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EQUALITY PRESS RELEASES Refugees & Immigration

CCLA Appears Before the Federal Court in Challenge to Refugee Cessation Provisions

TORONTO —Pro bono lawyers representing the Canadian Civil Liberties Association will appear this week before…

Harini SivalangamSeptember 17, 2024

Disability EQUALITY PRESS RELEASES Socio-Economic Status

Constitutional Rights of Kingston Encampment Residents Must be Respected

TORONTO — Harini Sivalingam, Director of the Equality Program of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association,…

Harini SivalangamSeptember 16, 2024

CRIMINAL JUSTICE Police Powers, Use of Force & Police Accountability Police Transparency, Oversight & Accountability PRESS RELEASES

CCLA Applauds Court Ruling Enhancing Police Accountability in D’Arthenay v. Ontario Provincial Police

The Ontario Divisional Court released its decision in D’Arthenay v. Ontario. The CCLA was an…

CCLASeptember 11, 2024

Freedom of Expression FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS Right to Protest

CCLA Calls on Universities to Ensure their Policies Respect Students’ Right to Peacefully Protest on Campus

Universities’ policies on protests should give an expansive and meaningful consideration to students’ fundamental rights…

Anaïs Bussières McNicollSeptember 10, 2024

EQUALITY PRESS RELEASES Socio-Economic Status

Yukon Court Strikes Down Parts of SCAN Act as Unconstitutional Infringement on Security of the Person

TORONTO — Harini Sivalingam, Director of the Equality Program of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association,…

CCLASeptember 5, 2024

Arbitrary Detention Criminal Prohibitions on Speech Deescalation & Use of Force Freedom of Expression FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS Police Powers, Use of Force & Police Accountability Right to Protest

CCLA Files its Submission to the Toronto Police Service Board on the Upcoming Policy on Police Action in Respect of Protests

The Board policy must acknowledge that the Toronto Police Service, as all state actors, has…

Anaïs Bussières McNicollSeptember 4, 2024

EQUALITY LGBTQ2S+PRESS RELEASES Youth

CCLA Argues Notwithstanding Clause Should Not Limit Democratic Accountability and Protection of Marginalized Groups

TORONTO — Harini Sivalingam, Director of the Equality Program of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, made…

CCLAAugust 26, 2024

CRIMINAL JUSTICE Disability EQUALITY Fair Trial, Due Process & Sentencing Prisons, Jails & Community Supervision Sentencing

CCLA Intervening Before Supreme Court to Ensure Fairness in Sentencing for Individuals with Mental Health Conditions or Cognitive Disabilities

The CCLA has been granted leave to intervene before the Supreme Court of Canada in…

Shakir RahimAugust 20, 2024

CRIMINAL JUSTICE Device Searches PRESS RELEASES PRIVACY Reasonable Expectations of Privacy Search & Seizure Search & Seizure

CCLA on R. v. Pike and Scott

TORONTO — Shakir Rahim, Director of the Criminal Justice Program of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association,…

CCLAAugust 12, 2024

CRIMINAL JUSTICE Deaths in Custody PRESS RELEASES

Tracking (In)Justice Project Launches Public Online Database of Over 2100 Deaths in Custody Across Canada Since the Year 2000

Database website: https://trackinginjustice.ca/ Press conference live at 11:00am ET: https://www.youtube.com/live/DBqPsqA7reE August 9, 2024, Ottawa, Canada:…

CCLAAugust 9, 2024

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