international law
York turns down $30 million
Professors feared influence of RIM-founder’s think tank
The U.S. and Canada—singing in harmony?
U.S. and Canadian business groups are urging their governments to coordinate rules and ease restrictions
Confronting reality
Payam Akhavan reviews the legal and international standards.
The burden of proof (II)
Sébastien Jodoin, a public interest law fellow with Amnesty International in Ottawa, sends along a response to these questions.
‘At this point there is no program to vaccinate detainees’
Global gets a statement from National Defence.
About those Geneva Conventions
The military says prisoners in Afghanistan will be offered the H1N1 vaccine. The military says this is in accordance with the Geneva Conventions. Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq says this is outrageous. Canadian Press says Canada doesn’t recognize the mission in Afghanistan as falling under the Geneva Conventions.
No, apparently he can’t (convince a majority of Canadians that Omar Khadr will get a fair trial)
Not, at least, by his very presence. Or so says Angus Reid’s latest:
BREAKING: Supreme Court *unanimously* finds Canada bound by principles of fundamental justice and international law
Canada (Justice) v. Khadr DISMISSED