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Canada: Federal Court

The Federal Court is Canada's national trial court which hears and decides legal disputes arising in the federal domain, including claims against the Government of Canada, civil suits in federally-regulated areas and challenges to the decisions of federal tribunals. Until 2003, the Federal Court of Canada consisted of two divisions: an Appeal and a Trial Division. On 2 July 2003, these divisions became two separate courts: the Federal Court of Appeal and the Federal Court. Website: www.fca-caf.gc.ca/index_e.shtml
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Unachukwu v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration)

28 February 2014 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Topic(s): Denial of refugee status - Domestic violence - Serious non-political crime | Countries: Canada - Nigeria - United States of America

Azubuike v. Canada (Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness et al.)

13 January 2014 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Topic(s): Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements - False documents - Jurisdiction - Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures | Countries: Canada - Nigeria

Francis Ojo Ogunrinde v. Canada (Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness; Minister of Citizenship and Immigration)

Application for judicial review of decision which denied Pre-Removal Risk Assessment. Application granted on basis that treatment of evidence was unreasonable.

15 June 2012 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) | Countries: Canada - Nigeria

Owochei v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration)

2 February 2012 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Domestic violence | Countries: Canada - Nigeria

Ohakam v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration)

23 November 2011 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Domestic violence - Gender-based persecution - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) | Countries: Canada - Nigeria

Noha v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)

Application for judicial review.

30 June 2009 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Exclusion clauses - Persecution based on political opinion - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Serious non-political crime - Sur place persecution | Countries: Canada - Nigeria

Okoli v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration)

Application for judicial review.

31 March 2009 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - 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 - Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) - Social group persecution | Countries: Canada - Nigeria

Ebonka v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration)

Application for judicial review.

27 January 2009 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Topic(s): Complementary forms of protection - Extreme poverty - Public health - Right to family life | Countries: Canada - Nigeria

Omoreabe v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration)

31 August 2004 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Topic(s): Domestic violence - HIV and AIDS - Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) - Social group persecution | Countries: Canada - Nigeria

Kabir v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration)

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27 May 2003 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Countries: Canada - Nigeria

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