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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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Decision TA0-05472

30 May 2001 | Judicial Body: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Children-at-risk - Country of origin information (COI) - Domestic violence - Effective protection - Non-state agents of persecution - Persons with disabilities - Social group persecution - State protection - Women-at-risk | Countries: Canada - Poland

Décision TA0-05472

30 May 2001 | Judicial Body: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Children-at-risk - Country of origin information (COI) - Domestic violence - Effective protection - Non-state agents of persecution - Persons with disabilities - Social group persecution - State protection - Unaccompanied / Separated children | Countries: Canada - Poland

Mexico: Physically disabled persons, particularly in Sinaloa State, including their treatment by the authorities and the general population; whether disabled persons are discriminated against in housing, employment and education; services and legal recourse available to them (1995 to October 2000)

1 November 2000 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

Kazakhstan: Persons with disabilities, including privileges and benefits provided to them by the government; the criteria to qualify for a disability pension and whether there are various categories associated with it; whether it is difficult for disabled persons to obtain employment; whether there are agencies or organizations that assist them (1998 to September 2000)

29 September 2000 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

Algeria: Whether the oldest son of the family is entitled to an exemption from military service, and if so, does this exemption also apply in the case when he has completed his military service, but do not wish to obey a subsequent recall notice

1 July 1999 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

United States: The Communist Party USA; current legal status; history; number of members; organizational structure

1 June 1999 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

Morocco: Members of the Moroccan delegation to the Paralympic Games in Atlanta in 1996; the sports in which they contended; whether they remained in the United States after the games; if they did remain in the US whether they were detained after their eventual return to Morocco

1 June 1999 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

Ghana: Recruitment criteria for the Ghanaian Armed Forces (age, preferred educational, professional or ethnic profiles, promotion, practice of rewarding individuals with positions in the army)

1 June 1999 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

India: General situation of physically handicapped persons, particularly in Punjab, including how they are treated by society and the police; any national or state legislation affecting physically handicapped persons; any risks that a young, physically disabled female, who lives on her own in Punjab, might face as a result of her handicap

1 April 1999 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

Guatemala: Update of Response GTM26469.E of 21 April 1997 concerning compulsory military service in Guatemala, including the new law on military service and the possibility that the authorities recruit Guatemalans by force to do military service

1 March 1999 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

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