Conditions of ConfinementCRIMINAL JUSTICEPRESS RELEASESPrisons, Jails & Community SupervisionPRIVACYSearch & SeizureSearch & SeizureSurveillance & PrivacyUnreasonable Search & Seizure Canadian Civil Liberties Association launches constitutional challenge to Ontario’s strip search law The Canadian Civil Liberties Association and a woman with personal experience have launched a major…Abby DeshmanJune 20, 2022
EQUALITYRefugees & Immigration CCLA to Appear Before Supreme Court in Safe Third Country Agreement Case CCLA has been granted leave to intervene before the Supreme Court of Canada in a…Abby DeshmanMay 12, 2022
CRIMINAL JUSTICEPolice Powers, Use of Force & Police AccountabilityPRIVACYSearch & SeizureUnreasonable Search & Seizure SCC Rules on Constitutionality of Post-Arrest Searches of Houses On Friday April 8 the Supreme Court released its ruling in R v Stairs, a…Abby DeshmanApril 12, 2022
CRIMINAL JUSTICEEQUALITYFair Trial, Due Process & SentencingIndigenous PeopleSentencing CCLA Argues Against Discriminatory, Overly Punitive Criminal Code Provisions at the Supreme Court Many parts of our criminal law sweep too many people into punitive regimes, creating adverse…Abby DeshmanMarch 29, 2022
CRIMINAL JUSTICECruel & Unusual PunishmentFair Trial, Due Process & SentencingPrisons, Jails & Community SupervisionSentencing CCLA Argues for Basic Human Dignity as Fundamental Value in Criminal-Penal System Before the Supreme Court Eliminating all hope of release by revisiting a person's incarceration in light of personal change…Abby DeshmanMarch 29, 2022
CRIMINAL JUSTICECruel & Unusual PunishmentFair Trial, Due Process & SentencingSentencing Upholding the Right to be Free From Cruel and Unusual Punishment at the Supreme Court CCLA appears before the Supreme Court of Canada in two cases, R v Hills and…Abby DeshmanMarch 22, 2022
COVID-19COVID-19 & Law EnforcementDemocratic RightsEmergencies ActMAJOR CASES & REPORTSPRESS RELEASES CCLA Reaction to the Revocation of the Declaration of Emergency We welcome the government’s decision to revoke the proclamation of emergency – it is overdue.…Abby DeshmanFebruary 23, 2022
CRIMINAL JUSTICECriminal Records & Collateral ConsequencesCriminal Records & Police Record ChecksEQUALITYPRESS RELEASES Quebec Organizations Join the Call for Federal Criminal Record Reform The Fresh Start Coalition, which includes the CCLA, announced today that several leading Quebec organisations…Abby DeshmanFebruary 22, 2022
CRIMINAL JUSTICEFair Trial, Due Process & Sentencing CCLA Pushes for a Strong, Independent Check Against Wrongful Convictions David Milgaard and Thomas Sophonow are just two of the dozens of people who our…Abby DeshmanAugust 22, 2021
CRIMINAL JUSTICEDecriminalizationEQUALITYInformation SharingPolice Powers, Use of Force & Police AccountabilityPRIVACYUnreasonable Search & SeizureWomen CCLA’s Submissions on Bill 251 On May 13, 2021, the CCLA provided written submissions on Ontario’s Bill 251, the Combating…Abby DeshmanMay 20, 2021