On appeal from the Federal Court: Hinzman v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) (F.C.), 2006 FC 420; [2007] 1 F.C.R. 561 and Hughey v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), 2006 FC 421.
30 April 2007 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court of Appeal | Topic(s): Criminal justice - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Persecution based on political opinion - Prosecution vs persecution - Social group persecution - State protection | Countries: Canada - United States of America
10 November 2006 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court of Appeal | Topic(s): Burden of proof - Complementary forms of protection - Deportation / Forcible return - Public health - Right to life - Social group persecution | Countries: Canada - Mexico
Application for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada dismissed on 9 May 2005.
11 April 2005 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court of Appeal | Topic(s): Burden of proof - Credibility assessment - Criminal justice - Death penalty - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Exclusion clauses - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Persecution based on political opinion - Prosecution vs persecution - Serious non-political crime - Social group persecution | Countries: Canada - China
Heard at Toronto on Friday, March 26, 1993, LINDEN J.A., Mahoney J.A., Stone J.A.
1 April 1993 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court of Appeal | Topic(s): Children-at-risk - Karen - Right to education - Right to employment - Social group discrimination - Social group persecution | Countries: Canada - China
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18 December 1992 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court of Appeal | Topic(s): Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Social group persecution - State protection | Countries: Canada - Philippines