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Jurisprudence

CAT - Canada

List of all final views

Case NameComm NumberDateArticlesOutcome
Khan v. Canada15/199415 November 19943Violation
P.Q.L. v. Canada57/199617 November 19973No Violation
T.P.S. v. Canada99/199716 May 20003No Violation
S.V. v. Canada49/199615 May 20011, 3No Violation
Z.Z. v. Canada123/199815 May 20013No Violation
B.S. v. Canada166/200014 November 20013,16No Violation
V. N. I. M. v. Canada119/199812 November 20023No Violation
B. S. S. v. Canada183/200112 May 20043, 16No Violation
Falcón Ríos v. Canada133/199923 November 20043Violation
S.S.S. v. Canada245/200416 November 20053No Violation
Dadar v. Canada258/200423 November 20053Violation
S.P.A. v. Canada282/200516 November 20063No Violation
C.A.R.M. et al. v. Canada298/200618 May 20073No Violation
Sogi v. Canada297/200616 November 20073Violation
J.A.M.O. v. Canada293/200609 May 2008293/2006No Violation

Information is as of 6 June 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".