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GROUNDS RISK LIFE CRUEL UNUSUAL TREATMENT PUNISHMENT [1 record]

Record 1 2005-11-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Citizenship and Immigration
CONT

A strong, effective refugee protection program that incorporates the protection grounds of the Geneva Convention and the Convention Against Torture and the grounds of risk to life or of cruel and unusual treatment or punishment.

OBS

Term found in the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, 2001.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Citoyenneté et immigration
CONT

Un programme fort et efficace de protection des réfugiés qui s'appuie sur les motifs de protection de la Convention de Genève et de la Convention contre la torture et sur la notion de menace pour la vie ou de traitement ou punition cruel et inusité.

OBS

Terme tiré de la Loi sur l'immigration et la protection des réfugiés, 2001.

Spanish

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