Canada

See reasons for judgment of the Federal Court of Appeal at : Ates c. Canada (Ministre de la Citoyenneté et de l'Immigration), 2005 CAF 322, dated 5 October 2005.

27 September 2004 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Persecution based on political opinion - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Safe third country - Social group persecution | Countries: Canada - Türkiye

See reasons for judgment of the Federal Court of Appeal at : Ates v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), 2005 FCA 322, dated 5 October 2005.

27 September 2004 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Persecution based on political opinion - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Safe third country - Social group persecution | Countries: Canada - Türkiye

The decision was subsequently overturned by the Federal Court of Appeal in Williams v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) (F.C.A.), 2005 FCA 126; [2005] 3 F.C.R. 429, on 12 April 2005.

6 April 2004 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Persecution based on political opinion - Safe third country - Social group persecution | Countries: Canada - Rwanda

The decision was subsequently overturned by the Federal Court of Appeal in Williams c. Canada (Ministre de la Citoyenneté et de l'Immigration) (C.A.F.), 2005 CAF 126; [2005] 3 R.C.F. 429, on 12 April 2005.

6 April 2004 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Persecution based on political opinion - Safe third country - Social group persecution | Countries: Canada - Rwanda

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

17 November 2003 | Judicial Body: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Persecution based on political opinion - Public health - Social group persecution - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: Canada - United States of America

Application for judicial review.

30 October 2003 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Christian - Deportation / Forcible return - Domestic violence - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Non-state agents of persecution - Prosecution vs persecution - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Social group persecution - Sur place persecution | Countries: Canada - Iran, Islamic Republic of