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Jurisprudence

CAT - Canada

List of all admissibility decisions

Case NameComm NumberDateOutcome
M.A. v. Canada22/199503 May 1995Inadmissible
X. v. Canada26/199520 November 1995Inadmissible
K.K.H. v. Canada35/199522 November 1995Inadmissible
R.K. v. Canada42/199620 November 1997Inadmissible
V.V. v. Canada47/199619 May 1998Inadmissible
P. S. S. v Canada66/199713 November 1998Inadmissible
Akhimien v. Canada67/199717 November 1998Inadmissible
P.S. v. Canada86/199718 November 1999Inadmissible
L.O. v. Canada95/199719 May 2000Inadmissible
H.A.S.V. and F.O.C. v. Canada163/200024 November 2004Inadmissible
Aung v. Canada273/200515 May 2006Inadmissible
R.S.A.N. v. Canada284/200617 November 2006Inadmissible
L. Z. B. v. Canada304/200608 November 2007Inadmissible

Information is as of 18 July 2008.

CERD, CCPR, CAT, CEDAW, CMW, Disability Convention and Enforced disappearances Convention have optional complaint mechanisms, whereby an individual may complain to the respective treaty body that his or her rights under the treaty have been violated. The CMW and Enforced disappearances Convention complaint mechanisms are not yet in force.

Included in this section are:

  1. requests made by the treaty body for interim measures
  2. decisions to deal jointly with cases
  3. admissibility decisions (normally decisions determining a complaint is admissible are not issued separately and hence this category involves decisions in which complaints are found to be inadmissible)
  4. final views.

The Human Rights Committee (under CCPR), the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (under CERD), the Committee Against Torture (under CAT) and the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (under CEDAW) also formally follow up on final Views where a violation has been found. This information is included in the section entitled "Follow-up: Jurisprudence".