Case Law

Application for review of decision of the Immigration and Refugee Board. Application granted on basis that the Board failed to provide adequate reasons regarding conclusion of exclusion under Article 1F(b) and to not follow the Jayasekara doctrine.

30 April 2012 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Topic(s): Domestic violence - Exclusion clauses - Gender-based persecution - Serious non-political crime | Countries: Canada - Guyana

Application for review of decision of the Immigration and Refugee Board. Application granted on basis that decision was made in reviewable error for two reasons: no proper application was conducted of the Chairperson’s Gender Guidelines, and no fair analysis was given to available evidence.

24 April 2012 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Topic(s): Child prostitution - Domestic violence - Gender-based persecution - State protection - Trafficking in persons | Countries: Albania - Canada

5 March 2012 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Topic(s): Gender-based persecution - Tamil - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: Canada - Sri Lanka

Petition for review of a final order of the Board of Immigration Appeals. Petition granted in part and denied in part.

11 January 2012 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit | Topic(s): Gender-based persecution - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) - Social group persecution | Countries: El Salvador - United States of America

27 December 2011 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Gender-based persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Social group persecution | Countries: Australia - Somalia

21 December 2011 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Countries: Canada - Trinidad and Tobago

21 December 2011 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Topic(s): Domestic violence - Gender-based persecution - State protection - Sur place persecution | Countries: Canada - Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

19 December 2011 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Topic(s): Gender-based persecution - State protection | Countries: Canada - Mexico

23 November 2011 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Domestic violence - Gender-based persecution - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) | Countries: Canada - Nigeria

14 October 2011 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Topic(s): Cumulative grounds of persecution - Gender-based persecution | Countries: Canada - Pakistan