On April 5, 2006, the Federal Court ordered the Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB) to re-hear an HIV-positive Zimbabwean man's applications under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA) for Convention refugee status and status as a person in need of protection. The issues before the Court centred on the IRB's assessment and application of the evidence regarding the applicant's access to health care in his home country, and the IRB's refusal to hear a constitutional challenge to the IRPA.

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