Media Advisory: BCCLA at prorogation challenge to argue for parliamentary accountabilityÂ
WHAT: BCCLA at Federal Court to intervene in MacKinnon v Canada WHEN: February 13 and 14, 2025, at 9:30 am EST/ 6:30 am PST  WHERE: In person: Courtroom 1008 on the 10th floor, […]
MEDIA RELEASE:Â Unhoused residents & BCCLA taking the City to court
xĘ·məθkĘ·É™yĚ“É™m (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wĂş7mesh (Squamish) and sÉ™lilwÉ™taɬ (Tsleil Waututh) / Vancouver BC – On January 30, 2025, the BC Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA) alongside three individual plaintiffs filed a lawsuit against […]
Standing With Gitxaala and Ehattesaht Nations in Upholding the Process of Legislative Reconciliation under the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act
(xĘ·məθkĘ·É™yĚ“É™m (Musqueam), sḵwx̱wĂş7mesh (Squamish) and sÉ™lilwÉ™taɬ (Tsleil-Waututh)/Vancouver, B.C.) The First Nations Leadership Council (FNLC) and British Columbia Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA) stand together with Gitxaala Nation and Ehattesaht First Nation […]
Human Rights Groups Alarmed that Former Deputy Chief of VPD Selected to Investigate Allegations of Illegal Mass Surveillance and by Deferral of Excessive Use of Force Complaint
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE xĘ·məθkĘ·É™yĚ“É™m (Musqueam), sÉ™lilwÉ™taɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) and Sḵwx̱wĂş7mesh (Squamish) territories / Vancouver, BC – Yesterday, the Vancouver Police Board considered two complaints filed by Pivot Legal Society and the BC […]
BCCLA Reacts: Mathur Ontario Court of Appeal decision significant step forward in climate and constitutional accountability Â
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Toronto, ON (traditional territories of the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnaabe, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee, and the Wendat peoples) – The BC Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA) […]
Media Advisory: BCCLA at Supreme Court of Canada to argue against adult sentences for young peopleÂ
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WHAT: BCCLA at Supreme Court of Canada to intervene in R v IM and R v SB to argue that the seriousness of a crime is irrelevant when […]
BCCLA President speaks out about Northern Health Authority’s dismissal of staff member, Amy Blanding, for exercising right to free expression in support of Palestine in her personal time
Hasan Alam, BCCLA President, says: Good Morning. My name is Hasan Alam, and I am the President of the BC Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA). The BCCLA is dedicated to […]
PRESS RELEASE: Legal groups file complaints against VPD for excessive use of force and surveillance of Palestine movement
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE xĘ·məθkĘ·É™yĚ“É™m (Musqueam), sÉ™lilwÉ™taɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) and Sḵwx̱wĂş7mesh (Squamish) territories / Vancouver, BC – Lawyers with Pivot Legal Society and the BC Civil Liberties Association have filed three complaints against […]
To the Members of the Law Society of British Columbia RE: Proposed Member Resolution 3
To the Members of the Law Society of British Columbia: The British Columbia Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA) urges you to vote against Proposed Member Resolution 3 (“Resolution 3”), which is […]
Private Property, Protest Rights, and Injunctions
Vancouver Island University (VIU) dismantled the Palestinian Solidarity Encampment – occupied by some of its students for over 100 days – after the BC Supreme Court granted the university an […]