CRIMINAL JUSTICECriminal Records & Collateral ConsequencesDisabilityEQUALITYFair Trial RightsFair Trial, Due Process & SentencingNot Criminally ResponsibleSex Offender Registries A Victory for Justice and Equality: SCC Finds Ontario Law Discriminates Based on Mental Disability In a strong decision released today, the Supreme Court of Canada has decided that Ontario’s…Cara ZwibelNovember 20, 2020
Conditions of ConfinementCruel & Unusual PunishmentPRESS RELEASESStrip Searches Class Action Launched re Illegal Strip Searches A major class action is being launched today on behalf of Canadians illegally strip searched…Abby DeshmanJuly 7, 2020
COVID-19COVID-19 & Law EnforcementCRIMINAL JUSTICEFair Trial RightsFair Trial, Due Process & Sentencing CCLA to Ontario: Clarify How People Can Fight Fines Two days ago we wrote to the Ontario government about the fact that people are…Cara ZwibelApril 24, 2020
Fair Trial, Due Process & SentencingFighting Compelled Political SpeechFreedom of ExpressionFUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS CCLA Voices Concern Over Several Measures In Budget Bill The Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA) will challenge the Government of Nova Scotia’s exceptionally broad injunction limiting…CCLAMay 13, 2019
CRIMINAL JUSTICEDisabilityEQUALITYFair Trial, Due Process & SentencingNot Criminally Responsible Sex Offender Registries That Discriminate Against Those With Mental Illness Offend Charter Equality Guarantee Ontario’s highest court handed advocates a significant victory today, finding that the sex offender registration…Cara ZwibelApril 4, 2019
CRIMINAL JUSTICEFair Trial, Due Process & SentencingRight to Reasonable Bail CCLA at the Supreme Court: A Momentous Bail Decision for Automatic Reviews of Detention In R. v. Myers, the Supreme Court was tasked with interpreting a somewhat obscure Criminal…Guest AuthorMarch 29, 2019
CRIMINAL JUSTICEDemocratic RightsFair Trial, Due Process & SentencingFUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS CCLA to Ottawa: Call an SCC Reference Of the many tools at the disposal of a government in times of profound uncertainty,…Michael BryantFebruary 23, 2019
Community SupervisionConstitutional RemediesCRIMINAL JUSTICEFair Trial, Due Process & SentencingPrisons, Jails & Community Supervision No Remedy and No Right – SCC Strikes a Double Blow The Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA) will challenge the Government of Nova Scotia’s exceptionally broad injunction limiting…Cara ZwibelFebruary 8, 2019
Community SupervisionConstitutional RemediesCRIMINAL JUSTICEFair Trial, Due Process & SentencingSentencing CCLA at the Supreme Court: Does a Charter violation require a remedy? Mr. Bird doing too much bird is the issue before the Supreme Court of Canada…Michael BryantFebruary 6, 2019
CRIMINAL JUSTICEFair Trial, Due Process & SentencingSentencing BC Court of Appeal Strikes Down Another Mandatory Minimum Sentence Just two months after declaring the mandatory minimum sentence for possession of child pornography unconstitutional…Guest AuthorJanuary 23, 2019