Canadian Refugee Procedure/Guideline 3 - Proceedings Involving Minors at the Immigration and Refugee Board

The Guideline edit

The text of the relevant Guideline as available at this citation.[1]

The former guideline was to be taken into account in a procedural, not a substantive manner edit

The Chairperson Guidelines 3 were to be taken into account in a procedural, not a substantive manner: Zidan v Canada.[2] That version of the Chairperson Guidelines 3 concerned the fair conduct of a hearing and not deficiencies in the claim itself: Newton v Canada.[3] That was true until the guideline was overhauled on October 31, 2023, as the present version now concerns substantive matters as well as procedural ones.

References edit

  1. Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Chairperson’s Guideline 3: Proceedings Involving Minors at the Immigration and Refugee Board, ​​​​​​​​​​​Effective date: October 3​1, 2023, <https://irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/legal-policy/policies/Pages/GuideDir03.aspx> (Accessed October 31, 2023).
  2. Zidan v Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2021 FC 170 [per Little J] at para 40.
  3. Newton v Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), 2000 CanLII 15385 (FC) [per Pelletier J] at para 18.