CRIMINAL JUSTICEFair Trial, Due Process & SentencingSentencing CCLA Applies to Intervene at Supreme Court of Canada in Sentencing Process Cases On May 18, pro bono counsel representing the CCLA appeared before the Supreme Court of…Abby DeshmanMarch 12, 2021
Fair Trial, Due Process & SentencingPODCAST Justice Vs. Bail: Canada’s Broken Criminal Justice System We talk to Dr. Jane Sprott and James Fauvelle. Dr. Sprott is a professor in…CCLADecember 30, 2020
COVID-19CRIMINAL JUSTICEFair Trial, Due Process & Sentencing Ad Hoc Tribunals During Public Emergencies We can be justifiably smug in Canada about our internationally renowned independent judiciary, in contrast…Michael BryantDecember 4, 2020
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