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UN Special Rapporteur Says it’s Time for Accountability and Truth on Extraordinary Renditions & Torture MARCH 6, 2013 – Yesterday before the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Mr. Ben Emmerson, the UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism, presented his report setting [...] Geneva, March 5, 2013 – Today before the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Mr. Ben Emmerson, the UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism, presented his report setting out framework principles to hold public officials accountable for gross or systemic human rights violations committed [...] Millions of Canadians travel abroad. Each year, some are charged and convicted of crimes in foreign countries. These individuals are often detained for long periods of time in foreign prisons, far from their families. Many will be surrounded by a foreign bureaucracy, culture and language, and may be subject to conditions that fall far below [...] Food safety is increasingly becoming a concern in Canada. As indicated by numerous Canadian polls, consumers are concerned about food safety and consider safe food to be an important food quality. Although Canada is respected around the world for its progressive food safety rules, those rules are not always enforced as they should be. As [...] This morning, CCLA will intervene in the Supreme Court of Canada in the case of Rachidi Ekanza Ezokola v Minister of Citizenship and Immigration. The case concerns the proper application of the Article 1F(A) exclusion clause of the UN 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, which is incorporated into Canadian law through the [...] |
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