CRIMINAL JUSTICEDeescalation & Use of ForceDetasking PoliceDisabilityEQUALITYPolice Powers, Use of Force & Police Accountability We Need Better De-Escalation and Non-Escalation Responses to People in Crisis On Wednesday, July 18, 2018, officers from the Dryden Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) tasered a…CCLAJuly 19, 2018
CRIMINAL JUSTICEFUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMSPolice Powers, Use of Force & Police AccountabilityPRESS RELEASESRight to Protest INCLO Report Release: Defending Dissent: State Practices that Protect and Promote the Right to Protest INCLO and the IHRC launched a report today that provides practical guidance on how law enforcement…CCLAJune 27, 2018
CRIMINAL JUSTICEFair Trial RightsFair 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
Conditions of ConfinementCRIMINAL JUSTICEDisabilityEQUALITYFighting Solitary ConfinementMAJOR CASES & REPORTSPRESS RELEASESPrisons, Jails & Community SupervisionSolitary ConfinementYouth Keep Your Promise On Solitary Confinement, Groups Tell Ottawa Rights groups in legal challenges unite to urge government to comply with court orders.CCLAMay 14, 2018
CRIMINAL JUSTICEEQUALITYIndigenous PeopleRace, Religion & Ethnicity Historic, Ground-Breaking Decision On Criminal Sentencing Of African-Canadians Guest AuthorApril 24, 2018
CRIMINAL JUSTICE Bill C45: Re-Criminalizing Cannabis The Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA) will challenge the Government of Nova Scotia’s exceptionally broad injunction limiting…CCLAApril 18, 2018
Conditions of ConfinementCRIMINAL JUSTICEDisabilityEQUALITYFighting Solitary ConfinementMAJOR CASES & REPORTSPrisons, Jails & Community SupervisionSolitary ConfinementYouth CCLA Court Challenge To Solitary Confinement: The Next Step The Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA) will challenge the Government of Nova Scotia’s exceptionally broad injunction limiting…CCLAApril 6, 2018
CRIMINAL JUSTICEPolice Powers, Use of Force & Police Accountability Ontario’s Policing Reform Legislation Can Still be Improved The Canadian Civilian Liberties Association has long advocated for policing reform in Ontario. For decades,…CCLAMarch 2, 2018
CRIMINAL JUSTICEPolice Powers, Use of Force & Police Accountability CCLA Addresses Committee on Impaired Driving Laws (Bill C-46) On September 18, 2017, CCLA Director of Public Safety, Rob De Luca, made submissions on…CCLAMarch 1, 2018
CRIMINAL JUSTICECriminal Records & Collateral ConsequencesCriminal Records & Police Record Checks When a Criminal Record Becomes a Life Sentence: John Howard Society of Ontario (Toronto, ON) Today the John Howard Society of Ontario (JHSO) revealed the hidden but ruinous…CCLAFebruary 21, 2018