Case Law

Application for review of decision of the Immigration and Refugee Board. Application granted on basis that decision was made in reviewable error for two reasons: no proper application was conducted of the Chairperson’s Gender Guidelines, and no fair analysis was given to available evidence.

24 April 2012 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Topic(s): Child prostitution - Domestic violence - Gender-based persecution - State protection - Trafficking in persons | Countries: Albania - Canada

21 March 2012 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity - Roma - State protection | Countries: Canada - Hungary

21 March 2012 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Topic(s): Corruption - State protection | Countries: Canada - Mexico

29 February 2012 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Countries: Canada - Mexico

22 February 2012 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Countries: Canada - Hungary

13 February 2012 | Judicial Body: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Countries: Canada - Chile - Cuba

8 January 2012 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) | Topic(s): Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - State protection | Countries: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - Zimbabwe

21 December 2011 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Countries: Canada - Trinidad and Tobago

21 December 2011 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Topic(s): Domestic violence - Gender-based persecution - State protection - Sur place persecution | Countries: Canada - Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

19 December 2011 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Topic(s): Gender-based persecution - State protection | Countries: Canada - Mexico