Case Law

On appeal from the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (IM/12825/2006).

30 July 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Immigration law - Right to family life | Countries: Ghana - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

For the Federal Court's reasons, see: Owusu c. Canada (Ministre de la Citoyenneté et de l'Immigration), 2003 CFPI 94; [2003] 3 C.F. 172, dated 29 January 2003.

26 January 2004 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court of Appeal | Topic(s): Children-at-risk - Complementary forms of protection - Deportation / Forcible return - Rejected asylum-seekers - Visas | Countries: Canada - Ghana

For the Federal Court's reasons, see: Owusu v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), 2003 FCT 94; [2003] 3 F.C. 172, dated 29 January 2003.

26 January 2004 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court of Appeal | Topic(s): Children-at-risk - Complementary forms of protection - Deportation / Forcible return - Rejected asylum-seekers - Visas | Countries: Canada - Ghana

Precedential decision. Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals.

16 May 2003 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit | Topic(s): Christian - Country of origin information (COI) - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Social group persecution | Countries: Ghana - United States of America

The decision was subsequently confirmed by the Federal Court of Appeal in Owusu c. Canada (Ministre de la Citoyenneté et de l'Immigration) (C.A.F.), 2004 CAF 38; [2004] 2 R.C.F. 635, on 26 January 2004.

29 January 2003 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Topic(s): Children-at-risk - Complementary forms of protection - Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) - Criminal justice - Rejected asylum-seekers - Visas | Countries: Canada - Ghana

The decision was subsequently confirmed by the Federal Court of Appeal in Owusu v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) (F.C.A.), 2004 FCA 38; [2004] 2 F.C.R. 635, on 26 January 2004.

29 January 2003 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Topic(s): Children-at-risk - Complementary forms of protection - Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) - Criminal justice - Rejected asylum-seekers - Visas | Countries: Canada - Ghana

7 November 2000 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Legal Instrument: 1950 European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) | Topic(s): Decision on admissibility | Countries: Ghana - Netherlands

24 May 1999 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - Persecution based on political opinion - Sur place persecution - Visas | Countries: Ghana - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland