Abdelrazik sues Ottawa for $27-million For every breach of right, there should be a remedy. When government officials taint themselves with torture, it is taxpayers who pay the remedy. But maybe not just taxpayers… Paul…
The report by Justice Richard Goldstone on the Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict, released yesterday, is raising some interesting legal questions. The report concluded that both Israel and the Palestinians had committed war…
Spy watchdog to probe CSIS conduct in Abdelrazik case The probe pulls the agency closer to the centre of the Abdelrazik controversy. A federal judge, in ordering Ottawa to bring Mr. Abdelrazik home from Sudan,…
Canada ‘indifferent’ to Sudan’s threat to kill Abdelrazik, files show
In addition to Canada Day, it’s also 7 years today since the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court came into force. I’ve offered some very strong criticisms of the Rome Statute and the International…
Liu Guijin, China’s special envoy to Darfur, is currently in Doha meeting with representatives from Britain, France, Russia, United States and the European Union in a 5-day conference on how to deal with the situation in…
Note: This piece was subsequently published on March 26, 2009 in the StarPhoenix. Available online here Due process is a long-standing Canadian principle. It is enshrined in our legal tradition as a safeguard against the…
