A person is inadmissible for violations of international or human rights law, war crimes, crimes against humanity, or being a prescribed senior official in a government that engaged in these acts.
(1)A permanent resident or a foreign national is inadmissible on grounds of violating human or international rights for (a)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; (b)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humanity within the meaning of subsections 6(3) to (5) of the Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Act; or (c)[Repealed, 2023, c. 19, s. 5] (c.1)having engaged in conduct that would, in the opinion of the Minister, constitute an offence under section 240.1 of the Criminal Code. (d)[Repealed, 2023, c. 19, s. 5] (e)[Repealed, 2023, c. 19, s. 5]
(2)[Repealed, 2023, c. 19, s. 5]
35.1 (1) A foreign national is inadmissible on grounds of sanctions if (a)their entry into or stay in Canada is restricted under a decision, resolution or measure of an international organization of states or association of states, of which Canada is a member, that imposes sanctions on a person, entity or foreign state, within the meaning of section 2 of the Special Economic Measures Act, against which or whom Canada has imposed or has agreed to impose sanctions in concert with that organization or association; (b)they are currently the subject of an order or regulation made under section 4 of the Special Economic Measures Act; or (c)they are currently the subject of an order or regulation made under section 4 of the Justice for Victims of Corrupt Foreign Officials Act (Sergei Magnitsky Law). (2) For greater certainty, despite section 33, a foreign national whose entry into or stay in Canada is no longer restricted under a decision, resolution or measure referred to in paragraph (1)(a) or who ceases being the subject of an order or regulation referred to in paragraph (1)(b) or (c) is no longer inadmissible under that paragraph.