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X v. Canada 18 March 2014 \| Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court \| Document type: Case Law \| Topic(s): Domestic violence - Women's rights - Women-at-risk \| Countries: Canada - Guinea
Jimenez Correa and Others v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) 14 March 2014 \| Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court \| Document type: Case Law \| Topic(s): Gang related violence - Grounds for persecution - Threats / Intimidation - Well-founded fear of persecution \| Countries: Canada - Colombia - United States of America
Osengosengo v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) 13 March 2014 \| Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court \| Document type: Case Law \| Topic(s): Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Well-founded fear of persecution \| Countries: Canada - Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Luis Alberto Hernandez Febles v. Minister of Citizenship and Immigration: Factum of the Intervener (UNHCR) 11 March 2014 \| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) \| Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae
Thevarasa v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) 10 March 2014 \| Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court \| Document type: Case Law \| Topic(s): Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements - Tamil - Well-founded fear of persecution \| Countries: Canada - Sri Lanka
X v. Canada 28 February 2014 \| Judicial Body: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada \| Document type: Case Law \| Topic(s): Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Jehovah's Witness \| Countries: Canada - Cuba
Gao and Others v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) 28 February 2014 \| Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court \| Document type: Case Law \| Topic(s): Right to return - State protection - Well-founded fear of persecution \| Countries: Canada - China - Panama - United States of America
Unachukwu v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) 28 February 2014 \| Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court \| Document type: Case Law \| Topic(s): Denial of refugee status - Domestic violence - Serious non-political crime \| Countries: Canada - Nigeria - United States of America
X v. Canada 27 February 2014 \| Judicial Body: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada \| Document type: Case Law \| Topic(s): Mental health - Persons with disabilities - Right to health \| Countries: Canada - Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
X v. Canada 27 February 2014 \| Judicial Body: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada \| Document type: Case Law \| Topic(s): Domestic violence - One-child policy / Family planning \| Countries: Canada - China

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