outcomes in refugee adjudication appear to hinge, at least in part, on the identity of the adjudicator
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Factors that are available through public sources and that would be particularly interesting to measure in future research include: the political party of appointment; the length of time served on the IRB; whether the adjudicator has legal training; prior professional positions occupied (i.e. refugee lawyer, civil servant, etc.); country of origin; first language; visible minority affiliations; and gender
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there appears to be greater cohesiveness in the decisions of judges of the same gender than in those from the same party of appointment
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some adjudicators see their role as giving effect to Canada's international human rights obligations
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Other Board Members, however, reportedly see their role as protecting the integrity of Canadian border control processes
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when the government brought the new legislation into force in 2002, it selectively implemented the legislation. In particular, all of the provisions of the legislation were brought into force except those pertaining to the RAD. Successive governments have continued to indefinitely delay the implementation of the RAD