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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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Bulgaria: Follow-up to BGR33650.E of 26 January 2000 and BGR35957.E of 1 December 2000 on the Kanchev trial, its conclusion, persons who have been prosecuted in connection to the charges laid against Kanchev and threats laid against witnesses

10 May 2002 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

Czech Republic: Update to CZE31563.E of 14 April 1999 on organized crime activities and corruption in the police force; government response to these activities and state protection available to witnesses who testify against corrupt police officers

15 March 2002 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

Guatemala: Visit to Canada circa 1999 by Guatemalan Human Rights Ombudsman Julio Eduardo Arango Escobar who was allegedly seeking testimony from claimants in Canada; news reports and statements released by Arango Escobar; results of his visit and testimonies obtained; reaction in Guatemala; reports of attempts to intimidate witnesses or their families

14 March 2002 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

Mexico: A witness identification process called "careo" or face-to-face confrontation, when and where it takes place, and whether there are safeguards to protect witnesses

14 January 2002 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

Israel: Witness protection programmes in Israel, including the availability of such programmes and information on what type of witnesses they are offered to; whether such a programme would be available to a woman who gave evidence to the police regarding the murder of her boyfriend and who fears being the victim of an honour killing

10 January 2002 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

Colombia: Types of witnesses reportedly taken into protection programs, and whether a witness protection program arranges the smuggling of persons to other Latin American countries or Canada

21 August 2001 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

Iraq: Witness protection programs or policies, particularly with regard to witnesses in murder trials

29 June 2001 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

Guatemala: Protection available to witnesses of murder and for victims of violent crime (1998-1999)

22 February 2001 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

Bulgaria: Any kind of witness protection legislation / policy / practice in Bulgaria, particularly for individuals who have provided information leading to the arrest of officials, including members of parliament, on corruption-related charges; whether the witnesses in the case of parliamentary deputy Tsvetelin Kanchev were harmed in any way

1 December 2000 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

Pakistan: Judicial inquiry into the cricket match-fixing scandal; names of witnesses who appeared before Justice Malik Qayyum; whether any witness or investigators were subjected to threats, harassment or intimidation; whether members of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) were implicated in the scandal; whether members of the Bhutto or Sharif governments were implicated in the scandal; a copy of the final report of the inquiry

4 July 2000 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

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