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• Case Law 700

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• Acts contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations 4
• Acts of persecution 2
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• Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) 73
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• Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 27
• Mental health 6
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• Non-state agents of persecution 38
• Opposition 7
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• Proof of nationality 2
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• Public health 12
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• Refoulement 1
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• Refugees 13
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• Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 39
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• Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) 23
• Sexual and reproductive rights 2
• Shia 3
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• Social group discrimination 1
• Social group persecution 53
• Standard of proof 12
• State protection 73
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• Sur place persecution 9
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• Terrorism 30
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• Unlawful departure 3
• Visas 6
• War crimes 7
• Well-founded fear of persecution 54
• Witnesses 6
• Women's rights 3
• Women-at-risk 10

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• Amnesty International - Canada
• CERIS - The Ontario Metropolis Centre
• Canadian Council for Refugees
• Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network
• Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women (CRIAW)
• Canadian Voice of Women for Peace (VOW)
• Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)
• Citizenship and Immigration Canada
• Council of Europe, Venice Commission: Constitutional Courts (Links)
• Equitas, International Centre for Human Rights Education
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - Canada
• Human Rights Watch (HRW) - Canada
• Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (IRB)
• International Committee of the Red Cross - The ICRC in North America
• Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) - Canada
• Office of the Commissioner for Federal Judicial Affairs Canada
• Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) - Canada
• ReliefWeb - Canada
• Rights & Democracy
• School of Peace and Conflict Management, Royal Roads University
• UNHCR - Canada
• United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) - Canada
• United States Department of State - Canada
• Winnipeg Refugee Education Network (WREN)
• World Health Organization (WHO) - Canada