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Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada

The Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB) is Canada's largest independent administrative tribunal, responsible for making well-reasoned decisions on immigration and refugee matters efficiently, fairly and in accordance with the law. It consists of three divisions: the Refugee Protection Division; the Immigration Division; and the Immigration Appeal Division. The Refugee Protection Division decides claims for refugee protection made by people already in Canada. Website: www.irb-cisr.gc.ca/
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Decision TB7-01837 (Jurisprudential Guide, in private), Heard at Refugee Appeals Division, Toronto, Ontario

Jurisprudential Guide: Whether the treatment experienced by Ahmadis from Pakistan amounted to persecution and whether state protection and an internal flight alternative are available.

8 May 2017 | Judicial Body: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Ahmadis - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - State protection | Countries: Canada - Pakistan

Decision MB6-01059 / MB6-01060 (Jurisprudential Guide, in private) Heard at Refugee Appeals Division, Montreal, Quebec

Jurisprudential Guide: Internal flight alternative in India for claimants from Punjab

6 February 2017 | 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) - Police - Punjabis | Countries: Canada - India

Israel: Activities of anti-Zionist orthodox Jewish groups; including attitudes toward and treatment by authorities of members of anti-Zionist groups, specifically Lev Tohor (December 2004 - June 2007)

26 July 2007 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

Decision VA5-02751 (Private Proceeding)

Hearing date: 9 anuary 2007. Decision date: 16 February 2007.

16 February 2007 | Judicial Body: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity - Social group persecution - State protection | Countries: Canada - Sri Lanka

Decision TA4-10802 & TA4-10803 (Persuasive Decision, In Private)

Date of hearing (in private): 4 February 2005.

"Persuasive Decisions" are decisions that have been identified as being of persuasive value in developing the jurisprudence of the Board. They are decisions that decision-makers are encouraged to rely upon in the interests of consistency and collegiality.

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

Decision VA1-02828, VA1-02826, VA1-02827 and VA1-02829

27 February 2003 | Judicial Body: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Children-at-risk - Exclusion clauses - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on nationality - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Right to education - Safe third country - State protection | Countries: Canada

Decision V99-02950

7 January 2003 | Judicial Body: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Children-at-risk - Deportation / Forcible return - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Prosecution vs persecution - State protection - Unaccompanied / Separated children - Unlawful departure | Countries: Canada - China

Décision V99-02950

7 January 2003 | Judicial Body: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Children-at-risk - Deportation / Forcible return - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Prosecution vs persecution - State protection - Unaccompanied / Separated children - Unlawful departure | Countries: Canada - China

Decisions VA0-01624 and VA0-01625 (In Camera)

Date of hearing: 8 March 2001. Date of oral decision: 8 March 2001. Date of written decision: 14 may 2001.

14 May 2001 | Judicial Body: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Domestic violence - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity - Social group persecution - State protection | Countries: Canada - Mexico

Décisions VA0-01624 et VA0-01625 (Huit clos)

14 May 2001 | Judicial Body: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Domestic violence - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - Non-state agents of persecution - Social group persecution - State protection - Sur place persecution | Countries: Canada - Mexico

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