Exploring Theme: "Legislative and Institutional Issues"

RCMP says enforcement of banishment orders require assessment of complex legal issues CBC News: Wolastoqey chiefs in New Brunswick are demanding action from the provincial and federal governments that would result in police officers enforcing band-enacted bylaws banishing unwanted individuals from their communities. The six chiefs said in a letter that their earlier demands had “fallen...

NationTalk – 24 civil society groups attending the third ever meeting of Federal, Provincial, Territory Ministers responsible for human rights “condemned the obstructive attitude of some governments” in advancing international human rights obligations. Groups had pressed governments to commit to nation-wide law reform that will legally require governments to adopt a collaborative, accountable, consistent, transparent,...