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Immigration law 2026 FC 338

Li Li v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)

The Federal Court upheld an IRCC refusal of permanent residence, finding reasonable grounds to believe the applicant’s spouse was complicit in crimes against humanity.

  • Crimes against humanity
  • Inadmissibility
  • Complicity
  • Country condition evidence
  • Procedural fairness
  • Crimes-against-humanity
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Immigration law 2026 FC 271

Singh v. Canada (Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness)

The Federal Court dismissed judicial review of an immigration inadmissibility finding, holding the Immigration Division reasonably found complicity in crimes against humanity under s. 35(1)(a) IRPA.

  • Inadmissibility
  • Crimes against humanity
  • Complicity
  • Ezokola factors
  • Judicial review
  • Reasonableness
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Immigration law 2026 FC 159

Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) v. Sosa Orantes

Federal Court granted declarations revoking Jorge Vinicio Sosa Orantes’s citizenship and finding him inadmissible for crimes against humanity linked to the Las Dos Erres massacre.

  • Citizenship revocation
  • Inadmissibility for crimes against humanity
  • Admissibility of historical and foreign testimony (hearsay)
  • Aiding and abetting under customary international law
  • Standards of proof
  • Citizenship-revocation
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Immigration law 2026 FC 122

Singh v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)

The Federal Court dismissed judicial review of an inadmissibility finding under IRPA s. 35(1)(a), holding the Immigration Division reasonably applied Ezokola to the applicant’s police service.

  • Crimes against humanity
  • Complicity
  • Inadmissibility under irpa s.35(1)(a)
  • Ezokola factors
  • Standard of review (reasonableness)
  • Immigration-admissibility
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Immigration law 2026 FC 6

Malhi v. Canada (Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness)

The Federal Court found the Immigration Division’s complicity analysis unreasonable for failing to engage with all six Ezokola factors and for giving conclusory reasons on significance.

  • Inadmissibility under s.35 irpa
  • Complicity and significant contribution to international crimes
  • Ezokola framework
  • Reasonableness review
  • Crimes against humanity
  • Irpa-inadmissibility
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Immigration law 2025 FC 1923

Y.Z. v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)

The Federal Court dismissed Y.Z.’s judicial review of an inadmissibility finding under IRPA paragraph 35(1)(a), holding the ID’s crimes-against-humanity and Ezokola analysis reasonable.

  • Crimes against humanity
  • Inadmissibility under irpa
  • Complicity and ezokola factors
  • Standard of review (reasonableness)
  • Certification of question of general importance
  • Crimes-against-humanity
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Immigration law 2025 CF 1881

M.D. c. Canada (Sécurité publique et Protection civile)

La Cour fédérale rejette le contrôle judiciaire d’une décision d’interdiction de territoire fondée sur des crimes contre l’humanité. L’anonymat du demandeur est accordé, mais pas la confidentialité générale.

  • Inadmissibility for human/international rights violations (s.35(1)(a) lipr)
  • Complicity in crimes against humanity
  • Procedural fairness
  • Anonymity/confidentiality orders
  • Standard of review: reasonableness
  • Procedural-fairness
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Immigration law 2025 CF 1435

Nkumche Epse Pefoura Ripa c. Canada (Sécurité publique et Protection civile)

La Cour fédérale rejette le contrôle judiciaire d’une décision d’interdiction de territoire fondée sur la complicité alléguée de la demanderesse dans des crimes contre l’humanité commis par le 21e Bataillon.

  • Inadmissibility
  • Complicity
  • Crimes against humanity
  • Standard of review
  • Reasonable grounds to believe
  • Crimes-against-humanity
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Immigration law 2025 FC 1383

Wadud v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)

The Federal Court allowed judicial review of an immigration inadmissibility refusal, finding the officer unreasonably failed to address material interview evidence about the husband’s efforts to prevent misconduct.

  • Inadmissibility
  • Complicity
  • Crimes against humanity
  • Judicial review
  • Reasonableness review
  • Procedural fairness
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Immigration 2025 FC 1341

Carillo Vivas v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)

The Federal Court dismissed judicial review of a RAD decision finding the principal applicant complicit in crimes against humanity and rejecting the family’s risk claim in Colombia.

  • Inadmissibility under article 1f(a)
  • Complicity in crimes against humanity
  • Ezokola factors
  • Reasonableness review (vavilov)
  • Credibility findings
  • Risk assessment for third country
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