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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 JUSTICE Fair Trial, Due Process & Sentencing Right 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 JUSTICE Democratic Rights Fair Trial, Due Process & Sentencing FUNDAMENTAL 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 Supervision Constitutional Remedies CRIMINAL JUSTICE Fair Trial, Due Process & Sentencing Prisons, 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 Supervision Constitutional Remedies CRIMINAL JUSTICE Fair Trial, Due Process & Sentencing Sentencing

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 JUSTICE Fair Trial, Due Process & Sentencing Sentencing

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

CRIMINAL JUSTICE Criminal Records & Collateral Consequences Criminal Records & Police Record Checks EQUALITY Sentencing Socio-Economic Status

WHAMMY! Supreme Court of Canada Strikes Down Canada’s Ugliest Populist Criminal Law

It’s not everyday that civil libertarians hit a home run in the Supreme Court of…

Michael BryantDecember 14, 2018

CRIMINAL JUSTICE Fair Trial, Due Process & Sentencing Right to Reasonable Bail

‘This Time We Really Mean It’ Won’t Cut It for Bail Reform

Fixing the broken law of bail cannot happen without some belated action by legislators meeting…

Abby DeshmanOctober 29, 2018

CRIMINAL JUSTICE Fair Trial, Due Process & Sentencing Right to Reasonable Bail

Bill C-75: Right Goals, Wrong Tools

Over the next few weeks, witnesses will gather on Parliament Hill in Ottawa to share…

CCLASeptember 25, 2018

CRIMINAL JUSTICE Fair Trial Rights Fair Trial, Due Process & Sentencing

R v Wong: Guilty Pleas Must Be Voluntary, Unequivocal, and Informed

Today, the Supreme Court of Canada issued a decision in R v Wong holding that an accused…

CCLAMay 25, 2018

Fair Trial, Due Process & Sentencing

Sex Offender Registries That Discriminate Against Those With Mental Illness Offend Charter Equality Guarantee

CCLA at the Supreme Court: A Momentous Bail Decision for Automatic Reviews of Detention

CCLA to Ottawa: Call an SCC Reference

No Remedy and No Right – SCC Strikes a Double Blow

CCLA at the Supreme Court: Does a Charter violation require a remedy?

BC Court of Appeal Strikes Down Another Mandatory Minimum Sentence

WHAMMY! Supreme Court of Canada Strikes Down Canada’s Ugliest Populist Criminal Law

‘This Time We Really Mean It’ Won’t Cut It for Bail Reform

Bill C-75: Right Goals, Wrong Tools

R v Wong: Guilty Pleas Must Be Voluntary, Unequivocal, and Informed

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