Informal Request for ATI Records Previously Released

Organization: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada

Year: 2024

Month: May

Request Number: 1A-2022-35360

Request Summary: This is a request for access to information, pursuant to the provisions of the Access to Information Act,1 which relates to the disclosure of documents pertaining to the activities and operation of the Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Program (hereinafter referred to as “the Program”). The term “document,” when used below, must be understood within the meaning of section 3 of the Access to Information Act, namely, “record means any documentary material, regardless of medium or form (document),” including, but not limited to, any report, summary, briefing note, memorandum, writ, record, file, archive, diplomatic cable, understanding, agreement, circular, decision or other type of document.” We respectfully request that you forward any document containing one or more of the following items of information: I. The operation and composition of the Program: 1. The number of Program employees and their duty(ies), regardless of the federal department or agency to which they belong (lawyers, investigators, administrative staff, etc.). This request includes, but is not limited to, all employees assigned to the Program from the following entities: (1) Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada; (2) the Canada Border Services Agency; (3) the Royal Canadian Mounted Police; and (4) the Department of Justice Canada, including the Public Prosecution Service of Canada; 2. Any information, organizational chart or other diagram representing the Program’s operation, hierarchy, governance, and decision-making process; 3. Any published or unpublished annual or periodic report on the Program’s activities from 2015 to present; 4. Any information relating to the Crimes Against Humanity Fund established under the Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Act (hereinafter referred to as the “CAHWCA”), including but not limited to: a. The dollar value of the fund; b. The value and origin of the amounts paid to the Fund since its inception; c. The value and destination of the amounts withdrawn from the Fund since its inception; d. Costs related to the management and administration of the Fund since its inception; and e. Any policy or directive relating to the use, management or administration of the Fund and the amounts collected in it under sections 30 and 31 of the CAHWCA; f. Any management, administrative or accounting report relating to the amounts collected in the Fund. II. The Program’s budget for the entire period from 1998 to present: 5. Any information relating to the annual budget allocated to the Program; 6. The amounts and/or proportion of the annual budget allocated to: a. criminal investigations conducted under the CAHWCA; b. criminal prosecutions conducted under the CAHWCA; c. measures to extradite individuals to a Foreign Government or surrender them to an international criminal court; and d. legal measures and procedures undertaken under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act and the Citizenship Act. This request includes, without limiting the scope of the foregoing, the amounts and/or proportion of the annual budget allocated to immigration and citizenship measures such as inadmissibility to Canada, denial of visa, denial of entry, cessation or vacation of refugee status, removal or deportation from Canada, and revocation of Canadian citizenship; 7. Any statistics or studies related to the cost and effectiveness of the actions taken by the Program with respect to criminal investigations, criminal prosecution, extradition, immigration and/or citizenship, including those related to the above-mentioned mechanisms; III. Program activities for the entire period from 1998 to present 8. The number of complaints, tips, allegations or other communications received by the Program for genocide, war crimes, and

Disposition: Disclosed in part

Number of pages: 290

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