Uganda & Tanzania - Canada Request for Information on Women's Domestic Violence Shelters

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Full Document of Request is Attached.

Contact: Marigold Edwards - Marigold.Edwards@irb-cisr.gc.ca

 

                                                                                                            IMMIGRATION&REFUGEE BOARD OFCANADA

344 Slater Street

12th Floor

Ottawa, Ontario

K1A 0K1

 

6 June 2008

 

Canada - Call for Information on Women's Shelters for Victims of Domestic Violence in Uganda & Tanzania

 

This letter is regarding a request for information on behalf of the Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB) of Canada.

 

The IRB is an independent administrative tribunal responsible for refugee protection and immigration appeals in Canada. To function effectively, the IRB requires current, reliable and publicly available information on claimants’ countries of origin. This need is met by the Research Directorate, which provides information to those involved in the refugee protection process.

 

The Research Directorate would appreciate your assistance in obtaining information on the existence of women's shelters for victims of domestic violence in Africa for the following countries including:

 

Uganda

Tanzania

 

All reports produced by the Research Directorate may be used as documentary evidence during refugee protection hearings in Canada, are publicly available, and can be accessed on the IRB Internet Website at www.irb-cisr.gc.ca. As a matter of practice, the Research Directorate does not include the names of sources in its short reports but will cite professional titles and the institution with which sources are affiliated. If, in the hearing room, the IRB decision-maker requests the Research Directorate to name its sources, we will be legally obliged to do so. However, refugee protection hearings are closed to the public with only the participants at the hearing privy to the evidence and, therefore, to the name of the source.

 

You should also be aware that should a request for leave to appeal a decision of the IRB be granted by the Federal Court, the entire record of proceedings before the IRB becomes a matter of public record.

 

Thank you for your assistance in this regard.

 

Marigold Edwards

Research Officer

Research Directorate

Marigold.Edwards@irb-cisr.gc.ca

Tel: (613) 996-7148

Fax: (613) 954-1228





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