Case Law

Demande présentée en vertu de l'article 72 de la Loi sur l'immigration et la protection des réfugiés, L.C. 2001, ch 27 (la Loi) relativement à une décision par laquelle la Commission a reconnu au défendeur la qualité de réfugié au sens de la Convention ou celle de personne à protéger.

17 June 2008 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Topic(s): Children's rights - Children-at-risk - Cumulative grounds of persecution - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Grounds for persecution - Unaccompanied / Separated children - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: Canada - India

This is an application, pursuant to s. 72 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act S.C. 2001, c. 27 (Act) of a decision, dated March 5, 2007, wherein the IRB determines that the respondent is a Convention refugee and a Person in need of protection.

17 June 2008 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Topic(s): Children's rights - Children-at-risk - Cumulative grounds of persecution - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Grounds for persecution - Unaccompanied / Separated children - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: Canada - India

Application for judicial review.

7 March 2008 | Judicial Body: Australia: Federal Magistrates Court | Topic(s): Effective protection - Grounds for persecution - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Social group persecution | Countries: Australia - Nepal

31 January 2008 | Judicial Body: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Topic(s): Grounds for persecution - Social group persecution - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: Canada - Mexico

28 December 2007 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Grounds for persecution - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion | Countries: Australia - Nepal

On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals, Argued and Submitted 8 June 2007 in Pasadena, California.

27 December 2007 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Topic(s): Acts of persecution - Grounds for persecution - Social group persecution | Countries: El Salvador - United States of America

14 November 2007 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Grounds for persecution - Persons with disabilities - Public health - Right to employment | Countries: Bolivia - New Zealand

On appeal from the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal.

7 November 2007 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Grounds for persecution - Statelessness | Countries: Tanzania, United Republic of - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

18 October 2007 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Grounds for persecution - State protection | Countries: Australia - China

Application for judicial review.

5 October 2007 | Judicial Body: Australia: Federal Magistrates Court | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Credibility assessment - Grounds for persecution - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity - Social group persecution | Countries: Australia - Nigeria