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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
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Jeremy Hinzman (a.k.a. Jeremy Dean Hinzman), Nga Thi Nguyen, Liam Liem Nguyen Hinzman (a.k.a. Liam Liem Nguye Hinzman)
Date(s) of hearing: 6-8 December 2004. For the reasons for judgment of the Federal Court see: Hinzman v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) (F.C.), 2006 FC 420; [2007] 1 F.C.R. 561, 31 March 2006. Further appealed to the Federal Court of Appeal: Hinzman and Hughey v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2007 FCA 171, 30 April 2007. 16 March 2005 | Judicial Body: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Social group persecution | Countries: Canada - United States of America |
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Decision TA4-10802 & TA4-10803 (Persuasive Decision, In Private)
Date of hearing (in private): 4 February 2005.
24 February 2005 | Judicial Body: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity - Social group persecution | Countries: Canada - Mexico |
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Steven Wynn Kubby, Michele Renee Kubby, Brooke Kona Kubby, Crystal Bay Kubby
17 November 2003 | Judicial Body: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Persecution based on political opinion - Public health - Social group persecution - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: Canada - United States of America |
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Decision TA0-15870 (Revoked Jurisprudential Guide (2011), In Private)
Dates of hearing (in private): 12 November 2002 and 27 March 2003.
31 March 2003 | Judicial Body: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Effective protection - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity - Social group persecution - State protection | Countries: Canada - Costa Rica |
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Decision TA2-14980 (Revoked Jurisprudential Guide (2011), In Private)
Date of hearing (in private): 11 March 2003.
20 March 2003 | Judicial Body: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Effective protection - Social group persecution - State protection | Countries: Canada - Costa Rica |
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Decision MA1-10302 (Persuasive Decision, In Private)
Date of hearing (in private): 5 August 2002.
27 August 2002 | Judicial Body: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Non-state agents of persecution - Social group persecution | Countries: Canada - Costa Rica |
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Lai Cheong Sing, Tsang Ming Na, Lai Chun Chun, Lai Ming Ming, Lai Chun Wai
See also: Lai Cheong Sing and Others v. Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, [2004] FC 179 (3 February 2004), and: Lai Cheong Sing and Others v. Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, [2005] FCA 125 (11 April 2005). Application for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada dismissed on 9 May 2005. 6 May 2002 | Judicial Body: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Criminal justice - Death penalty - Exclusion clauses - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Grounds for persecution - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Prosecution vs persecution - Right to justice - Serious non-political crime - Social group persecution | Countries: Canada - China |
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Decision MA1-08719 (In Camera)
Date of hearing: 25 February 2002. 16 April 2002 | Judicial Body: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Persons with disabilities - Public health - Right to employment - Social group persecution | Countries: Burkina Faso - Canada |
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Decision VA0-03441 (In Camera)
Date of hearing: 20 June 2001. 16 July 2001 | Judicial Body: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Persons with disabilities - Right to education - Right to employment - Social group persecution | Countries: Canada - Chile |
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Decision TA0-05472
30 May 2001 | Judicial Body: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Children-at-risk - Country of origin information (COI) - Domestic violence - Effective protection - Non-state agents of persecution - Persons with disabilities - Social group persecution - State protection - Women-at-risk | Countries: Canada - Poland |
