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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

EQUALITY PRESS RELEASES Race, Religion & Ethnicity

CCLA Intervening in S.D. v District School Board of Niagara

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

CCLAAugust 7, 2024

CRIMINAL JUSTICE Police Powers, Use of Force & Police Accountability

CCLA Intervening Before Supreme Court to Ensure Effective Interpretation of Law Helping Substance Users Access Emergency Medical Care

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

Shakir RahimAugust 2, 2024

Constitutional Remedies CRIMINAL JUSTICE Criminal Records & Collateral Consequences

Supreme Court Affirms State Can Face Damages for Passing Legislation that Violates Charter

On July 19, 2024, the Supreme Court of Canada released its decision in Canada (Attorney…

Shakir RahimAugust 1, 2024

EQUALITY LGBTQ2S+

Canadian Civil Liberties Association Granted Leave to Intervene in Saskatchewan v UR Pride

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

CCLAJuly 29, 2024

CRIMINAL JUSTICE Freedom of the Press Open Courts

Supreme Court Affirms Importance of Open Court Principle in CBC v. Named Person

On June 7, 2024, the Supreme Court of Canada released their decision in Canadian Broadcasting…

Shakir RahimJuly 26, 2024

CRIMINAL JUSTICE EQUALITY PRESS RELEASES

CCLA granted leave to intervene at Supreme Court of Canada to Ensure Fairness and Impartiality at Inmates’ Disciplinary Hearings

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

CCLAJuly 23, 2024

FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS Mobility

Mobility Rights: CCLA Files Appellant’s Factum Before the Supreme Court of Canada in Constitutional Challenge of Interprovincial Travel Restrictions

Interprovincial travel restrictions infringe on the mobility rights of people residing in Canada. These mobility…

Anaïs Bussières McNicollJuly 22, 2024

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