Examples of using Cantonal representative in English and their translations into Russian
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The Democratic Association for Refugees currently has 12 cantonal representatives in Switzerland.
His role as a cantonal representative of the party does not entail greater responsibility.
The complainant has been a member of the Democratic Association for Refugees since October 2005 andhas occupied the post of cantonal representative since April 2007.
He reiterates that he is a cantonal representative, a position of responsibility, of the Democratic Association for Refugees and that his name and address have been published.
He adds that the Federal Office for Migration has granted refugee status to several persons acting as cantonal representatives of the Democratic Association for Refugees.
He adds that the Federal Office for Migration has already decided that cantonal representatives of the Democratic Association for Refugees, regardless of the size of the canton, risk persecution should they return to the Islamic Republic of Iran.
In relation to her political activities in Switzerland, the complainant reiterates that she has been a member of KSOS since October 2007 and is a cantonal representative.
Given that the association has around 200 members,the post of cantonal representative is clearly one of the most senior positions.
The complainant further makes reference to a case in which the Swiss immigration authorities had granted refugee status to an Ethiopian national who had been working for the EthiopianHuman Rights Council and was than active as a cantonal representative of the CUPD.
After having been unable to describe her concrete role as the cantonal representative, the complainant finally admitted that there was no hierarchical structure in the canton of Lucerne.
Since his arrival in Switzerland, he has been active within the Democratic Association for Refugees, for which he is the cantonal representative for the canton of Schaffhausen.
According to the Tribunal,many Ethiopians in Switzerland are CUDP cantonal representatives, and the Ethiopian authorities are aware that asylum-seekers step up their political activities deliberately when their asylum application is turned down.
The complainant adds that the Federal Office for Migration has accorded refugee status to several individuals who were cantonal representatives for the Democratic Association for Refugees.
In relation to the complainant's claim of being the cantonal representative of Lucerne for KSOS, the State party notes that her role in this organization was the subject of the asylum interview by the Federal Office of Migration on 30 October 2009.
In its decision, the Federal Administrative Tribunal basically found that the complainant's political activities,including those as a CUDP cantonal representative, left him in no danger of being seen as a threat to the regime in place.
Moreover, he claims that the Tribunal explicitly deemed the post of cantonal representative of the Democratic Association for Refugees to entail a real risk of persecution and that such persons would have a well-founded fear of suffering if they were forced to return to Iran.
He further submits that not only has he steadily continued his political activism in KINIJIT by participating in demonstrations and writing in Internet forums, buthe also serves as the cantonal representative for KINIJIT for the canton of Zurich.
He stresses that the Federal Administrative Tribunal was wrong to attribute so little weight to his position as a CUDP cantonal representative, pointing out that this organization is not represented in every canton and that he is therefore one of a minority of opponents in that position.
The Committee also takes note of the decision of the Federal Administrative Tribunal cited by the complainant, in which it granted asylum to a member of the Democratic Association for Refugees who held,like him, a position as a cantonal representative for the Association.
The complainant reiterates her initial claim that she is not a mere KINIJIT supporter but a cantonal representative, who often appears as a speaker on the occasion of political events.
In the election of cantonal representatives to the Council of States(Chamber of Cantons), for instance, the cantons are free to limit such eligibility to their inhabitants, but not to their registered citizens, since the right of residents of the Confederation to stand for office is guaranteed by the Federal Constitution.
The complainant insists that the Tribunal's ruling of 19 March 2009 differs considerably from earlier rulings made in similar cases,given that the same court had granted asylum to other cantonal representatives of the Democratic Association for Refugees in leadership positions, thereby recognizing the risks to those opponents of the regime.
The author submits that he has published several critical comments on dissident Ethiopian websites and, considering the"much more advanced technical monitoring means" at the disposition of the Ethiopian authorities, it is very likely that he has been identified as an active member of the opposition in exile,especially given his position as cantonal representative of KINIJIT in Zurich.
He adds that the Tribunal has recently decided that a person who performs the duties of cantonal representative of the Democratic Association for Refugees runs a real risk of persecution in the event of return to the Islamic Republic of Iran, and that the same reasoning should apply in his case.
Echoing the conclusions of the Federal Office for Migration, the Tribunal considered that the Ethiopian regime only monitored and recorded the political activities of its"hard-core" opponents, which did not include the complainant.It considered that in his role as a CUDP cantonal representative he attended and helped organize only a limited number of demonstrations.
Since October 2007, she has been an activemember of KINIJIT and currently holds a position as the cantonal representative of Lucerne for the KINIJIT Support Organization in Switzerland(KSOS), where she plays an active role in arranging meetings, encouraging new members and organizing demonstrations.
With regard to the decision of the Federal Administrative Tribunal of 16 August 2008 to grant asylum to a member of the Democratic Association for Refugees,the complainant maintains that the person concerned was, like him, a cantonal representative of the Democratic Association for Refugees, and that this person's name also appeared, along with his contact details, in Kanoun magazine.
He adds that the Federal Administrative Tribunal has recently decided that a person who performs the duties of a cantonal representative of the Democratic Association for Refugees runs a real risk of persecution in the event of returning to the Islamic Republic of Iran, and he argues that the same reasoning should therefore be applied to his case.
The Committee also attaches the necessary weight to the State party's argument that, in view of the actual activities of a[CUDP] cantonal representative, simply holding this position does not mean that the person concerned can be considered a threat to the Government of Ethiopia, so that it is unlikely that the complainant's activities will have attracted the attention of the authorities.
In a subsequent ruling of 19 February 2009,the Tribunal granted asylum to a member of the Democratic Association for Refugees who, although not a cantonal representative, was especially active in the association, organizing and participating in demonstrations, contributing articles critical of the present regime in the Islamic Republic of Iran to websites and helping to organize other activities of the association.