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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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Jimenez Correa and Others v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration)

14 March 2014 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Gang related violence - Grounds for persecution - Threats / Intimidation - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: Canada - Colombia - United States of America

Gutierrez v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)

Application for judicial review.

9 June 2009 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Cumulative grounds of persecution - Drug trafficking - Grounds for persecution - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness - State protection | Countries: Canada - Mexico

Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) v. Oh

Application for judicial review.

22 May 2009 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Grounds for persecution - Mental health - Public health - State protection | Countries: Canada - Korea, Republic of

Gonzalez Meneses v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)

Application for judicial review.

21 May 2009 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Abduction - Grounds for persecution - State protection | Countries: Canada - Mexico

Aguilar v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration)

Application for judicial review.

27 January 2009 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Domestic violence - Grounds for persecution - State protection | Countries: Canada - Mexico

Canada (Ministre de la Citoyenneté et de l'Immigration) c. Patel

Demande présentée en vertu de l'article 72 de la Loi sur l'immigration et la protection des réfugiés, L.C. 2001, ch 27 (la Loi) relativement à une décision par laquelle la Commission a reconnu au défendeur la qualité de réfugié au sens de la Convention ou celle de personne à protéger.

17 June 2008 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Children's rights - Children-at-risk - Cumulative grounds of persecution - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Grounds for persecution - Unaccompanied / Separated children - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: Canada - India

Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) v. Patel

This is an application, pursuant to s. 72 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act S.C. 2001, c. 27 (Act) of a decision, dated March 5, 2007, wherein the IRB determines that the respondent is a Convention refugee and a Person in need of protection.

17 June 2008 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Children's rights - Children-at-risk - Cumulative grounds of persecution - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Grounds for persecution - Unaccompanied / Separated children - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: Canada - India

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

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

Nikolayeva c. Canada (Ministre de la Citoyenneté et de l'Immigration) (1re inst.)

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) - SGBV | Countries: Canada - Ukraine

Nikolayeva v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) (T.D.)

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) - SGBV | Countries: Canada - Ukraine

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