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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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Djibouti: How a woman may obtain a divorce without the consent of her husband; whether a divorced woman may remarry under Sharia law, including whether the Sharia marriage certificate must mention the divorce (2010-August 2015)

18 August 2015 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

Djibouti : information indiquant comment une femme peut obtenir le divorce sans le consentement de son mari; information sur la possibilité qu'une femme divorcée puisse se remarier selon l'acte charien, y compris si l'acte charien de mariage doit mentionner le divorce (2010-août 2015)

18 August 2015 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

X v. Canada

23 January 2012 | Judicial Body: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity - Freedom of religion - Persecution based on political opinion - Sharia law | Countries: Canada - Somalia

Nigeria: Whether Muslim clerics, groups or governmental authorities issue death sentences for blasphemy; if so, who has the right to issue and enforce such sentences; whether such sentences would extend to family members; in particular, whether there are death sentences issued by individuals who are not part of Sharia courts within states that are not officially applying Sharia law

21 September 2010 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

Nigeria: Whether Islamic law (Sharia) is applicable in Edo State; whether there are Sharia courts in Edo state; if so, information on the types of issues that are brought before the Sharia courts as well as on who enforces decisions rendered by the Sharia courts

1 September 2010 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

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