What jurisdiction does the Court have to assess credibility and weighing the evidence of a refugee claimant?
Canada (Federal), Canada
The following excerpt is from Badr Dabaa v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2014 FC 907 (CanLII):
Assessing credibility and weighing the evidence fall within the jurisdiction of the administrative tribunal called upon to assess the allegation of a subjective fear by a refugee claimant (Cepeda-Gutierrez v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration 1998 CanLII 8667 (FC), (1998), 157 F.T.R. 35(F.C.T.D.), 83 A.C.W.S. (3d) 264 at paragraph 14). [...]
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