The Canadian national hearings of the International Commission of Jurists’ Eminent Jurists Panel will take place the week of April 23, 2007 in Toronto and Ottawa. The hearings will include both public submissions by interested groups and private meetings with government and other officials on anti-terrorism law in Canada. For more information on the Eminent Jurists process, see http://ejp.icj.org/. For the official ICJ brochure, click here (français). For the official "call for submissions", click here (français).
Click here for the SCHEDULE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS.
Two Eminent Jurists will travel to Canada to conduct these hearings:
Robert K. GOLDMAN (United States) Professor of Law at American University’s Washington College of Law, Robert K. Goldman recently served as the UN Human Rights Commission’s expert on counterterrorism and human rights. As a former member of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, he brings particular expertise on past counterterrorism policies in Latin America.
| Arthur CHASKALSON (South Africa) Chair of the Panel Former Chief Justice of South Africa, Arthur Chaskalson has been a leading human rights lawyer during apartheid in his country, where he acted as counsel in key human rights cases such as the Rivonia Trial in 1963-64 when Nelson Mandela and other African National Congress members were convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment. In 1994, he was appointed first President of South Africa’s new Constitutional Court where he served in this capacity until 2005. |
The public hearings in Ottawa will be at the Ottawa Congress Centre, Capital Hall 3B, 55 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa. The Toronto hearings will be hosted at Osgoode Hall Law School’s Professional Development facility at 1 Dundas Street West, Suite 2602, Toronto.
EJP Canadian Hearings Contact:
Professor Craig Forcese, Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa. E-mail: cforcese@uottawa.ca.
Schedule of Panel Events in Canada
Date | Item |
Tuesday, April 24 | Public hearings in Toronto |
Wednesday, April 25 | Public hearings in Ottawa |
Thursday, April 26 | Private government meetings in Ottawa |
Friday, April 27 | Wrap up and Press Conference, 130-S (Room Charles Lynch), Parliament, Centre Block, 10h30 |
Press Advisory (English) (French)
Sponsors (in alphabetical order):
Canadian Bar Association; Goodmans LLP; Heenan Blaikie; International Law Association (Canadian Section); Nathanson Centre, Osgoode Hall Law School; Osler LLP; University of Ottawa Faculty of Law (Common Law Section)
-- Last updated 18.04.07
