Case Law

14 August 2008 | Judicial Body: Australia: Federal Court | Topic(s): Effective protection - Inclusion clauses - Non-state agents of persecution - Safe country of origin - Social group persecution - State protection - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: Australia - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals Argued and Submitted 10 June 2008 San Francisco, California.

9 August 2008 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Topic(s): Grounds for persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Social group persecution - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: El Salvador - United States of America

Demande présentée en vertu de l'article 72 de la Loi sur l'immigration et la protection des réfugiés, L.C. 2001, ch 27 (la Loi) relativement à une décision par laquelle la Commission a reconnu au défendeur la qualité de réfugié au sens de la Convention ou celle de personne à protéger.

17 June 2008 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Topic(s): Children's rights - Children-at-risk - Cumulative grounds of persecution - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Grounds for persecution - Unaccompanied / Separated children - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: Canada - India

This is an application, pursuant to s. 72 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act S.C. 2001, c. 27 (Act) of a decision, dated March 5, 2007, wherein the IRB determines that the respondent is a Convention refugee and a Person in need of protection.

17 June 2008 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Topic(s): Children's rights - Children-at-risk - Cumulative grounds of persecution - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Grounds for persecution - Unaccompanied / Separated children - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: Canada - India

13 June 2008 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Social group persecution - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: Australia - Indonesia

Petition for review.

11 June 2008 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit | Topic(s): Convention against Torture (CAT) - Deportation / Forcible return - Female genital mutilation (FGM) - Social group persecution - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: Guinea - United States of America

8 May 2008 | Judicial Body: United States Board of Immigration Appeals | Topic(s): Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Persecution based on political opinion - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: Guatemala - United States of America

Application for judicial review.

8 May 2008 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Topic(s): Naturalization - State protection - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: Canada

Application for judicial review.

8 May 2008 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Topic(s): Naturalization - State protection - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: Canada

Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals BIA No. A28 856 159

29 February 2008 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit | Topic(s): Social group persecution - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: El Salvador - United States of America