Canada

On appeal from the Federal Court Ates v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), 2004 FC 1316.

5 October 2005 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court of Appeal | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Criminal justice - Grounds for persecution - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Prosecution vs persecution | Countries: Canada - Türkiye

See also: Lai Cheong Sing and Others v. Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, [2005] FCA 125 (11 April 2005). Application for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada dismissed on 9 May 2005.

3 February 2004 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Burden of proof - Credibility assessment - Death squads - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Exclusion clauses - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Grounds for persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Prosecution vs persecution - Serious non-political crime - Social group persecution | Countries: Canada - China

26 February 2003 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Effective protection - Grounds for persecution - Non-state agents of persecution - Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) - Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) | Countries: Canada - Ukraine

26 February 2003 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Effective protection - Grounds for persecution - Non-state agents of persecution - Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) - Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) | Countries: Canada - Ukraine

See also: Lai Cheong Sing and Others v. Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, [2004] FC 179 (3 February 2004), and: Lai Cheong Sing and Others v. Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, [2005] FCA 125 (11 April 2005). Application for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada dismissed on 9 May 2005.

6 May 2002 | Judicial Body: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Criminal justice - Death penalty - Exclusion clauses - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Grounds for persecution - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Prosecution vs persecution - Right to justice - Serious non-political crime - Social group persecution | Countries: Canada - China

Date of Hearing 27 October 1999.

17 November 1999 | Judicial Body: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Acts of persecution - Agents of persecution - Asylum-migration nexus - Grounds for persecution | Countries: Canada - Poland