Health Canada Bans Homosexual Organ Donations
Where is the Announcement? Health Canada has enacted new rules at the end of 2007 prohibiting organ donation from homosexual males. But the CBC reports that as of this week, those in the organ donation…
Politics
They ♥ Huckabee
Preserve our National Igloo Right now our neighbours to the south are selecting the candidates who will run in the 2008 U.S. Presidential election. A man named Mike Huckabee has upset the conventional wisdom by…
Murphy Challenges Steyn on Human Rights
M.J. Murphy of BigCityLib blog challenges Mark Steyn to be consistent in his critique of Human Rights Commissions when they rightly target hate speech found in other quarters. Other Liberal bloggers have made similar comments…
UK Lawyers join Canadian Critique of Khadr
Law groups in the UK, including the Bar of England and Wales, Criminal Bar Association, Bar of Human Rights Committee and Commonwealth Lawyers’ Association, have joined in the critique of Canada’s handling of the Omar…
Omar Khadr’s case to go to SCC
Osgoode Hall’s blog, The Court, reported today that the case of Omar Khadr will be taken to the Supreme Court of Canada. Law is Cool has previously done an entry and a podcast on the…
Arguing in the Alternative
Arguing in the alternative is a technique often used in criminal law to pre-emptively address the concerns of the opposing counsel by stating their presumed rationale and demonstrating its flaws. Arguing in the alternative can…
The Role of the ICC Prosecutor
The session on Making Prevention Feasible and the discussion with Luis Moreno Ocampo revealed two different conceptions of the role of International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecution. Prevention and the Role of Prosecutor Justice Richard Goldstone…
A Legal Obligation to Prevent Genocide
The panel on Making Prevention Feasible, chaired by Prof. Stephen Toope, focused on the proposal for a UN Emergency Peace Service, how to affect the inertia which plagues government action, and how to train negotiating…
Accountability for Genocide: Does Criminal Justice Prevent Future Atrocities?
Chaired by Professor William Schabas (Irish Centre for Human Rights), the panel included Professor Catherine Lu (McGill University), Professor Gary Bass (Princeton University), and Justice Richard Goldstone (Constitutional Court of South Africa, Prosecutor – International…
Global Conference on the Prevention of Genocide
On October 11th, the Global Conference on the Prevention of Genocide begins in Montreal. The Echenberg Family Conference on Human Rights is organized by the McGill Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism and the…
Fear of Islamic Schools Based on False Stereotypes
Fear of Islamic Schools Based on False Stereotypes Muneeza Sheikh, Daniel Simard and Khurrum Awan On Aug. 28, representatives from the Muslim, Jewish, Hindu and Sikh communities came together to express support for John Tory’s…
Mexicans invade Canada, Canadians invade the US
The Current Crisis in Windsor Over the past 3 weeks, about 200 Mexicans claimed refugee status at the Canadian border in Windsor. The shelters are full, and the city’s resources are capped. Although most of…