Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies

Article Title

International Human Rights in Canadian Immigration Law - The Case of the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada

Authors

Catherine Dauvergne, University of British Columbia, Faculty of LawFollow

Document Type

Symposium

Publication Date

Winter 2012

Publication Citation

19 Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies 305 (2012)

Abstract

This article analyzes the use of international human rights in the decision making of Canada's Immigration and Refugee Board. At the center of the analysis is a data set including all the publically available decisions of the Board since the introduction of the 2002 Immigration and Refugee Protection Act. This data set has been coded for varying degrees of engagement with international human rights law, and the results are presented and scrutinized. At the broadest level, the results are disappointing for migrant advocates as international law is relied on in an infinitesimally small number of decisions.

Globalization and Migration Symposium, Indiana University Maurer School of Law, Bloomington, Indiana, April 7-8, 2011

Recommended Citation

Dauvergne, Catherine (2012) "International Human Rights in Canadian Immigration Law - The Case of the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada," Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies: Vol. 19: Iss. 1, Article 11.
Available at: https://www.repository.law.indiana.edu/ijgls/vol19/iss1/11