Supreme Court of Canada to rule on sentencing rights of prisoners
Ottawa – The Supreme Court of Canada will release its decision on Friday, April 11, 2014 in R. v. Carvery and R. v. Summers. The BCCLA is an intervener in […]
Illegal Spying: BCCLA files class action lawsuit against Canada’s electronic spy agency
VANCOUVER – Today, lawyers for the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA) filed a proposed national class action lawsuit on behalf of Canadians whose private communications and metadata information has […]
Spying on activists: BCCLA complaints move to next level
RCMP complaints commission initiates public interest investigation; complaint against CSIS referred to watchdog VANCOUVER – Two complaints filed by the BC Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA) against the Royal Canadian Mounted […]
SCC to rule on judicial oversight of prison law and life
Ottawa – The Supreme Court of Canada will release its decision on Thursday, March 27, 2014 in Diane Knopf, Warden of Mission Institution, et al. v. Gurkirpal Singh Khela. The […]
SCC to hear case about Foreign State Immunity in torture cases
Ottawa – On Tuesday, March 18, the Supreme Court of Canada will hear arguments in The Estate of Zahra Kazemi et al. v. Iran, et al. The BCCLA is an […]
BCCLA to debate Trinity Western law school issue at UBC Faculty of Law
Rights watchdog to join panel debate at UBC Faculty of Law sponsored by OUTLaws LGBTQ law student group – BCCLA filed submission to Law Society on application to accredit new […]
Federal Sex Work Laws Consultation
For more than 35 years the BC Civil Liberties Association has maintained that the exchange of sex for money should not be criminalized. The Supreme Court’s decision in December 2013 to […]
Seven Years of Inaction: Rights organizations call for oversight mechanism in response to CBSA abuses
Public inquiry recommended oversight in 2006 – no action since that time The BC Civil Liberties Association, the Canadian Council for Refugees and the Canadian Association of Refugee Lawyers today […]
Victory at the BC Court of Appeal on civil forfeiture procedure
Vancouver – On February 21, 2014, the BC Court of Appeal released an oral judgment in Director of Civil Forfeiture v. Lloydsmith. This case concerns a claim made by the […]
Eight years of federal inaction: Groups to call for independent oversight of Canada Border Services Agency
Vancouver – It has been eight years since the Arar Commission of Inquiry recommended that an independent review agency oversee certain activities of the Canada Border Services Agency. No action […]
