Case Law

26 February 2014 | Judicial Body: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Topic(s): Credibility assessment | Countries: Canada - India

21 January 2014 | Judicial Body: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Topic(s): Credibility assessment | Countries: Canada - Fiji

9 January 2014 | Judicial Body: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity | Countries: Canada

24 November 2011 | Judicial Body: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Countries: Canada - El Salvador

27 March 2008 | Judicial Body: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Topic(s): Children-at-risk - Credibility assessment - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) - Social group persecution - Unaccompanied / Separated children | Countries: Canada - China

27 March 2008 | Judicial Body: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Topic(s): Children-at-risk - Credibility assessment - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) - Social group persecution - Unaccompanied / Separated children | Countries: Canada - China

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

20 March 2002 | Judicial Body: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Unaccompanied / Separated children | Countries: Canada - Somalia

20 March 2002 | Judicial Body: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Unaccompanied / Separated children | Countries: Canada - Somalia

20 October 2000 | Judicial Body: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Social group persecution | Countries: Canada - China