declarations 8
Tutsis 7
Unaccompanied / Separated children 15
Unlawful departure 5
Visas 9
Voluntary repatriation 1
War crimes 10
Well-founded fear of persecution 65
Withdrawal of nationality 1
Witnesses 6
Women's rights 3
Women-at-risk 22

1966 International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) 1

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Teweldbrhan v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) Application for review of two decisions of the Immigration and Refugee Board. Review granted on basis the Board's finding was unreasonable as it lacked due regard to Ugandas decision to grant refugee status to the applicants and irrelevant and credibility findings were found for one applicant. 29 March 2012 \| Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court \| Countries: Canada - Eritrea
Nabizadeh v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) Application for review of decision of Second Secretary, Immigration at the Canadian Embassy in Moscow, Russia. Application granted on basis that the Officer failed to consider other protection on grounds apparent from evidence submitted other than those claimed by applicants. 28 March 2012 \| Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court \| Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Extended definition - Gender discrimination - International armed conflict - SGBV \| Countries: Afghanistan - Canada
Wang v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) Application for review of decision of the Immigration and Refugee Board. Application granted on basis that the Boards decision was unreasonable. 22 March 2012 \| Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court \| Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Falun Gong - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) \| Countries: Canada - China
Waliullah v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) 21 March 2012 \| Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court \| Topic(s): Benefit of the doubt - Credibility assessment \| Countries: Afghanistan - Canada
Rezmuves v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) 21 March 2012 \| Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court \| Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity - Roma - State protection \| Countries: Canada - Hungary
Jacobo v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) 21 March 2012 \| Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court \| Topic(s): Corruption - State protection \| Countries: Canada - Mexico
Henriquez de Umana v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) 20 March 2012 \| Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court \| Topic(s): Benefit of the doubt - Credibility assessment - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) \| Countries: Canada - El Salvador
Kabongo v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) 19 March 2012 \| Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court \| Topic(s): Combatants / Former combatants - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription \| Countries: Canada - Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Levario v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) 19 March 2012 \| Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court \| Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity \| Countries: Canada - Mexico
Castro v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) 15 March 2012 \| Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court \| Topic(s): Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements \| Countries: Canada - Colombia

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