Burden / standard of proof / Credibility assessment

31 October 2005 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Exclusion clauses - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Roma - Serious non-political crime - Social group persecution | Countries: Canada - Hungary

18 May 2005 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Criminal justice - Proof of nationality - Racial / Ethnic persecution | Countries: Canada - Somalia

18 May 2005 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Criminal justice - Proof of nationality - Racial / Ethnic persecution | Countries: Canada - Somalia

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 | Document type: Case Law | 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

See interim reasons for decision on judicial review: Sogi c. Canada (Ministre de la Citoyenneté et de l'Immigration) (C.F.), 2004 CF 853; [2005] 3 R.C.F. 517 dated 11 June 2004.

18 February 2005 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Deportation / Forcible return - Exclusion clauses - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Terrorism | Countries: Canada - India

See interim reasons for decision on judicial review: Sogi v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) (F.C.), 2004 FC 853; [2005] 3 F.C.R. 517 dated 11 June 2004.

18 February 2005 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Deportation / Forcible return - Exclusion clauses - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Terrorism | Countries: Canada - India

The decision was subsequently confirmed by the Federal Court of Appeal in: Zazai c. Canada (Ministre de la Citoyenneté et de l'Immigration), 2005 CAF 303; [2006] 4 R.C.F. F-29, on 20 September 2005.

1 October 2004 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Crimes against humanity - Deportation / Forcible return - Exclusion clauses | Countries: Afghanistan - Canada

The decision was subsequently confirmed by the Federal Court of Appeal in: Zazai v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), 2005 FCA 303; [2006] 4 F.C.R. D-23, on 20 September 2005.

1 October 2004 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Crimes against humanity - Deportation / Forcible return - Exclusion clauses | Countries: Afghanistan - Canada

See also: Lai Cheong Sing and Others v. Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, [2005] FCA 125 (11 April 2005). Application for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada dismissed on 9 May 2005.

3 February 2004 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Burden of proof - Credibility assessment - Death squads - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Exclusion clauses - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Grounds for persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Prosecution vs persecution - Serious non-political crime - Social group persecution | Countries: Canada - China

31 January 2004 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Legal Articles/Analyses/Commentaries