Court orders Immigration and Refugee Board to take into account evidence of HIV-related discrimination.
On 31 August 2004, the Federal Court granted an HIV-positive woman's application for judicial review of a decision by the Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB). The issue before the court was whether the Board erred by ignoring documentary evidence before it with respect to the treatment of people living with HIV/AIDS in Nigeria. The court ordered that a newly constituted panel redetermine the claim in light of evidence of the discrimination faced by HIV-positive people in Nigeria.
Mysko
Barbara
B
D002170:Canada; D004641:Emigration and Immigration / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D015658:HIV Infections; D006801:Humans; D009549:Nigeria; D011287:Prejudice; D012036:Refugees / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*