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23 May 2006 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Burden of proof - Convention refugee - Deportation / Forcible return - Immigration Detention - Terrorism | Countries: Algeria - Canada
Appealed to the Federal Court of Appeal: Hinzman and Hughey v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2007 FCA 171, 30 April 2007.
31 March 2006 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Burden of proof - Country of origin information (COI) - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Persecution based on political opinion - Prosecution vs persecution - State protection | Countries: Canada - United States of America
31 March 2006 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Burden of proof - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Freedom of conscience - Freedom of religion - International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Persecution based on political opinion | Countries: Canada - United States of America
20 March 2006 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Burden of proof - Country of origin information (COI) - Effective protection - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion | Countries: Canada - Mexico
Application for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada dismissed on 9 May 2005.
11 April 2005 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court of Appeal | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Burden of proof - Credibility assessment - Criminal justice - Death penalty - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Exclusion clauses - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Persecution based on political opinion - Prosecution vs persecution - Serious non-political crime - Social group persecution | Countries: Canada - China
8 February 2005 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court of Appeal | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Appeal / Right to appeal - Burden of proof - Convention refugee - Deportation / Forcible return - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Immigration Detention - Terrorism | Countries: Canada - Syrian Arab Republic