Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada

The Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB) is Canada's largest independent administrative tribunal, responsible for making well-reasoned decisions on immigration and refugee matters efficiently, fairly and in accordance with the law. It consists of three divisions: the Refugee Protection Division; the Immigration Division; and the Immigration Appeal Division. The Refugee Protection Division decides claims for refugee protection made by people already in Canada. Website: www.irb-cisr.gc.ca/

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X v. Canada 25 February 2014 \| Judicial Body: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada \| Topic(s): Persecution based on political opinion - Political groups \| Countries: Canada - Haiti
X v. Canada 2 January 2014 \| Judicial Body: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada \| Topic(s): Persecution based on political opinion - Political groups \| Countries: Canada - South Africa - Zimbabwe
X, Re (Zimbabwe) 2 January 2014 \| Judicial Body: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada \| Topic(s): Persecution based on political opinion - Women-at-risk \| Countries: Canada - Zimbabwe
X v. Canada 23 January 2012 \| Judicial Body: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada \| Topic(s): Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity - Freedom of religion - Persecution based on political opinion - Sharia law \| Countries: Canada - Somalia
X et al. v. Canada 8 December 2011 \| Judicial Body: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada \| Countries: Canada - Iran, Islamic Republic of
Decision MA4-04467 (Persuasive Decision, In Private) Date of hearing (in private): December 2004. "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. February 2005 \| Judicial Body: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada \| Topic(s): Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - State protection \| Countries: Canada - Colombia
Steven Wynn Kubby, Michele Renee Kubby, Brooke Kona Kubby, Crystal Bay Kubby 17 November 2003 \| Judicial Body: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada \| Topic(s): Persecution based on political opinion - Public health - Social group persecution - Well-founded fear of persecution \| Countries: Canada - United States of America
Lai Cheong Sing, Tsang Ming Na, Lai Chun Chun, Lai Ming Ming, Lai Chun Wai 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 \| 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
O. (R.T.) (Re), Convention Refugee Determination Decisions Please complete 29 September 1994 \| Judicial Body: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada \| Topic(s): Convention refugee - Freedom of expression - Freedom of speech - Persecution based on political opinion \| Countries: Canada - Ireland
N. (Q.D.) (Re), Convention Refugee Determination Decisions Please complete 20 March 1992 \| Judicial Body: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada \| Topic(s): Changes of circumstances in home country - Convention refugee - Freedom of expression - Freedom of speech - Human rights and fundamental freedoms - Persecution based on political opinion \| Countries: Canada - Nicaragua

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