Prescribed senior official
Prescribed senior official is the term used by the Canada Border Services Agency to refer to an individual who will be refused admission into Canada by virtue of their past or current service in or for a government responsible for war crimes or crimes against humanity Inadmissibility Section 35(1)(b) of the Canadian Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Act provides that a permanent resident or a foreign national is inadmissible on grounds of violating human or international rights for For the purposes of the Act, Section 16 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations defines a prescribed senior official in the service of a government as a person who Implementation According to the immigration service enforcement manual, ENF 18: War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity, The manual was quoted in the case of Younis v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2010 FC 1157. The "top half indicator" has been cited in a number of cases, including: Hamidi v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), 2006, FC 333 Nezam v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), 2005 FC 446 Holway v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), 2006 FC 309 Personal lack of culpability was determined as not relevant to the matter