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Jurisprudence

CCPR - Canada

List of all admissibility decisions

Case NameComm NumberDateOutcome
C.E. v. Canada13/197725 August 1977Inadmissible
Z.Z. v. Canada17/197718 July 1978Inadmissible
N.S. v. Canada26/197828 July 1978Inadmissible
D.B. v. Canada15/197724 April 1979Inadmissible
C.J. v. Canada19/197713 August 1979Inadmissible
L.P. v. Canada2/197614 August 1979Inadmissible
Lovelace v. Canada24/197714 August 1979Admissible
Pinkney v. Canada27/197802 April 1980Admissible
A.S. v. Canada68/198031 March 1981Inadmissible
A.R.S. v. Canada91/198128 October 1981Inadmissible
E.H.P. v. Canada67/198027 October 1982Inadmissible
J.R.T. and the W.G. Party v. Canada104/198106 April 1983Inadmissible
J.S. v. Canada130/198206 April 1983Inadmissible
L.S.N. v. Canada94/198130 March 1984Admissable (discontinued)
A.D. v. Canada78/198029 July 1984Inadmissible
J.K. v. Canada174/198426 October 1984Inadmissible
C.F. et al. v. Canada113/198112 April 1985Inadmissible
J.H. v. Canada187/198512 April 1985Inadmissible
Y.L. v. Canada112/198108 April 1986Inadmissible
J.B. et al. v. Canada118/198218 July 1986Inadmissible
S.H.B. v. Canada192/198524 March 1987Inadmissible
V.M.R.B. v. Canada236/198718 July 1988Inadmissible
R.L. v. Canada342/198907 April 1989Inadmissible
Z.P. v. Canada341/198811 April 1991Inadmissible
Ballantyne, Davidson and McIntyre v. Canada359 & 385/198911 April 1991Admissible
R.L. et al. v. Canada358/198905 November 1991Inadmissible
J.J.C. v. Canada367/198905 November 1991Inadmissible
J.P. v. Canada446/199107 November 1991Inadmissible
K.C. v. Canada486/199229 July 1992Inadmissible
G.T. v. Canada420/199023 October 1992Inadmissible
Singer v. Canada455/199108 April 1993Admissible
H.T.B. v. Canada534/199319 October 1993Inadmissible
Cox v. Canada539/199303 November 1993Admissible
Stewart v. Canada538/199318 March 1994Admissible
J.M. v. Canada559/199308 April 1994Inadmissible
M.A.B., W.A.T. and J.-A.Y.T. v. Canada570/199308 April 1994Inadmissible
Canepa v. Canada558/199313 October 1994Admissible
Atkinson et al. v. Canada573/199431 October 1995Inadmissible
Lacika v. Canada638/199503 November 1995Inadmissible
Badu v. Canada603/199418 July 1997Inadmissible
Nartey v. Canada604/199418 July 1997Inadmissible
Adu v. Canada654/199518 July 1997Inadmissible
Singh v. Canada761/199729 July 1997Inadmissible
Byrne and Lazarescu v. Canada742/199725 March 1999Inadmissible
Cziklin v. Canada741/199727 July 1999Inadmissible
Tadman et al. v. Canada816/199829 October 1999Inadmissible
G. v. Canada934/200017 July 2000Inadmissible
Gillan v. Canada936/200017 July 2000Inadmissible
Devgan v. Canada948/200030 October 2000Inadmissible
Keshavjee v. Canada949/200002 November 2000Inadmissible
Riley et. al. v. Canada1048/200221 March 2002Inadmissible
Truong v. Canada743/199728 March 2003Inadmissible
Zündel v. Canada953/200027 July 2003Inadmissible
Fabrikant v. Canada970/200106 November 2003Inadmissible
Romans v. Canada1040/200109 July 2004Inadmissible
Jazairi v. Canada958/200026 October 2004Inadmissible
Dupuy v. Canada939/200018 March 2005Inadmissible
Hoffman v. Canada1220/200325 July 2005Inadmissible
Queenan v. Canada1379/200526 July 2005Inadmissible
Singh v. Canada1315/200430 March 2006Inadmissible
Khan v. Canada1302/200425 July 2006Inadmissible
Bhullar v. Canada982/200131 October 2006Inadmissible
P.K. v. Canada1234/200320 March 2007Inadmissible
Zundel v. Canada1341/200520 March 2007Inadmissible
Camara v. Canada1365/200524 July 2007Inadmissible

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".