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The Charter Strikes Back: A Step Forward for Refugee Rights in Canada
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- July 30, 2015
By Stephanie J. Silverman Almost a year after the Federal Court of Canada struck down the ban on refugee claimants’ denial of health care, a new judicial review finds that a pernicious aspect of the Conservatives’ overhaul of refugee rights is discriminatory and must end. In July 2015, Mr. Justice Boswell found a Canadian Charter
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Disaffection Prevails Among Afghans Today
- Analysis
- July 15, 2015
In April of 2014, when I visited Afghanistan to observe its third national election, the spring air in Kabul was filled with the anticipation, hope and determination of common men and women exercising their democratic rights to vote in the face of severe threats from the Taliban. But with a second round of the election,
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Iran After a Nuclear Deal: Where Will Canada Stand?
- Analysis
- July 15, 2015
Published in the Globe and Mail, Tuesday, July 14, 2015 Iran and the P5+1 – China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States, or the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, plus Germany – finally reached a deal on Tuesday resolving the long-standing dispute over Iran’s nuclear ambitions. This raises questions
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Shining a Light on Canada’s Deteriorating Human Rights Record
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- July 15, 2015
By Leilani Farha Published in the Toronto Star, July 13, 2015 Last May I was appointed UN Special Rapporteur on the right to housing. The goal of this position is to advance the rights of marginalized communities around the world who are homeless or living in inadequate housing. I’ve spent the last year travelling to
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