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’s Ford 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
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 RahimApril 9, 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
CRIMINAL JUSTICEFair Trial RightsFair Trial, Due Process & Sentencing CCLA intervening before Supreme Court in McKee to protect fair trial rights The CCLA has been granted leave to intervene before the Supreme Court of Canada in…Shakir RahimApril 2, 2025
CRIMINAL JUSTICEPRESS RELEASES Final Edition of the Prison Pandemic Papers Documenting the Impact of COVID-19 in Jails, Prisons and Penitentiaries Across Canada Launched TORONTO — Today, the final edition of the Prison Pandemic Papers was launched online, making available…CCLAMarch 26, 2025
CRIMINAL JUSTICEEQUALITYPresumption of InnocencePrisons, Jails & Community SupervisionSolitary Confinement CCLA Welcomes Supreme Court of Canada Decision upholding prisoners’ rights The Canadian Civil Liberties Association welcomes the Supreme Court of Canada decision in John Howard Society…Harini SivalangamMarch 18, 2025
CRIMINAL JUSTICEPolice Powers, Use of Force & Police AccountabilityUnreasonable Search & Seizure CCLA Intervening Before Supreme Court in R. v. Singer to Protect Privacy in the Home from Police The CCLA will appear today as an intervenor before the Supreme Court of Canada in…Shakir RahimFebruary 18, 2025