“Omar Khadr is a Canadian citizen who was captured by U.S. forces in July 2002 when he was 15 years of age after allegedly throwing a grenade that fatally wounded a U.S. soldier. He is currently being detained and prosecuted by the U.S. at Guantánamo Bay.”
On May 28, 2008, six common law students from the University of Ottawa appeared before the Subcommittee on International Human Rights of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development, to testify that there are a number of legal avenues that may be taken if Khadr is returned to Canada and the evidence against him is found to be admissible.
“Canadian courts are fully able to administer justice in the Omar Khadr matter in a manner that complies with international law and the rule of law.” said the group.
Catherine Archibald, Clare Crummey, Andrew Harrington, Miguel Mendes, Ajmal Pashtoonyar, and Sean Richmond based their argument on a 150 page brief prepared for the Foreign Policy Practicum class of Prof. Craig Forcese.
The complete report is available here: 150-page brief.
Click here to see the team’s testimony before the House of Commons Subcommittee on International Human Rights.
Torwoli S. Dzuali
Thanks for posting this. Good to know someone was listening! :)
.. that these people even made into Canada? Now, that they are here, can’t we simply strip these scumbags from their citizenship and send them back to whatever god-forsaken place these people came from?
This type of stuff really makes me mad. I know it is not easy to immigrate to Canada because I have friends going through the hoops of doing so. I don’t understand how people like these ever got in to begin with.
Omar Khadr is a Canadian citizen by birth, he was born in Toronto.