Amnesty Canada's Submission Re Bill C-36

posted on May 29, 2005 | in Category Bill C-36 | PermaLink

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It is Amnesty Canada's recent submission to the Special Senate Committee on the Anti-Terrorism Act and House of Commons Sub-Committee on Public Safety and National Security. They are reviewing Canada's Anti-Terrorism Act. The title of the report is "Security Through Human Rights"

On the subject of security certificates they recommend, as they have in the past: "The security certificate process should be reformed so as to bring it into line with Canada's international human rights obligations, including by ensuring a substantive review of the reasons for detention and by making all evidence available to the individual detained so that any potentially unfounded allegations can be effectively and meaningfully challenged. Canadian law should be amended to conform to the important binding international obligation to never deport any individual to a country where there is a serious risk of torture."--