Canada

Courts — Jurisdiction — Habeas corpus — Exceptions to exercise of jurisdiction by provincial superior courts — Immigration detainee applying for habeas corpus — Superior court declining jurisdiction to hear application on basis that detention review scheme in Immigration and Refugee Protection Act is complete, comprehensive and expert statutory scheme providing for review at least as broad as that available by way of habeas corpus and no less advantageous — Whether superior court erred in declining jurisdiction — Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, S.C. 2001, c. 27.

10 May 2019 | Judicial Body: Canada: Supreme Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Habeas corpus - Right to liberty and security | Countries: Canada - Pakistan

7 August 2015 | Judicial Body: UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) - Right to liberty and security - Right to life | Countries: Canada - Sri Lanka

21 July 2011 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Exclusion clauses - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Serious non-political crime | Countries: Canada - Romania

6 May 2011 | Judicial Body: Canada: Courts of Appeal | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Extradition - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Jurisdiction - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness | Countries: Canada - United States of America

43rd session.

10 December 2009 | Judicial Body: UN Committee Against Torture (CAT) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Convention against Torture (CAT) - Crimes against humanity - Deportation / Forcible return - Exclusion clauses - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Human rights activists - Rejected asylum-seekers | Countries: Burundi - Canada

Application for judicial review.

31 July 2009 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Complementary forms of protection - Deportation / Forcible return - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) | Countries: Canada - Iran, Islamic Republic of

Application for judicial review.

4 June 2009 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Effective remedy - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Passports - Refugees - Right to return - Terrorism | Countries: Canada

Application for judicial review.

15 April 2009 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Alevis - Arbitrary arrest and detention - Country of origin information (COI) - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Kurd - Persecution based on political opinion | Countries: Canada - Türkiye

Application for judicial review.

25 November 2008 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Forced marriage - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Persecution of family members - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness - Social group persecution | Countries: Afghanistan - Canada

Application for judicial review.

25 November 2008 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Forced marriage - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Persecution of family members - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness - Social group persecution | Countries: Afghanistan - Canada