Oct 20, 2023 – Vos visages… Centre des Services de Justice Réparatrice (QC) Je verrai toujours vos visages… This link involves a little known film connection between Quebec’s justice restaurative, or restorative justice. that was … [Read more...]
Aug 2, 2023 – More jail, less safe…
August 2, 2023 by
Aug 2, 2023 – More jail, less safe… CBC News – Hannah Rudderham New Brunswick's next jail goes to Minto - Opposition critic questions transparency of decision that will put jail in minister's riding The $42 million new provincial … [Read more...]
March 29, 2023 – Human Rights Report
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March 29, 2023 – Human Rights Report Amnesty International (Canada) Amnesty International Report 2022/23: The state of the world’s human rights “2022 saw new, renewed and protracted conflicts that led to appalling tragedies. Some of … [Read more...]
Prison impact in sentencing…
February 1, 2023 by
Feb 1, 2023 Canadian Bar Association – Dale Smith What is cruel and unusual punishment? In a pair of rulings on mandatory minimum sentences, the Supreme Court of Canada directs lower courts to consider the impacts of imprisonment on offenders with … [Read more...]
No reform…
November 4, 2022 by
Nov. 4, 2022 Lawyer’s Daily SCC overturns lower court decision, rules Criminal Code provisions on sentencing constitutional “A divided Supreme Court of Canada has overturned a Court of Appeal decision, ruling Nov. 4 that certain Criminal Code … [Read more...]
Redemption…
October 31, 2022 by
Oct 31, 2022 Canadian Press - Joseph Brean Supreme Court declares parts of sex offender registry unconstitutional “A law cannot deprive the life, liberty, or security of the person of even one individual in a way that is inconsistent with the … [Read more...]
Clean environment a human right…
September 2, 2022 by
Sept 2, 2022 United Nations Declaration: Climate and Environment UN General Assembly declares access to clean and healthy environment a universal human right “The UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, welcomed the 'historic' decision and said … [Read more...]
UN and Canadian children…
June 12, 2022 by
June 12, 2022 CTV News – Laura Osman, Canadian Press Urgent measures must be taken to ensure rights of Canadian children: UN committee Canada is currently undergoing a review under agreement with the United Nations on the way Canada treats its … [Read more...]
Policing…
March 28, 2022 by
Mar 28, 2022 Faculty of Arts - University of Regina Online March 31 as law professor Jennifer Llewellyn (Dalhousie University) delivers the 2022 Dr. Gordon Wicijowski Law Foundation of Saskatchewan lecture. Re-imagining Public Safety: … [Read more...]