EQUALITYPolice Powers, Use of Force & Police Accountability CCLA Sends Letter to Ontario Government: Do Not Pass Bill 6 On May 16th, the Canadian Civil Liberties Association sent a letter to the Ontario Premier…CCLAMay 21, 2025
CRIMINAL JUSTICEFair Trial, Due Process & Sentencing CCLA Intervening Before Supreme Court to Ensure Legal Distinction Between Aiding Suicide and Murder Upheld The CCLA has been granted leave to intervene before the Supreme Court of Canada in…Shakir RahimMay 21, 2025
Arbitrary DetentionCRIMINAL JUSTICEPolice Powers, Use of Force & Police Accountability CCLA before Supreme Court in Carignan to Ensure Unlawful Arrests Can be Challenged Under the Charter The CCLA appeared before the Supreme Court today in R. v. Carignan. The CCLA submitted that…Shakir RahimMay 21, 2025
CRIMINAL JUSTICEFair Trial RightsFair Trial, Due Process & SentencingPresumption of Innocence CCLA Intervening Before Supreme Court to Ensure Protection for Solicitor-Client Privilege The CCLA has been granted leave to intervene in R. v. Fox before the Supreme…Shakir RahimMay 20, 2025
Conditions of ConfinementCRIMINAL JUSTICEPRESS RELEASES CCLA and 35 Civil Society Organizations Decry Provincial Inaction in Addressing Recommendations From Inquest Into Death of Soleiman Faqiri TORONTO — Soleiman Faqiri was a man with significant mental health conditions killed in provincial custody…CCLAMay 5, 2025
CRIMINAL JUSTICEEQUALITYPRESS RELEASESRacial Profiling Leave to Appeal to SCC Granted MONTREAL – Aaden Pearson, Staff Lawyer at the Canadian Civil Liberties Association released the following…CCLAMay 2, 2025
CRIMINAL JUSTICEPRESS RELEASES Statement on Premier Ford’s Alarming Remarks on Judicial Independence TORONTO — Shakir Rahim, Director of the Criminal Justice Program (CCLA), made the following statement: Premier…CCLAApril 30, 2025
CRIMINAL JUSTICENotwithstanding ClausePRESS RELEASES Statement on Proposed Use of Notwithstanding Clause in Run-Up to Federal Election TORONTO — Shakir Rahim, Director of the Criminal Justice Program (CCLA), made the following statement: The…CCLAApril 23, 2025
Conditions of ConfinementCRIMINAL JUSTICEFair Trial, Due Process & SentencingHabeas CorpusPrisons, Jails & Community SupervisionSolitary Confinement CCLA Intervening before Supreme Court to Protect Habeas Corpus The CCLA will appear as an intervenor before the Supreme Court of Canada in AGC…Shakir RahimApril 17, 2025
Conditions of ConfinementCRIMINAL JUSTICEPRESS RELEASESPrisons, Jails & Community Supervision CCLA Reacts to Maplehurst TORONTO — Shakir Rahim, Director of Criminal Justice at the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, made…CCLAApril 4, 2025