Canada: Prime Minister apologizes to Maher Arar
On 26 January, Prime Minister Stephen Harper apologized for the role that Canadian officials might have played in the deportation of a Canadian, Maher Arar, by the US to Syria where he was tortured. In December 2006, the Arar Commission of Inquiry released its final...Canada: Superior Court finds anti-terrorism legislation unconstitutional
On 24 October, the Ontario Superior Court held that the definition of “terrorist activity” in the 2001 Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) violated freedoms of religion, expression and association guaranteed under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The Court struck...Canada: Commission of inquiry releases report on Maher Arar case
On 18 September, the Arar Commission of Inquiry released its final report on the detention and removal to Syria, by the United States, of Maher Arar, a Syria-born Canadian citizen. The Commission found that the United States detained him based on inaccurate...
Address by Michèle Rivet, ICJ Commissioner, to the Canadian Bar Association Judge’s Forum
The Honourable Justice Michèle Rivet, President of Quebec Human Rights Tribunal and ICJ Commissioner addressed a speech to the Canadian Bar Association Judge’s Forum on Monday 14 August 2006.