Canada Campaigns
Canada: NGOs Call for Improved Access to Information and Amendments to the Access to Information Act | Letter
16/09/2015
Full PDF Version Twenty Canada-based NGOs including LRWC, the BCCLA and the International Civil Liberties Association, endorsed an open letter on 15 September 2015 calling for improved access to information as a vital part of democracy. The groups called on all federal parties to support amendments … [Read more...]
Egypt: Canadian Journalist Mohamed Fahmy | Letter
08/09/2015
Full PDF Version This letter implores the Canadian government to take personal and immediate action to secure Mr. Fahmy’s deportation to Canada. … [Read more...]
Canada: Canadian Groups Call for a National Inquiry on Missing and Murdered Women and Implementation of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples | Joint Statement
16/06/2015
Full PDF Version Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada, the Native Women’s Association of Canada, BC CEDAW Group, Feminist Alliance for International Action, and International Women's Rights Project call on the federal government to immediately adopt and implement TRC recommendation to conduct public … [Read more...]
Canada: Bill C-51 demonstrates intention to violate international human rights and must be repealed | Statement
11/06/2015
Full .pdf statement Statement 11 June 2015 Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada profoundly regrets that on 9 June 2015 the Anti-Terrorist Act, 2015 (Bill C-51) was passed by the Senate of Canada and will enter into force upon Royal Assent. The Bill was rushed through Parliament in the face of … [Read more...]
Canada: Bill C-51: grave dangers explained | Gail Davidson video statement 30 May 2015
09/06/2015
Click to watch video | Bill C-51: Grave Dangers Explained Gail Davidson, Lawyers Rights Watch Canada, explains to the public the rights and freedoms which Bill C51 was designed to remove form our constitution which so many members of our past generations gave their lives fighting for. Statement … [Read more...]
Southeast Asia: Human Rights Crisis Involving Rohingya People and Other Migrants in the Indian Ocean | Letter to the Government of Canada
02/06/2015
Full PDF Version Also see statement on systematic violations of internationally protected rights of Rohingya and other migrants 2 June 2015 The Honourable Robert Nicholson, PC, MP, Minister of Foreign Affairs The Honourable Ed Fast, PC, MP, Minister of International Trade The … [Read more...]
Canada: Bill C-51 perverts the rule of law
25/04/2015
by Catherine Morris Law Times (print edition) and Georgia Straight (online), 27 April 2015 One of the worst things about Bill C-51 is that it threatens the rule of law and undermines the integrity and independence of Canadian courts. Bill C51 would allow CSIS and the Minister of Public … [Read more...]
Canada: Bill C-51: Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security Transcripts and Report & Selected Commentaries and Analyses
21/03/2015
Bill C-51: Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security Transcripts and Report & Selected Commentaries and Analyses updated 24 June 2015 Anti-terrorism Act, 2015, An Act to enact the Security of Canada Information Sharing Act and the Secure Air Travel Act, to amend the … [Read more...]
Canada: British Columbia must enact legislation to provide legal aid in compliance with international law | Statement
10/03/2015
Full .pdf version Legal Aid in British Columbia: Implementation of BC’s International Human Rights Treaty Obligations 10 March 2015 The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada stated in 2011 that “access to justice is a fundamental right of every person – every man, woman and … [Read more...]
Canada: Bill C-51 – A Legal Primer
18/02/2015
Full PDF Version (English) | Full PDF Version (French) Canadian lawyers Clayton Ruby and Nader Hasan analyze Bill C-51 and conclude, “Bill C-51, the Anti-Terrorism Act, 2015, would expand the powers of Canada’s spy agency, allow Canadians to be arrested on mere suspicion of future … [Read more...]
