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Recent Posts- Saudi Arabia sentences women for helping Canadians Nathalie Morin and her children
Jun 19, 2013
CCLA has for years been calling for the right of Canadian Nathalie Morin and her Canadian children, to be able to freely travel from Saudi...
Categories: Canadians Detained Abroad,Discrimination,Equality,Gender,National Security
- The Ashley Smith Inquest: 5 Months In
Jun 17, 2013
In October 2007, Ashley Smith died tragically at the age of 19 inside her prison cell at the Grand Valley Institution in Kitchener after tying...
Categories: Activities,Discrimination,Equality,Gender,Liberty and Due Process,News Highlights,Youth
- CCLA celebrates win for employee privacy at Supreme Court
Jun 14, 2013
The CCLA is extremely pleased with the Supreme Court of Canada’s decision in Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union, Local 30 v. Irving Pulp and Paper,...
Categories: Activities,Court Cases,Privacy,Public Safety
- June 2013 E-bulletin
Jun 12, 2013
Dear CCLA supporters,
Privacy violations, abusive segregation in prison and discrimination against non-Canadians are the themes for this month’s message. We also celebrate a break-through in...
Categories: e-bulletins,Multimedia and Features
- CCLA Welcomes Ontario Anti-SLAPP Bill
Jun 11, 2013
CCLA is pleased that the Ontario government has introduced Bill 83, The Protection of Public Participation Act, as a means of helping individuals fight back...
Categories: Activities,Announcements,Freedom of Expression,Fundamental Freedoms,News Highlights
Features
Press release – New CCLA Report: Police Background Checks That Include Non-Conviction Records Undermine the Presumption of Innocence
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Media contact:
Penelope Chester
647.822.8764
media@ccla.org
www.ccla.org
New CCLA Report: Police Background Checks That Include Non-Conviction Records Undermine the Presumption of Innocence
Toronto – September 17, 2012 – The Canadian Civil Liberties Association has released a new report entitled Presumption of Guilt? The Disclosure of Non-Conviction Records in Police Background Checks. The report sheds light on the impact [...]
Canada’s Universal Periodic Review
On April 26 Canada will undergo its second Universal Periodic Review (UPR), a unique global accountability process that allows all members of the UN Human Rights Council to review Canada’s compliance with international human rights law. CCLA believes this is an important process and was pleased to participate in a pre-session with states allowing us [...]
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Multimedia
AUDIO: CCLA’s NGO Report To The UN For Canada’s 2nd UPR Review
CCLA’s Sukanya Pillay, Director of the National Security Program, speaks to RCI’s Wojtek Gwiazda about CCLA’s recent report to the UN – the rights of refugees, asylum seekers, and migrant workers, the right to peaceful protest, and the number of Aboriginal women in Canadian prisons, are some of the issues raised by CCLA as part [...]
CCLA Holds Conference Assessing Global Counter-Terror Initiatives
On Friday, October 19th, 2012, nearly 100 attendees gathered at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law for a one day symposium entitled “The Social Cost of National Security: Assessing the Impact of Global Counter-Terror Initiatives on Canadian Society”. The conference was a partnership between the Canadian Civil Liberties Association and the Canadian Arab Institute [...]
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