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Ferenc Feher, Richard Sebok and the Canadian Association of Refugee Lawyers et al (applicants) v. the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness (respondent)

paragraph 112(2) (b.1) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, SC 2001, c 27, is declared to be inconsistent with subsection 15(1) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Part I of the Constitution Act, 1982, being Schedule B to the Canada Act 1982 (UK), 1982, c 11, insofar as it concerns nationals of countries designated pursuant to section 109.1(1) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act; and the following words - “or, in the case of a person who is a national of a country that is designated under subsection 109.1(1), less than 36 months,” - in paragraph 112(2) (b.1) shall have no force or effect with respect to such nationals;

20 March 2019 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Constitutional law - Equality before the law - Safe country of origin | Countries: Canada - Hungary

VfGH 07.03.2018, G 136/2017 ua

recognized refugees are entitled to the same amount of social welfare as Austrian citizens in line with Art. 23 of the 1951 Convention

7 March 2018 | Judicial Body: Austria: Constitutional Court of Austria (Verfassungsgerichtshof) | Document type: Case Law | Legal Instrument: 1951 Refugee Convention | Topic(s): Economic, social and cultural rights - Equality before the law | Countries: Austria

Joint NGO submission to the Committee against Torture ahead of the consideration of Tajikistan's Third Periodic Report at the 63rd session in April/May 2018

1 March 2018 | Publisher: World Organisation Against Torture | Document type: Country Reports

Arrêt n°18/2018

The court annulled article 1 of the Law of 15 december 1980 on aliens on the grounds that, the absence of an derogatory regime to the benefit of stateless persons for the fee due in the residence regularisation procedure, constitutes an unjustified difference of treatment between refugees and stateless persons. The absence of an automatic right of residence implies that, de facto, stateless persons have to pay this fee whilst refugees do not.

22 February 2018 | Judicial Body: Belgium: Cour constitutionnelle | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Access to procedures - Equality before the law - Residence permits / Residency - Statelessness | Countries: Belgium

Dark Side: Secret Origins of Evidence in US Criminal Cases

9 January 2018 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country Reports

Judgement of the 27 June 2016

27 June 2016 | Judicial Body: Belgium: Cour de cassation | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Equality before the law - Illegal entry - Residence permits / Residency - Statelessness - Statelessness Determination Procedures | Countries: Belgium

Judgement of the 27 June 2016

27 June 2016 | Judicial Body: Belgium: Cour de cassation | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Equality before the law - Illegal entry - Residence permits / Residency - Statelessness - Statelessness Determination Procedures | Countries: Belgium

2014 report on the application of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights

8 May 2015 | Publisher: European Union: European Commission | Document type: Annual Reports

Resolution 2054 - Equality and non-discrimination in the access to justice

24 April 2015 | Publisher: Council of Europe: Parliamentary Assembly | Document type: Thematic Reports

Equality and non-discrimination in the access to justice

31 March 2015 | Publisher: Council of Europe: Parliamentary Assembly | Document type: Thematic Reports

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