Sean Rehaag
Biographic Data
| ID | 5624818 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sean Rehaag |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sean |
| FAMILY NAME | Rehaag |
| SIGNATURE | REHAAG S |
| AFFILIATIONS | York University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4432-9217 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 38 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1969 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
The Effect of an ‘Appearance, Presentation and Demeanour’ Instruction on Credibility and Deception Judgments in Mock Refugee Status Decisions
Can a written instruction convince refugee status decision-makers not to rely on a claimant’s ‘appearance, presentation, and demeanour’ in judging the claimant’s credibility? How else might such an instruction affect the decision-makers’ deception judgments? This study explored the effects of an APD instruction on the judgments of lay decision-makers making credibility judgments in a simulated refugee hearing (n=275). It sought, by means of an ex…
Claim Types in Canada’s Refugee Determination System
This article overviews outcomes in different types of refugee claims in Canada. It critiques standard legal research methodologies in the refugee law field due to skews in publication practices. To address these skews, the article employs empirical quantitative research methods using administrative tribunal data and computational methods. It provides a snapshot of refugee claim numbers, countries of origin, claim categories, and outcomes. The art…
Quarante ans de partenariat
éditorial
A Snapshot of the Law in the Streets
In this reflective essay, an Osgoode Hall Law School professor and former Academic Director at Parkdale Community Legal Services attempts to model the sort of critical self-reflection expected of law students enrolled in the Intensive Program in Poverty Law at PCLS. The essay does so by drawing lessons from a brief interaction that the author observed in the streets of the community served by PCLS and from the author’s responses to that interacti…
Never Letting a Good Crisis Go to Waste
This article examines two moments of crisis at Canada’s border with the United States: the aftermath of September 11th, 2001 and the COVID-19 pandemic. The Canadian government leveraged both crises to offshore responsibilities for refugees onto the US. In the first case, Canada took advantage of US preoccupations with border security shortly after 9/11 to persuade the US to sign the Canada-US Safe Third Country Agreement (“STCA") – an agreement t…
Sexual Orientation in Canada's Revised Refugee Determination System
This is one of several articles in a special issue to celebrate Nicole LaViolette's research contributions relating to intersections between gender and sexual orientation in Canadian and international law of forced migration. Inspired by three aspects of LaViolette's research, the article offers a snapshot of how Canada's recently revised refugee determination system addresses refugee claims involving allegations of persecution due to sexual orie…
Sanctuary Practices in International Perspectives
Foreword (William Walters) Introduction: Sanctuary across Countries, Institutions, and Disciplines (Randy K. Lippert and Sean Rehaag) I. Sanctuary Perspectives: historical, theological, legal, theoretical Sanctuary for Crime in the Early Common Law (Karl Shoemaker) I took up the case of the stranger': Arguments from Faith, History and Law (David H. Michels and David Blaikie) The Potential of Sanctuary: Acts of Sanctuary Through the Lens of Camp (…
Do Women Refugee Judges Really Make a Difference? An Empirical Analysis of Gender and Outcomes in Canadian Refugee Determinations
Des recherches antérieures démontrent que l'identité des juges est un élément déterminant dans les décisions concernant les demandes d'asile. Le présent article examine l'effet du sexe des juges dans des décisions portant sur des demandes d'asile. À l'aide de données portant sur plus de 65 000 décisions concernant des demandes d'asile au Canada de 2004 à 2008, l'article révèle que les juges masculins accordent leur autorisation légèrement plus so…
Sanctuary in Context
Introduction: Sanctuary in Context
Bisexuals need not apply
This paper offers an analysis of refugee claims on grounds of bisexuality. After discussing the grounds on which sexual minorities may qualify for refugee status under international refugee law, the paper empirically assesses the success rates of bisexual refugee claimants in three major host states: Canada, the United States, and Australia. It concludes that bisexuals are significantly less successful than other sexual minority groups in obtaini…
Bordering on Legality
This paper examines church sanctuary incidents in Canada involving unsuccessful refugee claimants seeking to avoid deportation.The author contends that when faith-based communities develop formal screening mechanisms to determine who among the many that request it is accorded sanctuary, they apply similar norms and procedures as those found in Canada’s official refugee determination process.The author argues that although sanctuary practices are…
Bisexuals need not apply
This paper offers an analysis of refugee claims on grounds of bisexuality. After discussing the grounds on which sexual minorities may qualify for refugee status under international refugee law, the paper empirically assesses the success rates of bisexual refugee claimants in three major host states: Canada, the United States, and Australia. It concludes that bisexuals are significantly less successful than other sexual minority groups in obtaini…
Do Women Refugee Judges Really Make a Difference? An Empirical Analysis of Gender and Outcomes in Canadian Refugee Determinations
Des recherches antérieures démontrent que l'identité des juges est un élément déterminant dans les décisions concernant les demandes d'asile. Le présent article examine l'effet du sexe des juges dans des décisions portant sur des demandes d'asile. À l'aide de données portant sur plus de 65 000 décisions concernant des demandes d'asile au Canada de 2004 à 2008, l'article révèle que les juges masculins accordent leur autorisation légèrement plus so…
Bordering on Legality
This paper examines church sanctuary incidents in Canada involving unsuccessful refugee claimants seeking to avoid deportation.The author contends that when faith-based communities develop formal screening mechanisms to determine who among the many that request it is accorded sanctuary, they apply similar norms and procedures as those found in Canada’s official refugee determination process.The author argues that although sanctuary practices are…
Sexual Orientation in Canada's Revised Refugee Determination System
This is one of several articles in a special issue to celebrate Nicole LaViolette's research contributions relating to intersections between gender and sexual orientation in Canadian and international law of forced migration. Inspired by three aspects of LaViolette's research, the article offers a snapshot of how Canada's recently revised refugee determination system addresses refugee claims involving allegations of persecution due to sexual orie…
Sanctuary in Context
Introduction: Sanctuary in Context
Bordering on Legality
This paper examines church sanctuary incidents in Canada involving unsuccessful refugee claimants seeking to avoid deportation.The author contends that when faith-based communities develop formal screening mechanisms to determine who among the many that request it is accorded sanctuary, they apply similar norms and procedures as those found in Canada’s official refugee determination process.The author argues that although sanctuary practices are…
Bisexuals need not apply
This paper offers an analysis of refugee claims on grounds of bisexuality. After discussing the grounds on which sexual minorities may qualify for refugee status under international refugee law, the paper empirically assesses the success rates of bisexual refugee claimants in three major host states: Canada, the United States, and Australia. It concludes that bisexuals are significantly less successful than other sexual minority groups in obtaini…
Sanctuary in Context
Introduction: Sanctuary in Context
Do Women Refugee Judges Really Make a Difference? An Empirical Analysis of Gender and Outcomes in Canadian Refugee Determinations
Des recherches antérieures démontrent que l'identité des juges est un élément déterminant dans les décisions concernant les demandes d'asile. Le présent article examine l'effet du sexe des juges dans des décisions portant sur des demandes d'asile. À l'aide de données portant sur plus de 65 000 décisions concernant des demandes d'asile au Canada de 2004 à 2008, l'article révèle que les juges masculins accordent leur autorisation légèrement plus so…
Sanctuary Practices in International Perspectives
Foreword (William Walters) Introduction: Sanctuary across Countries, Institutions, and Disciplines (Randy K. Lippert and Sean Rehaag) I. Sanctuary Perspectives: historical, theological, legal, theoretical Sanctuary for Crime in the Early Common Law (Karl Shoemaker) I took up the case of the stranger': Arguments from Faith, History and Law (David H. Michels and David Blaikie) The Potential of Sanctuary: Acts of Sanctuary Through the Lens of Camp (…
Sexual Orientation in Canada's Revised Refugee Determination System
This is one of several articles in a special issue to celebrate Nicole LaViolette's research contributions relating to intersections between gender and sexual orientation in Canadian and international law of forced migration. Inspired by three aspects of LaViolette's research, the article offers a snapshot of how Canada's recently revised refugee determination system addresses refugee claims involving allegations of persecution due to sexual orie…
A Snapshot of the Law in the Streets
In this reflective essay, an Osgoode Hall Law School professor and former Academic Director at Parkdale Community Legal Services attempts to model the sort of critical self-reflection expected of law students enrolled in the Intensive Program in Poverty Law at PCLS. The essay does so by drawing lessons from a brief interaction that the author observed in the streets of the community served by PCLS and from the author’s responses to that interacti…
Never Letting a Good Crisis Go to Waste
This article examines two moments of crisis at Canada’s border with the United States: the aftermath of September 11th, 2001 and the COVID-19 pandemic. The Canadian government leveraged both crises to offshore responsibilities for refugees onto the US. In the first case, Canada took advantage of US preoccupations with border security shortly after 9/11 to persuade the US to sign the Canada-US Safe Third Country Agreement (“STCA") – an agreement t…
Quarante ans de partenariat
éditorial
Claim Types in Canada’s Refugee Determination System
This article overviews outcomes in different types of refugee claims in Canada. It critiques standard legal research methodologies in the refugee law field due to skews in publication practices. To address these skews, the article employs empirical quantitative research methods using administrative tribunal data and computational methods. It provides a snapshot of refugee claim numbers, countries of origin, claim categories, and outcomes. The art…
The Effect of an ‘Appearance, Presentation and Demeanour’ Instruction on Credibility and Deception Judgments in Mock Refugee Status Decisions
Can a written instruction convince refugee status decision-makers not to rely on a claimant’s ‘appearance, presentation, and demeanour’ in judging the claimant’s credibility? How else might such an instruction affect the decision-makers’ deception judgments? This study explored the effects of an APD instruction on the judgments of lay decision-makers making credibility judgments in a simulated refugee hearing (n=275). It sought, by means of an ex…
Political science (10 works) · Law (8 works) · Refugee (7 works) · Law (6 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Human Rights and Development (3 works) · Immigration (3 works) · Migration, Refugees, and Integration (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Art (2 works)