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Transitional Justice As Subterfuge
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- May 10, 2012
Transitional justice is trendy. After a civil war or political transition, the new government will often announce one or more of a variety of mechanisms for dealing with the past, such as a special tribunal or a truth commission. What outside actors often forget – even though domestic actors may try to remind them –
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A Role to Reclaim: Canada as Honest Broker
- Analysis
- May 8, 2012
Speaking on Middle East issues at an Ottawa synagogue in April, interim Liberal leader Bob Rae noted that the current impasse in peace talks between Israel and Palestinians offers an opening for constructive Canadian engagement. On his recent trips to the region, he reported, senior political and military figures on both sides conceded privately that
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Fewer Eyes on the Spies: Going Backwards on Accountability
- Analysis
- May 8, 2012
By now it has been widely reported that the Tory government will be abolishing the Office of the Inspector General of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service. This astonishing development appeared suddenly from the ether, buried in the government’s now notorious omnibus budget implementation bill. The move has been justified (ex post facto) as a cost
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Archive of CSIS Inspector General Reports
- Analysis
- May 7, 2012
The Office of the Inspector General of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) was established through legislation in 1984, in the same Act that created CSIS. The model was the U.S. practice of Inspector Generals, with a review and compliance function. In the Canadian case, the CSIS Inspector General (IG) was meant to serve as the ‘eyes
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