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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

X v. Canada

13 February 2012 | Judicial Body: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Case Law | Countries: Canada - Chile - Cuba

X v. Canada

29 November 2011 | Judicial Body: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Case Law | Countries: Canada - Japan

X et al. v. Canada

21 November 2011 | Judicial Body: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Case Law | Countries: Canada - Honduras

Decision TA6-07453 (Persuasive decision, in private)

26 November 2007 | Judicial Body: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Corruption - Effective protection - Non-state agents of persecution - Police - State protection | Countries: Canada - Mexico

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 TA6-06827

7 February 2007 | Judicial Body: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Children-at-risk - Country of origin information (COI) - Female genital mutilation (FGM) - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Social group persecution - State protection - Unaccompanied / Separated children | Countries: Canada - Kenya

Décision TA6-06827

7 February 2007 | Judicial Body: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Children-at-risk - Country of origin information (COI) - Female genital mutilation (FGM) - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Social group persecution - State protection - Unaccompanied / Separated children | Countries: Canada - Kenya

Decision TA4-18833 (Persuasive Decision, In Private)

Date of hearing (in private): 10 February 2006.

"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.

27 February 2006 | Judicial Body: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Corruption - Effective protection - State protection | Countries: Canada - Mexico

Decision TA4-17681 (Persuasive Decision, In Private)

Date of hearing (in private): 14 December 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.

17 January 2006 | Judicial Body: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Corruption - Effective protection - State protection | Countries: Canada - Mexico

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