Source: International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group
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Date: September 14, 2008


International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group (ICLMG) Individual
UPR Submission – Canada, February 2009

Submission of Information by the ICLMG to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in relation to the Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Canada to take place in February 2009

Canada’s Anti-Terrorism Laws in Violation of International Human Rights Standards

The ICLMG

1. The ICLMG is a pan-Canadian coalition of civil society organizations that was established in the aftermath of the September 11th, 2001 terrorist attack in the United States. The coalition brings together 38 international development and human rights NGO’s, unions, professional associations, faith groups, environmental and refugee organizations. Its purpose is to monitor the impact of anti-terrorism legislation on human rights standards, to advocate against abuses and violations, and in certain cases, to take up the cause of those who have become innocent victims of such abuses.

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