Case Law

On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals.

30 December 2005 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Topic(s): Children-at-risk - Female genital mutilation (FGM) - Harmful traditional practices - Persecution of family members - Social group persecution | Countries: Ethiopia - United States of America

Motion for an order staying the applicant's removal from Canada pending the determination of her humanitarian and compassionate application, or pending the consideration of her application for judicial review of a removal officer's decision not to defer her removal.

9 November 2005 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Topic(s): Children-at-risk - Complementary forms of protection - Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) - Deportation / Forcible return - Rejected asylum-seekers - Visas | Countries: Canada - Philippines

Motion for an order staying the applicant's removal from Canada pending the determination of her humanitarian and compassionate application, or pending the consideration of her application for judicial review of a removal officer's decision not to defer her removal.

9 November 2005 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Topic(s): Children-at-risk - Complementary forms of protection - Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) - Deportation / Forcible return - Rejected asylum-seekers - Visas | Countries: Canada - Philippines

On Petition for Review from an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals, dated 17 June 2004 (BIA No. A78 314 957).

29 June 2005 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit | Topic(s): Children-at-risk - Social group persecution - State protection | Countries: Honduras - United States of America

On appeal from the Immigration Appeal Tribunal.

9 June 2005 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Children-at-risk - Female genital mutilation (FGM) - Social group persecution - Women-at-risk | Countries: Sierra Leone - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

25 November 2004 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Topic(s): Children-at-risk - Country of origin information (COI) - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Public health | Countries: Iraq - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

For the Federal Court's reasons, see: Owusu c. Canada (Ministre de la Citoyenneté et de l'Immigration), 2003 CFPI 94; [2003] 3 C.F. 172, dated 29 January 2003.

26 January 2004 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court of Appeal | Topic(s): Children-at-risk - Complementary forms of protection - Deportation / Forcible return - Rejected asylum-seekers - Visas | Countries: Canada - Ghana

For the Federal Court's reasons, see: Owusu v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), 2003 FCT 94; [2003] 3 F.C. 172, dated 29 January 2003.

26 January 2004 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court of Appeal | Topic(s): Children-at-risk - Complementary forms of protection - Deportation / Forcible return - Rejected asylum-seekers - Visas | Countries: Canada - Ghana

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27 March 2003 | Judicial Body: Colombia: Corte Constitucional | Topic(s): Children-at-risk - Internally displaced persons (IDPs) - Right to education - Right to food - Right to health - Women-at-risk | Countries: Colombia

27 February 2003 | Judicial Body: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Topic(s): Children-at-risk - Exclusion clauses - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on nationality - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Right to education - Safe third country - State protection | Countries: Canada