Pushpanathan v. Canada ( Minister of Employment and Immigration )
Imm-240-93
McKeown J.
3/9/93
2 pp.
Application for judicial review of Refugee Division decision applicant not Convention refugee as excluded by United Nations Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, Art. 1 F (a) and (c) -- With respect to Art. 1 F (c), Refugee Division reasonably concluding applicant not Convention refugee as guilty of acts contrary to purposes and principles of United Nations -- No reason to limit application of Art. 1 F (c) to persons in power -- Art. 1 F not permitting weighing of offence and risk of persecution, purporting to exclude certain persons even if genuinely at risk of persecution -- Application dismissed -- United Nations Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, July 28, 1951, [1969] Can. T.S. No. 6, Art. 1 F (a), (c).