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Inigo Contreras v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration)

16 May 2006 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): HIV and AIDS - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - Social group persecution | Countries: Canada - Mexico

Canada (Ministre de la citoyenneté et de l'immigration) c. Jennifer Juliet Pearce

Application for judicial review.

18 April 2006 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Criminal justice - Domestic violence - Drug trafficking - Social group persecution | Countries: Canada - Jamaica

Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) v. Jennifer Juliet Pearce

Application for judicial review.

18 April 2006 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Criminal justice - Domestic violence - Drug trafficking - Social group persecution | Countries: Canada - Jamaica

Kovacs v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) (F.C.)

31 October 2005 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Exclusion clauses - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Roma - Serious non-political crime - Social group persecution | Countries: Canada - Hungary

Kovacs c. Canada ( Minister of Citizenship and Immigration ) (C.F.)

31 October 2005 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Exclusion clauses - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Roma - Serious non-political crime - Social group persecution | Countries: Canada - Hungary

Saiedy v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration)

Application for judicial review.

6 October 2005 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Christian - Persecution based on political opinion - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Social group persecution | Countries: Canada - Iran, Islamic Republic of

Lai Cheong Sing, Tsang Ming Na, Lai Chun Chun, Lai Chun Wai and Lai Ming Ming v. Minister of Citizenship and Immigration

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

Jeremy Hinzman (alias Jeremy Dean Hinzman), Nga Thi Nguyen, Liam Liem Nguyen Hinzman (alias Liam Liem Nguye Hinzman)

Date(s) of hearing: 6-8 December 2004. For the reasons for judgment of the Federal Court, see: Hinzman c. Canada (Ministre de la Citoyenneté et de l'Immigration) (C.F.), 2006 CF 420; [2007] 1 R.C.F. 561, 31 March 2006. Further appealed to the Federal Court of Appeal: Hinzman and Hughey v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2007 FCA 171, 30 April 2007.

16 March 2005 | Judicial Body: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Social group persecution | Countries: Canada - United States of America

Jeremy Hinzman (a.k.a. Jeremy Dean Hinzman), Nga Thi Nguyen, Liam Liem Nguyen Hinzman (a.k.a. Liam Liem Nguye Hinzman)

Date(s) of hearing: 6-8 December 2004. For the reasons for judgment of the Federal Court see: Hinzman v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) (F.C.), 2006 FC 420; [2007] 1 F.C.R. 561, 31 March 2006. Further appealed to the Federal Court of Appeal: Hinzman and Hughey v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2007 FCA 171, 30 April 2007.

16 March 2005 | Judicial Body: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Social group persecution | Countries: Canada - United States of America

Decision TA4-10802 & TA4-10803 (Persuasive Decision, In Private)

Date of hearing (in private): 4 February 2005.

"Persuasive Decisions" are decisions that have been identified as being of persuasive value in developing the jurisprudence of the Board. They are decisions that decision-makers are encouraged to rely upon in the interests of consistency and collegiality.

24 February 2005 | Judicial Body: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity - Social group persecution | Countries: Canada - Mexico

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