Briefs

Brief on Bill C-41: An Act to amend the Criminal Code and to make consequential amendments to other Acts, presented to the Standing Senate Committee on Human Rights, June 15, 2023

Brief on C-20: An Act establishing the Public Complaints and Review Commission and amending certain Acts and statutory instruments, presented to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security, May 26, 2023

Brief on Bill C-41: An Act to amend the Criminal Code and to make consequential amendments to other Acts, presented to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights, April 14, 2023: full version; abridged version.

ICLMG’s submission to United Nations for Canada’s Universal Periodic Review, April 5, 2023

Brief submitted to the Standing Senate Committee on National Security and Defence regarding its study of Bill S-7, An Act to amend the Customs Act and the Preclearance Act, 2016, June 2022

Brief presented to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics in regards to the Committee’s study of the Use and Impact of Facial Recognition Technology, April 13, 2022

Submission to the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians’ Review of the RCMP’s Federal Policing Mandate, April 8, 2022

Submission to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada: Consultation on draft privacy guidance on facial recognition for police agencies, October 20, 2021

ICLMG submission to government’s “online harms” consultation, October 1, 2021

Islamophobia in Canada, co-prepared by ICLMG’s Tim McSorley and Azeezah Kanji from the Noor Cultural Centre for the National Action Summit on Islamophobia, July 22, 2021

National Security and Islamophobia in Canada, by ICLMG for the National Summit on Islamophobia, July 20, 2021

Submission to the Modernizing Canada’s Privacy Act Consultation of the Office of the Privacy Commissioner, February 15, 2021

Our Brief & Testimony at the SECU Committee on Bill C-59, the National Security Act, 2017, January 23, 2018

Brief to the SECU committee on Bill C-21: An Act to Amend the Customs Act, October 18, 2017

Submission of information to the Human Rights Committee [HRC] for the examination of Canada’s sixth [6th] report on its compliance with the ICCPR, May 28, 2015

ICLMG Submission to the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security on Bill C-51: Full Brief by lawyer Paul Champ, March 12, 2015

ICLMG Submission to the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security on Bill C-51: Executive Summary

ICLMG Submission to the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security on Bill C-51: Speaking Notes by lawyer Paul Champ

Bill C-24 on Citizenship – Submission of the Canadian Council for Refugees, March 26, 2014

ICLMG/CCR et al. factum for the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration v. Mohamed Harkat Supreme Court case, October 10, 2013

Me Denis Barrette’s testimony against Bill S-7 before parliamentary committee, December 3, 2012

Submission of Information by the ICLMG to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in relation to the Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review of Canada to take place in April 2013, October 2012

Warren Allmand’s presentation on Bill C-42, Enhancing Royal Canadian Mounted Police Accountability Act, before the SECU Committee, October 2012

Briefing to the Committee against Torture, 48th Session, May 2012 on the Omar Khadr case from Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada & ICLMG, May 2012

Submission of Information by the ICLMG to the Committee Against Torture (CAT) for the Examination of Canada’s 6th Report in May 2012, May 2012

ICLMG Submission to Transport Committee on Bill C-42 Re: U.S. Secure Flight, November 25, 2010

ICLMG Submission to Public Safety Committee Re: U.S. Secure Flight, April 29, 2010

Canada’s Anti-Terrorism Laws in Violation of International Human Rights Standards, ICLMG Submission 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, February 2009

ICLMG Submission on the Senate Special Committee on Anti-Terrorism Re: Security Certificate, February 11, 2008

ICLMG Brief Re: the Review of the Anti-Terrorism Act, April 2005

ICLMG Submission to the House of Commons Legislative Committee on Bill C-17: The Public Safety Act, 2002, January 28, 2003

ICLMG Brief to the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration Canada Re: Bill C-18, March 28, 2002

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