What is the purpose of exclusion provisions under Article 1F of the Refugee Convention?
Canada (Federal), Canada
The following excerpt is from Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) v. Ahmed, 2015 FC 1288 (CanLII):
The purpose of the exclusion provisions under Article 1F of the Refugee Convention is to ensure that refugee protection is not accorded to those responsible for the persecution of others: Ezokola v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), 2013 SCC 40 at para. 34, [2013] 2 S.C.R. 678.
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