Case Law

20 February 2012 | Judicial Body: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Countries: Canada - Côte d'Ivoire - France

13 February 2012 | Judicial Body: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Countries: Canada - Chile - Cuba

16 January 2012 | Judicial Body: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Countries: Canada - China - Singapore

8 December 2011 | Judicial Body: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Countries: Canada - Iran, Islamic Republic of

Demande du ministre de la Sécurité publique et de la Protection civile d'annuler la reconnaissance du statut de réfugié au sens de la Convention.

19 November 2008 | Judicial Body: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Topic(s): Convention refugee - Crimes against humanity - Croats - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Exclusion clauses - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Serious non-political crime - Torture - War crimes | Countries: Canada - Croatia

Application of the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness to vacate the determination of Convention refugee status.

19 November 2008 | Judicial Body: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Topic(s): Convention refugee - Crimes against humanity - Croats - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Exclusion clauses - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Serious non-political crime - Torture - War crimes | Countries: Canada - Croatia

27 February 2003 | Judicial Body: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Topic(s): Children-at-risk - Exclusion clauses - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on nationality - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Right to education - Safe third country - State protection | Countries: Canada

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