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Los Angeles Declaration on Migration and Protection 10 June 2022 \| Publisher: United States President \| Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations
MINISTER OF CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION Appellant and MARIA CAMILA GALINDO CAMAYO Respondent and UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES and CANADIAN ASSOCIATION OF REFUGEE LAWYERS Interveners Is it reasonable for the RPD to rely upon evidence of the refugee’s lack of subjective [let alone any] knowledge that use of a passport confers diplomatic protection to rebut the presumption that a refugee who acquires and travels on a passport issued by their country of origin has intended to avail themselves of that state’s protection? Yes. Is it reasonable for the RPD to rely upon evidence that a refugee took measures to protect themselves against their agent of persecution [or that of their family member who is the principal refugee applicant] to rebut the presumption that a refugee who acquires [or renews] a passport issued by their country of origin and uses it to return to their country of origin has intended to avail themselves of that state’s protection? Yes. 29 March 2022 \| Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court of Appeal \| Document type: Case Law \| Topic(s): Cessation clauses - Diplomatic protection - Passports \| Countries: Canada - Colombia
Intervention by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in the case of The Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness v. Medhanie Aregawi Weldemariam 27 April 2021 \| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) \| Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae
Canada: Minimizing the Risk of Exposure to COVID-19 in Canada Order (Prohibition of Entry into Canada from the United States) - OiC 2021-0173 19 March 2021 \| Publisher: National Legislative Bodies / National Authorities \| Document type: National Legislation
Canada: Minimizing the Risk of Exposure to COVID-19 in Canada Order (Quarantine, Isolation and Other Obligations) OiC 2021-00174 19 March 2021 \| Publisher: National Legislative Bodies / National Authorities \| Document type: National Legislation
Canada (MCI) v Camayo - Memorandum of the Intervener: U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees 24 February 2021 \| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) \| Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae
Canada: Minimizing the Risk Exposure to COVID-19 in Canada Order (Quarantine, Isolation and Other Obligations) - OiC 2021-0075 14 February 2021 \| Publisher: National Legislative Bodies / National Authorities \| Document type: National Legislation
M.A.A. v. D.E.M.E. I have concluded that the evidence establishes that the children would, on a balance of probabilities, suffer serious harm if returned to their habitual residence of Kuwait. Ontario therefore may and should exercise jurisdiction to determine custody and access. I have also concluded that it was an error to order the return of the children pending the determination of their refugee claim. 29 July 2020 \| Judicial Body: Canada: Court of Appeal for Ontario \| Document type: Case Law \| Topic(s): Children's rights - Children-at-risk - Physical harm - Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures \| Countries: Canada - Kuwait
The Canadian Council for Refugees et al v Minister for Immigration and Minister for Public Safety The Applicants challenge the validity and the constitutionality of the legislation implementing the Agreement between the Government of Canada and the Government of the United States of America For Cooperation in the Examination of Refugee Status Claims from Nationals of Third Countries (referred to as the “Safe Third Country Agreement” or “STCA”). The Applicants allege that by returning ineligible refugee claimants to the United States (US), Canada exposes them to risks in the form of detention, refoulement, and other violations of their rights contrary to the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, 28 July 1951, 189 UNTS at 137 (Refugee Convention or RT) and contrary to the United Nations Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhumane or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT, collectively referred to as the Conventions). 22 July 2020 \| Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court \| Document type: Case Law \| Topic(s): Safe third country \| Countries: Canada - United States of America
M.A.A. v. D.E.M.E.: Factum of the intervener (UNHCR) 19 June 2020 \| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) \| Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae

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