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The Credibility and Authoritativeness of Documentary Information in Determining Refugee Status: The Canadian Experience
(Oxford University Press, 1994)
This article reviews the origins of the Documentation, Information and Research Branch (the 'Documentation Center') of Canada's Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB), established in 1988 as a part of a major revision of the ...
Tribunals and Guidelines: Exploring the Relationship Between Fairness and Legitimacy in Administrative Decision-Making
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2006)
The objective of this paper is to address two questions: why do administrative tribunals such as the Immigration Refugee Board resort to developing guidelines, and what are the principles and values which legitimize these ...
The Use of Official Notice in a Refugee Determination Process
(Les cahiers du droit, 1993)
La connaissance d'office permet aux décideurs de prendre en considération, de leur propre chef, un large éventail d'information dans le processus décisionnel. Cette règle de preuve permet d'atteindre à la fois un double ...
Genetics and Life Insurance: A Comparative Analysis
(GenEdit, 2004)
The debate surrounding the role of life insurance, the necessity of risk rating, and the notion of “acceptable discrimination” has raised questions about the larger social role of insurance. Recent developments in the field ...
Involving the Public in Public Health Genomics: A Review of Guidelines and Policy Statements
(GenEdit, 2008)
Public health genomics raises exciting possibilities for preventing or reducing the occurrence of both rare and common disease. However, this area of research raises challenging ethical, legal and social issues that must ...
Warning Patients’ Relatives of Genetic Risks: Policy Approaches
(GenEdit, 2005)
As an increasing number of genetic tests for specific early- and late-onset disorders move from research to the clinical setting, health care professionals are faced with new challenges or, alternatively, with novel twists ...
Populational Genetic Databases Is a Specific Ethical and Legal Framework Necessary?
(GenEdit, 2005)
Recent scientific advances and new technological developments, most notably the advent of bio-informatics, have led to the emergence of genetic databases with particular characteristics and structures. Paralleling these ...
Protecting Genetic Information: A Comparison of Normative Approaches
(GenEdit, 2004)
The increasing use of genetic information has emerged as an important concern worldwide as scientific and technological advances continue to advance at lightening speed and as governments struggle to develop appropriate ...