Case Law

2 June 2011 | Judicial Body: Canada: Court of Appeal for Ontario | Topic(s): Family law - Non-refoulement - Refugee / Asylum law - Unaccompanied / Separated children | Countries: Canada - Mexico

Demande présentée en vertu de l'article 72 de la Loi sur l'immigration et la protection des réfugiés, L.C. 2001, ch 27 (la Loi) relativement à une décision par laquelle la Commission a reconnu au défendeur la qualité de réfugié au sens de la Convention ou celle de personne à protéger.

17 June 2008 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Topic(s): Children's rights - Children-at-risk - Cumulative grounds of persecution - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Grounds for persecution - Unaccompanied / Separated children - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: Canada - India

This is an application, pursuant to s. 72 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act S.C. 2001, c. 27 (Act) of a decision, dated March 5, 2007, wherein the IRB determines that the respondent is a Convention refugee and a Person in need of protection.

17 June 2008 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Topic(s): Children's rights - Children-at-risk - Cumulative grounds of persecution - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Grounds for persecution - Unaccompanied / Separated children - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: Canada - India

27 March 2008 | Judicial Body: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Topic(s): Children-at-risk - Credibility assessment - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) - Social group persecution - Unaccompanied / Separated children | Countries: Canada - China

27 March 2008 | Judicial Body: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Topic(s): Children-at-risk - Credibility assessment - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) - Social group persecution - Unaccompanied / Separated children | Countries: Canada - China

7 February 2007 | Judicial Body: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | 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

7 February 2007 | Judicial Body: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | 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

7 January 2003 | Judicial Body: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | 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

7 January 2003 | Judicial Body: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | 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

20 March 2002 | Judicial Body: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Unaccompanied / Separated children | Countries: Canada - Somalia