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Canada (Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness) v. Chhina, 2019 SCC 29
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 |
Chaudhary v. Canada
20 October 2015 | Judicial Body: Canada: Courts of Appeal | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Habeas corpus - Immigration Detention | Countries: Cameroon - Canada - India - Italy |
Omar Khadr v. Bush
Motion to grant a writ of habeas corpus. 24 November 2008 | Judicial Body: United States District Courts | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Children's rights - Combatants / Former combatants - Habeas corpus - Juvenile justice system - Military courts - Pre-trial detention - Prison or detention conditions - War crimes | Countries: Canada - United States of America |