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Canada (Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness) v. Chhina, 2019 SCC 29
Courts — Jurisdiction — Habeas corpus — Exceptions to exercise of jurisdiction by provincial superior courts — Immigration detainee applying for habeas corpus — Superior court declining jurisdiction to hear application on basis that detention review scheme in Immigration and Refugee Protection Act is complete, comprehensive and expert statutory scheme providing for review at least as broad as that available by way of habeas corpus and no less advantageous — Whether superior court erred in declining jurisdiction — Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, S.C. 2001, c. 27. 10 May 2019 | Judicial Body: Canada: Supreme Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Habeas corpus - Right to liberty and security | Countries: Canada - Pakistan |
Charkaoui c. Canada (Citoyenneté et Immigration)
On appeal from the Federal Court of Appeal. 23 February 2007 | Judicial Body: Canada: Supreme Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Criminal justice - Deportation / Forcible return - Equality before the law - Immigration Detention - Right to liberty and security - Right to life | Countries: Canada |
Charkaoui v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)
On appeal from the Federal Court of Appeal. 23 February 2007 | Judicial Body: Canada: Supreme Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Criminal justice - Deportation / Forcible return - Equality before the law - Immigration Detention - Right to liberty and security - Right to life | Countries: Canada |