Case-Name: | Mugesera v Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) |
Full-Case-Name: | Minister of Citizenship and Immigration v Léon Mugesera, Gemma Uwamariya, Irenée Rutema, Yves Rusi, Carmen Nono, Mireille Urumuri and Marie‑Grâce Hoho |
Heard-Date: | 8 December 2004 |
Decided-Date: | 28 June 2005 |
Citations: | 2005 SCC 40 |
Docket: | 30025 |
History: | APPEAL from Mugesera v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration). 2003. fca. 325. 2003-09-08., setting aside Mugesera v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration). 2001. fct. 460. 1. 2001-05-10. |
Ruling: | Appeal allowed |
Scc: | 2004-2005 |
Notparticipating: | Abella J |
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.