Canada puts US on Torture Watchlist
The Canadian Foreign Ministry produced a training manual that has Guantanamo Bay on its sites of torture spots. The document goes further, and lists the U.S. as a potential site for torture, along with Iran,…
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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…
How to become a despot in 10 easy steps
Naomi Wolf, author of The End of America: Letter of Warning To A Young Patriot, has an interesting premise on how the rule of law is eroded in society. She claims there is a discernable…
Law is Cool – Podcast #6
Show Notes (27:53 Total Running Time) 0:13 Jacob Kaufman and Omar Ha-Redeye introduce themselves 0:29 Omar raises the past CBA conference, and the issue of Omar Khadr 0:57 We hear from Muneer Ahmad, faculty at…
CBA Advocates for Alleged Terrorist
A Turning Point after Inaction Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin spoke to the Canadian Bar Association (CBA) in Calgary yesterday addressing the Maclean’s article controversy and the importance of pro bono work in Canada. But the…