Mugesera v Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration)

Mugesera v Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), [2005] 2 S.C.R. 100, is a leading Supreme Court of Canada decision. The Court upheld the deportation order for Léon Mugesera, a politician from Rwanda, on the grounds of inciting hatred and for suspicion of crimes against humanity for his alleged role in the Rwandan genocide.

Cases Cited

Applied:  R. v. Dionne (1987), 38 C.C.C. (3d) 171; Prosecutor v. Akayesu, 9 IHRR 608 (1998), aff’d Case No. ICTR‑96‑4‑A, 1 June 2001; R. v. Keegstra, [1990] 3 S.C.R. 697; Prosecutor v. Ruggiu, 39 ILM 1338 (2000); Prosecutor v. Kunarac, Kovac and Vukovic, ICTY, Case Nos. IT‑96‑23‑T‑II & IT‑96‑23/1‑T‑II, 22 February 2001, aff’d Case Nos. IT‑96‑23‑A & IT‑96‑23/1‑A, 12 June 2002; Prosecutor v. Blaskic, 122 ILR 1 (2000); overruled:  R. v. Finta, [1994] 1 S.C.R. 701; referred to:  Dr. Q v. College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia, [2003] 1 S.C.R. 226, 2003 SCC 19; Aguebor v. Minister of Employment and Immigration (1993), 160 N.R. 315; R. v. Ford (2000), 145 C.C.C. (3d) 336; R. v. Sharpe, [2001] 1 S.C.R. 45, 2001 SCC 2; Baker v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), [1999] 2 S.C.R. 817; Prosecutor v. Nahimana, Barayagwiza and Ngeze, Case No. ICTR‑99‑52‑T‑I, 3 December 2003; Canadian Jewish Congress v. North Shore Free Press Ltd. (No. 7) (1997), 30 C.H.R.R. D/5; R. v. Buzzanga and Durocher (1979), 49 C.C.C. (2d) 369; Prud’homme v. Prud’homme, [2002] 4 S.C.R. 663, 2002 SCC 85; Société St‑Jean‑Baptiste de Montréal v. Hervieux‑Payette, [2002] R.J.Q. 1669; Sivakumar v. Canada (Minister of Employment and Immigration), [1994] 1 F.C. 433; Chiau v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), [2001] 2 F.C. 297; Sabour v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship & Immigration) (2000), 9 Imm. L.R. (3d) 61; Moreno v. Canada (Minister of Employment and Immigration), [1994] 1 F.C. 298; Prosecutor v. Rutaganda, Case No. ICTR‑96‑3‑T‑I, 6 December 1999; Prosecutor v. Kordic and Cerkez, ICTY, Case No. IT‑95‑14/2‑T‑III, 26 February 2001; Prosecutor v. Kupreskic, ICTY, Case No. IT‑95‑16‑T‑II, 14 January 2000; Prosecutor v. Kayishema, Case No. ICTR‑95‑1‑T‑II, 21 May 1999; Prosecutor v. Mrksic, Radic and Sljivancanin, 108 ILR 53 (1996); Reservations to the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, I.C.J. Reports 1951, p. 15; Prosecutor v. Tadic, 112 ILR 1 (1997), aff’d in part 124 ILR 61 (1999).

See also

• List of Supreme Court of Canada cases (McLachlin Court)

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