Lost in the SNC-Lavalin controversy are the Libyan victims
Joanna Harrington | Policy Options | 21 August 2019 | Any financial penalties would be paid in Quebec. But prosecutors need to find a way to provide redress for the…
SNC-Lavalin case shows why we should review foreign corruption laws
Joanna Harrington | The Conversation 26 February 2019 - The controversy in Canada involving Québec-based corporate giant SNC-Lavalin highlights the need for a parliamentary review of the legal scheme for…
Sorry John McCallum, extradition doesn’t neatly divide the courts from the politicians
The ambassador and the Prime Minister stress the role of judges in the Meng case, but experts say extradition is ultimately about political decision-making Even after all the coverage of…
The overlap of law and politics: Meng Wanzhou’s extradition explained
When John McCallum, Canada’s ambassador to China, said this week that Chinese business executive Meng Wanzhou has “quite good arguments on her side” in her fight against extradition to the…
What did Canadian mining executives know about possible human rights violations in Eritrea?
Scott Anderson | CBC News Executives at Vancouver-based mining firm Nevsun Resources have denied direct knowledge of human rights violations at their gold and copper mine in the Bisha mining…
The sovereignty of states and multinational corporate accountability
Justin Ling | The National In 1897, a U.S. citizen living in Venezuela, George F. Underhill, brought a suit in a New York court to recover damages against the revolutionary Venezuelan…
Penelope Simons on getting companies to respect human rights
Yves Faguy | CBA National This week, the Corporate Human Rights Benchmark (CHRB) published its 2018 report, concluding that most of the 100 companies reviewed are failing to live up…
News Release – Canadian Human Rights Commission welcomes new part-time Commissioner
Press release of the Canadian Human Rights Commission November 22, 2018 – Ottawa, Ontario – Canadian Human Rights Commission The Canadian Human Rights Commission (CHRC) is pleased to announce the…
Murdered Honduran Activist Berta Cáceres Deserves Open Justice
Cáceres' assassination in 2016 was one in over 130 targeted killings of environmental defenders in Honduras since the 2009 coup d'état By Amanda Ghahremani and Leah Gardner | The HuffPost…
Neighbors Refer Venezuela to Criminal Court in ‘Historic’ Rebuke
By Ernesto Londoño and Marlise Simons | The New York Times President Nicolás Maduro, center, in Caracas this week. The crisis in Venezuela “demands collective action,” the president of Peru said. (Photo Miraflores…
Following Canada’s declaration that crimes against the Rohingya constitute ‘genocide,’ Payam Akhavan asks: Do the refugee camps in Bangladesh hold the key to prosecutions by the International Criminal Court? By Payam…
By Eleanor Beevor | Al Bawaba News US National Security Adviser John Bolton listens as President Donald Trump (not seen) speaks on April 13, 2018 at the White House in Washington, DC.…
By Navi Pillay, Richard Goldstone, and Mark Kersten | Mail & Guardian Almost two years after first announcing its intention to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC), it remains unclear whether…
Edmonton man appeals extradition to U.S. on terrorism charges
By Andrea Huncar | CBC News Abdullahi Ahmed Abdullahi's lawyer filed a notice of appeal on June 27. (Court exhibit) A Canadian man accused of providing financial support to…