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Section 35 — Immigration and Refugee Protection Act: Human or international rights violations

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A permanent resident or a foreign national is inadmissible on grounds of violating human or international rights for committing an act outside Canada that constitutes an offence referred to in sections 4 to 7 of the Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Act ; being a prescribed senior official in the service of a government that, in the opinion of the Minister, engages or has engaged in terrorism, systematic or gross human rights violations, or genocide, a war crime or a crime against humanity within the meaning of subsections 6(3) to (5) of the Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Act ; or [Repealed, 2023, c. 19, s. 5] having engaged in conduct that would, in the opinion of the Minister, constitute an offence under section 240.1 of the Criminal Code . [Repealed, 2023, c. 19, s. 5] [Repealed, 2023, c. 19, s. 5] [Repealed, 2023, c. 19, s. 5]

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