| JURIST Search: "Canada" | |
| Searching the JURIST archive... |  |
|
 |
|
Former Guantanamo detainee Khadr to appeal terrorism conviction
April 29, 2013 by Peter Snyder
A former Canadian Guantanamo prisoner is planning to appeal his US terrorism conviction, his lawyer said Sunday. Omar Khadr, who spent 10 years in Guantanamo, is currently imprisoned in a maximum security prison in Ontario serving out six years of an eight-year sentence for war crimes. Khadr was.... [more]
Canada House of Commons passes expanded anti-terror legislation
April 26, 2013 by Jerry Votava
Canada's House of Commons on Wednesday approved a bill that provides expanded investigative powers and criminal penalties for terrorism related matters. The short title of the bill is The Combating Terrorism Act. The legislation permits law enforcement to hold individuals suspected of terrorist.... [more]
Ontario judge rules woman must remove veil to testify
April 25, 2013 by Jaclyn Belczyk
A Toronto judge ruled Wednesday that a Muslim woman must remove her niqab while testifying in a sexual abuse case. The woman, known as NS, has been fighting for years to be allowed to wear her niqab while testifying and took her case to the Supreme Court of Canada, which ruled in December that.... [more]
Supreme Court of Canada agreed to review prostitution laws [this day at law]
March 31, 2013 by Sarah Steers
On March 31, 2011, the Supreme Court of Canada agreed to review a ruling from the Court of Appeal of British Columbia, which would permit standing for Sheryl Kiselbach, a former sex worker from Vancouver, if affirmed. Kiselbach initiated a lawsuit challenging anti-prostitution laws in 2007, but.... [more]
Canada withdraws from UN convention combating African drought
March 28, 2013 by Keith Herting
The Canadian government announced Wednesday that it is withdrawing from a UN convention intended to fight droughts in Africa. Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper claimed the move was necessary as the convention was "too bureaucratic" and that only one fifth of the CAN $350,000 contributed to.... [more]
Canada high court rules police need special order to intercept text messages
March 28, 2013 by Lauren Laing
The Supreme Court of Canada ruled Wednesday that police cannot use general search warrants to acquire text messages from a service provider's database. In a 5-2 decision, the court found that text messages are private communications and cannot be intercepted by police without special wiretap.... [more]
Canada lawmakers vote to ban transgender discrimination
March 22, 2013 by Daniel Mullen
Canada's House of Commons on Wednesday approved a bill to outlaw discrimination against transgender individuals. The bill will go to the Senate, an unelected body, for final approval. The bill passed the House of Commons by a vote of 149-136 with the help of 16 conservatives despite opposition.... [more]
Free Speech: 'The Right to Be Stupid' v. 'Words Matter' [op-ed]
March 19, 2013 by Alex Ferraro
JURIST Guest Columnist Ken E. Norman of the University of Saskatchewan Faculty of Law draws a comparison between the notion of free speech in the United States with the Supreme Court of Canada's recent ruling upholding a prohibition on hate speech ... The last two days in February witnessed.... [more]
Canada Supreme Court ruled ban on benefits for same-sex couples unconstitutional [this day at law]
March 1, 2013 by Arjun Mishra
On March 1, 2007, the Supreme Court of Canada held that a decision by the Canadian Parliament in 2000 to deny retroactive survivor benefits to same-sex couples was unconstitutional discrimination under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. That legislation recognized legal rights for same-.... [more]
Canada Supreme Court declines to hear 'Toronto 18' appeal
February 28, 2013 by Rebecca DiLeonardo
The Supreme Court of Canada on Thursday declined to hear the appeals of three men convicted of participation in a terrorist plot. Zakaria Amara, Saad Khalid and Saad Gaya, who were members of the "Toronto 18" terrorist group, were given sentences ranging from 14 years to life for their.... [more]
|
|
|
|