Justice committee  I don't have a list with me now, but I would say that at the very least, we should check if there have been abuses within the criminal justice system. I will continue my answer in English, because that will be quicker and I know that we haven't got much time. It's looking for v

Justice committee  Very specifically, it was around France's counterterrorism laws. For example, there's the ability to use unsourced information that could be derived from torture. It's been demonstrated that French counterterrorism judges allow that to be introduced into evidence and don't approp

Justice committee  I would say, first and foremost, that the protection is for Canadian citizens. Canada has a duty, for example, under the convention against torture, to not deport or extradite a single person to torture or to situations in which they would be faced with evidence obtained under to

Justice committee  In the course of our work, we haven't analyzed the Meng Wanzhou case because it doesn't deal with counterterrorism issues. I'll leave it to Mr. Bayne.

Justice committee  A key indicator could be looking at reviews such as what Human Rights Watch puts out, and Freedom House, Amnesty International and the international reports of human rights organizations. Global Affairs Canada regularly does assessments of the rights situations in various countri

Justice committee  Unfortunately, we haven't had any discussions with either of those stakeholders from other countries.

Justice committee  It is possible. I would say then that it is incumbent upon Canada to ensure that its citizens are protected and it is important that our laws reflect this. If for example, the French counterterrorism system is not sufficient in our eyes in terms of protecting human rights and

Justice committee  Yes, that's correct. There should be a comprehensive review, immediately, of all treaty partners, and then ongoing review to see changes in their laws. We looked particularly at where some of those countries are at in terms of their counterterrorism laws and found that they're

Justice committee  Yes, exactly. We would hope a country that has signed the convention against torture would respect its obligations, but, as we know, there are multiple countries, including.... There have been questions about whether Canada fully respects its obligations to that convention, as

Justice committee  Certainly. I have a list, but unfortunately the highlighting didn't print out, so I can't say the 10 exactly. I might be able to identify some of them. You may be surprised to hear the countries that are included. Off the top of my head, I know that France is included and Austria

Justice committee  In general, yes. We've worked closely with Professor Currie, and I believe they're all in line with the recommendations of the Halifax colloquium too.

Justice committee  I'll focus on the ones that I think more closely relate to the mandate of ICLMG and perhaps leave some of the others to Mr. Bayne. As I mentioned in my opening, it's incredibly important that the system be modified so that international human rights and civil liberties obligatio

Justice committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair, and thank you to the members of the committee for inviting me to speak with you today on behalf of the International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group regarding the urgent need to reform Canada's extradition laws. The ICLMG is a Canadian coalition of 45 nat

Public Safety committee  Ms. Tribe has summarized our concerns really well. I'd just add that one of the recommendations we're making is that, especially for the proposed CSE act and CSIS, proactive roles should be put in place around the disclosure of foreign intelligence-sharing, as well as around SCI

Public Safety committee  We believe there needs to be an independent review body for CBSA. As I mentioned, we believe that CBSA should be added to the complaints mechanism for the NSIRA for its national security activities. That fact that so much of what CBSA does isn't specific to national security, and