mobility rights

August 16, 2015

The Fog of Law

The Prime Minister has announced that, should his government return to power after the election, it will seek to enact legislation criminalizing the travel to some parts of the world, considered to be hotbeds of terrorism. Both the list of areas in question and the details of the legislation are sketchy at this point, so Continue reading

Constitutional law, Criminal Law/Policy

Charter, foreign fighting, freedom of the press, mobility rights, presumption of innocence, travel
September 20, 2013

Don’t Come Back!

Yesterday, the Supreme Court of Canada delivered a judgment considering the constitutionality of the provisions of the International Transfer of Offenders Act (ITOA) which allow the Canadian government to refuse the application of a Canadian imprisoned abroad to serve his sentence in Canada, despite the agreement of the state where he is currently imprisoned to hand Continue reading

Constitutional law

Charter, mobility rights