Human Rights

News Release RELEASE: BCCLA reacts to sweeping new anti-terror bill

Posted on January 30, 2015

Topic: Anti-terrorism, Censorship, Criminal, CSIS, Democratic Rights, Discrimination, Due Process, Free Speech, Freedom of Expression, Human Rights, Human Rights, National Security, Privacy, Security

Document R. v. Appulonappa

Posted on January 7, 2015

Topic: Human Rights, National Security

Type: Legal Cases

News Release Media Advisory: Supreme Court of Canada to rule on right to a civil remedy for torture victims

Posted on October 9, 2014

Topic: Anti-torture, Human Rights, National Security, Torture

News Release BCCLA reacts to Bill C36, new sex work legislation

Posted on June 5, 2014

Topic: Criminal, Democratic Rights, Free Speech, Human Rights, Morality Offenses, Sex Workers' Rights

News Release BC Court of Appeal to release judgment on challenge to BC’s drinking and driving law

Posted on March 2, 2014

Topic: Due Process, Freedom of Expression, Human Rights

Event Medically Assisted Dying: Toward a Happier Ending

Posted on January 30, 2014

Topic: Human Rights, Physician-Assisted Dying

Post Activists want to know why woman’s death in CBSA custody wasn’t made public for nearly a month

Posted on January 28, 2014

Topic: Borders, Civilian Rights, Human Rights, National Security, Police Accountability, Prisoners' Rights, Security

Post The undead: The Harper regime’s online spying law is back.

Posted on December 12, 2013

Topic: Democratic Rights, Human Rights, National Security, Pornography, Privacy

Post Conscientious Objection: the Writing and Speeches of Bob Rowan

Posted on December 3, 2013

Topic: Democratic Rights, Freedom of Expression, Human Rights, Human Rights

Event John Howard Society Annual Conference: Solitary Confinement and Mental Health

Posted on October 3, 2013

Topic: Human Rights, Human Rights, Prisoners' Rights, Solitary Confinement