"The least fair law in Canada": Why the Extradition Act must be reformed

Описание: Canada’s extradition system is broken, with the Extradition Act being described as “the least fair law in Canada.” The Meng Wanzhou case has raised questions about extradition proceedings that have significant foreign policy implications, while the grave violations of the rights of Dr. Hassan Diab, wrongfully extradited to France, lays bare how the system fails Canadian citizens.

This webinar presented an important discussion on why we must act now to fix this broken system and a new blueprint, known as the Halifax Proposals, for how to make it happen.

Speakers:
Sharry Aiken, associate professor in the Faculty of Law at Queen’s University and co-editor-in-chief of PKI Global Justice Journal
Rob Currie, professor of law at the Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University
Anne Dagenais, communications and research coordinator of the International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group
John Packer, director of the Human Rights Research & Education Centre, University of Ottawa

Plus: a premiere screening of a short video on the problems with the Extradition Act from the International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group.

Co-hosted by Queen’s University, the Human Rights Research & Education Centre at the University of Ottawa and the International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group.

This event was hosted from the traditional territory of the Huron-Wendat and Haudenosaunee Peoples and is covered by the Upper Canada Treaties.

For more information and to take action visit:
-Halifax Proposals: https://iclmg.ca/the-halifax-proposal...
-Action on Extradition reform: https://iclmg.ca/extradition-reform/
-Justice for Hassan Diab action: https://iclmg.ca/diab-letter/
-Video: Canada must reform the extradition act:    • Canada must reform its extradition laws now!  
-Website and latest news: https://justiceforhassandiab.org