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... a story that belongs in Winnipeg museum, human rights lawyer David Matas argues . Leo Tolstoy be...-- International human rights mechanisms work ineffectively in conf...
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... the general health of the field of international human rights law is the seemingly unbridgeable gap...Although often overlooked, including by lawyers when citing UN resolutions in submissions before C...
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... Prime Minister Visvanathan Rudrakumaran, a human rights lawyer in New York. The government was form...Here, he works with international human rights lawyer David Matas to help Tamil refu...
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...Criminal Lawyers' Association of Ontario,. British Columbia Civil L...Constitutional law -- Charter of Rights -- Right to counsel -- Custodial interrogation -- ...Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, A/CONF. 183/9, July 17, 1998, s. 5... of innocence confirms our faith in humankind; it reflects our belief that individuals are decen...
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The I.P.C. awards are peer-based awards given to honor significant and outstanding achievements in serving the Indigenous community and the Creator with honour and dignity. Recognizing talented individuals achieving excellence in law, the Indigenous Peoples' Counsel designation was presented to Dr. [Henderson] at the IBA's annual conference held Oct. 20 to 22 at Rama, Ont. The I.P.C is the Aboriginal equivalent to the Queen's Counsel (Q.C.) awards.
...Sákéj is a noted international human rights lawyer and an authority on protecting...
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When it comes to comparing apartheid in South Africa with Israel for its treatment of Palestinians "there is no familiarity whatsoever," said [David Matas], a globe-trotting human rights lawyer who was active in the anti-apartheid movement and served as Canada's director of the International Defence and Aid Fund for South Africa. We sent a letter to the university's president Feb. 10 asking for a ban but it is not happening," Matas said. "Despite our request it is going ahead. Some people at the news conference expected B'nai Brith to take a more active stand against Israeli Apartheid Week. "I will speak up," said Boaz Levin, 30. He was hoping the Jewish advocacy group would be rallying protestors to attend next week's events.
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...[4] In Mexico , Ms. Rangel Macias was a lawyer and a human rights activist. She alleges that she ... urgent action appeal from Amnesty International that highlighted the murder of a leading human rig...
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... legislative process should be "internationalized" to correspond with increasingly international law... profound philosophical ideas--individual human rights, racial and religious inclusion, national s...." This right, testified the Criminal Lawyers' Association, "is the last bastion against an ever...
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It's not mandatory for anyone (in Canada) to learn about the real history of our people... You learn about the colonizers. You don't learn about the people they colonized," she said. "I think that's part of the struggle of bringing awareness of all of this. It's not required. "What I try to do is say, 'This is the truth. This is the reality of our history and the situation we're in today,' and that it's important that everybody knows," she said. "Start from kindergarten, and then maybe we won't be living in a racist society." The other 2008 award recipients are Shelagh Day of Vancouver, an international authority on women's human rights and the founding President of LEAF (Women's Legal Education and Action Fund); Frances Ennis of St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, who is a social ...
...McTeer of Ottawa, a lawyer, author and expert on issues of women's rights and...
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...[4] In Mexico , Ms. Rangel Macias was a lawyer and a human rights activist. She alleges that she ... urgent action appeal from Amnesty International that highlighted the murder of a leading human rig...
