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On Tuesday May 15 the CCLA will appear before the Ontario Court of Appeal in J.N. v. Durham Regional Police Service, a case that will examine the procedural protections and constitutional rights owed to individuals with non-conviction records that are retained and disclosed by local police forces. Read the CCLA’s factum. Police run hundreds of thousands – [...] CCLA appeared before the Ontario Court of Appeal in R. v. Mernagh to argue that the government must ensure that ill patients who would benefit from the use of marijuana for medical purposes have practical access to the drug. The government’s current regulatory regime, set out under the Marihuana Medical Access Regulations, allows ill Canadian [...] The John Howard Society of Canada In collaboration with the Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies, the Canadian Bar Association, the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, the Centre for Global Challenges, the Criminal Lawyers’ Association, and the National Associations Active in Criminal Justice Presents A one-day Symposium on Prison Crowding and its Implications for Human Rights Objective: [...] At Thursday’s meeting of the Toronto Police Services Board, CCLA’s Equality Program Director Noa Mendelsohn Aviv addressed the Board over the documented practice of racial profiling by the police. CCLA’s submissions expressed concern not just with “carding” – the recording of names and identities of black male youth – but also with unwarranted stops by [...] On March 22nd, the Supreme Court released their decision in R. v. Ladue (read the decision here), a case about sentencing Aboriginal offenders (read CCLA’s factum here). Over a decade ago, the Supreme Court recognized that racism against Aboriginal people within Canada had “translated into systemic discrimination in the criminal justice system,” with the result [...] |
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