Event Date: October 29, 2014 - 8:00 am to 5:30 pm
Location: FSS 4007, 120 University Private, University of Ottawa

Presented by Amnesty International, the International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group and the Human Rights Research and Education Centre, and the Centre for International Policy Studies.

In English with simultaneous interpretation in French. Registration is required. To register: click here. Lunch will be served. A reception will follow as of 5:30 p.m.
Students: $10
Regular ticket: $25

Payments will be accepted at the door, cash only.

Videos of the event:

Audio Podcast:

[audio:http://web20.uottawa.ca/academic/socialsciences/cepi-cips/a+10_panel1_2014-10-29.mp3]

Audio Podcast:

[audio:http://web20.uottawa.ca/academic/socialsciences/cepi-cips/a+10_panel2_2014-10-29.mp3]

Audio Podcast:

[audio:http://web20.uottawa.ca/academic/socialsciences/cepi-cips/a+10_panel3_2014-10-29.mp3]

Audio Podcast:

[audio:http://web20.uottawa.ca/academic/socialsciences/cepi-cips/a+10_panel4_2014-10-31.mp3]

Audio Podcast:

[audio:http://web20.uottawa.ca/academic/socialsciences/cepi-cips/a+10_panel5_2014-10-29.mp3]

Audio Podcast:

[audio:http://web20.uottawa.ca/academic/socialsciences/cepi-cips/a+10_panel6_2014-10-29.mp3]

Audio Podcast:

[audio:http://web20.uottawa.ca/academic/socialsciences/cepi-cips/a+10_panel7_2014-10-31.mp3]

Audio Podcast:

[audio:http://web20.uottawa.ca/academic/socialsciences/cepi-cips/a+10_panel8_2014-10-29.mp3]

Interviews:

Media links:

• Jason Kenney derides newspaper for publishing Omar Khadr op-ed
• Ottawa Citizen runs Khadr op-ed on day of Cirillo’s funeral
• Khadr: Misguided security laws take a human toll
• Alex Neve, John Packer and Roch Tassé: Security reform should protect our freedom
• Don’t rush to enact new anti-terror laws, former top judges advise government
• Judges concerned about Conservatives’ rush to adopt new anti-terror laws

The rich array of sessions includes an unprecedented keynote lunchtime panel made up of the three judges to preside over judicial inquiries dealing with national security in Canada over the past ten years:  The Honourable Frank Iacobucci (Internal Inquiry into the Actions of Canadian Officials in Relation to Abdullah Almalki, Ahmad Abou-Elmaati and Muayyed Nureddin); the Honourable John Major (Commission of Inquiry into the Investigation of the Bombing of Air India Flight 182); and the Honourable Dennis O’Connor (Commission of Inquiry into the Actions of Canadian Officials in Relation to Maher Arar).

Other panels will discuss the personal dimension of national security-related human rights violations, challenges for the legal profession and ongoing concerns related to oversight of national security activities. The conference will also feature a morning panel with four leading journalists working at the forefront of national security and human rights in Canada over the past decade.

View Conference Program.

For further information please contact:  [email protected]