CRIMINAL JUSTICEDisabilityEQUALITYFair Trial, Due Process & SentencingPRESS RELEASESPrisons, Jails & Community SupervisionSentencing CCLA Appearing Before Supreme Court to Ensure Fairness in Sentencing for Individuals with Mental Health Conditions or Cognitive Disabilities Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA) has sent a letter to Brampton’s Mayor and City Councillors…CCLADecember 3, 2024
CRIMINAL JUSTICEFair Trial RightsFair Trial, Due Process & SentencingProsecutorial Misconduct CCLA Intervening in Pivotal Case on Miscarriages of Justice before Supreme Court of Canada The CCLA will appear before the Supreme Court of Canada in Bouvette v. R. on…Shakir RahimNovember 13, 2024
CRIMINAL JUSTICEFair Trial, Due Process & SentencingPresumption of InnocenceRight to Reasonable Bail CCLA Condemns Government of Ontario’s Proposal to Imprison the Innocent TORONTO — Shakir Rahim, Director of the Criminal Justice Program, made the following statement: Ontario's proposal…CCLAOctober 28, 2024
CRIMINAL JUSTICEFair Trial, Due Process & SentencingFreedom of AssociationFreedom of ExpressionFUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMSRight to ProtestSentencing CCLA Testifies on Bill C-70 Before Senate Standing Committee National Security, Defence, and Veterans Affairs On June 10, 2024, Anaïs Bussières McNicoll, Director of the Fundamental Freedoms Program, and Shakir…CCLAOctober 22, 2024
CRIMINAL JUSTICECruel & Unusual PunishmentFair Trial, Due Process & Sentencing CCLA Intervening Before Supreme Court in AGQ v. Senneville to Protect People from Cruel and Unusual Punishment The CCLA has been granted leave to intervene before the Supreme Court of Canada in…CCLAOctober 10, 2024
EQUALITYFair Trial, Due Process & SentencingPRESS RELEASESPresumption of Innocence CCLA on John Howard Society of Saskatchewan vs the Government of Saskatchewan TORONTO — Harini Sivalingam, Director of the Equality Program of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, made…CCLAOctober 8, 2024
CRIMINAL JUSTICEDisabilityEQUALITYFair Trial, Due Process & SentencingPrisons, Jails & Community SupervisionSentencing 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 JUSTICECruel & Unusual PunishmentFreedom of ExpressionFUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMSPRESS RELEASES Foreign Interference Bill: CCLA Warns the Senate Committee about Charter Issues that Must Be Addressed On June 10, 2024, Shakir Rahim, director of the Criminal Justice program at the Canadian…CCLAJune 10, 2024
CRIMINAL JUSTICECruel & Unusual PunishmentFreedom of ExpressionFUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMSPRESS RELEASES Civil Society Should be Granted Adequate Time to Meaningfully Engage in the Public Consultations Around the Foreign Interference Bill TORONTO — Yesterday, Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA) Lawyers Anaïs Bussières McNicoll (Director of the Fundamental…CCLAJune 5, 2024
CRIMINAL JUSTICEFair Trial, Due Process & SentencingSentencingYouth CCLA Intervening Before Supreme Court of Canada to Protect Rights of Youth in the Criminal Justice System The CCLA has been granted leave to intervene before the Supreme Court of Canada in…Shakir RahimMay 28, 2024