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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Colombia: Situation of individuals suffering from a mental illness; treatment of such individuals by the police and other state agents; availability of mental health services; existence of organizations that assist those experiencing mental health problems (2000 - January 2005) 5 January 2005 \| Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada \| Document type: Query Responses
Ukraine: Whether Ukrainian authorities will arrest and institutionalize violent, mentally ill people (1998-2002) 7 January 2003 \| Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada \| Document type: Query Responses
Hungary: The treatment of and services available to mentally handicapped persons (January 2000 - May 2001) 22 May 2001 \| Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada \| Document type: Query Responses
Zimbabwe: Treatment of persons suffering from mental disabilities; resources and services available to such persons 3 May 2000 \| 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
Iran: What a divorced woman and/or her family can do if her ex-husband, from whom she was granted a divorce by a court on the grounds that he was certified as being mentally ill, harasses and threatens a young female relative of the divorced woman 1 July 1998 \| Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada \| Document type: Query Responses
Grenada: The resources and facilities available to persons suffering from mental disabilities in Grenada and whether they face mistreatment by the general population and the authorities (1988 to present) 1 June 1998 \| Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada \| Document type: Query Responses
Nicaragua: Current information on the treatment of the mentally ill and the facilities available to them 1 April 1997 \| Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada \| Document type: Query Responses
Vietnam: Information on the treatment of the mentally ill by the government 1 May 1995 \| Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada \| Document type: Query Responses
Israel: Information on the process conducted by the mental health authorities before confining an individual to a hospital or other institution for reasons of serious mental disabilities; on the state and non-governmental organizations involved in that process; on the criteria followed by the authorities in their assessment; on the legal or administrative recourses that an individual might have in opposing such confining measures and on the organizations in Israel that can help an individual facing such confinement 1 February 1995 \| Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada \| Document type: Query Responses

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