Canada should lead on Magnitsky sanctions over Tigray: Maria Reisdorf and Sarah Teich in the Hill Times
Leading on Magnitsky sanctions will be an important first step, both to show solidarity with the Tigray community, and to ...
Tag: human rights
The Moral Corruption of Canada’s Once Honourable Values: Becca Wertman for Inside Policy
Canada must not fall for Hamas’ propaganda. The Palestinian people deserve better than to be categorized into the same group ...
Trivializing apartheid to attack Israel: David Matas and Sarah Teich for The Hub
Photo credit: GoToVan / Flickr The situation in Israel bears no comparison to apartheid. Yet, unfortunately, as both the Holocaust ...
Protecting Innocents in Combat: New proposed legislation to deter the use of human shields
OTTAWA, ON (May 13, 2021): Even as Hamas launches attacks at civilian targets, the Iran-backed terror organization hides its assets ...
Experts Call for Rejection of Iran’s Election to UN Women’s Rights Commission
In the wake of the election of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the UN Commission on the Status of Women ...
The Unfolding Crisis of Hong Kong: Ai-Men Lau for Inside Policy
Photo Courtesy of Ms. Ai-Men Lau Living in fear and uncertainty, pro-democracy Hong Kongers are struggling to see a brighter ...
Canada’s ability to hold war criminals to account remains underfunded: Sarah Teich and Maria Reisdorf for Inside Policy
The Department of Justice’s War Crimes Section has not received a funding increase since its establishment in 1998 – not even ...
Mariam Memarsadeghi joins MLI as newest Senior Fellow
OTTAWA, ON (April 12, 2021): The Macdonald-Laurier Institute is pleased to announce its newest Senior Fellow, Mariam Memarsadeghi, who will ...
For Tibetans, Don’t Let It Be the “Genocide Olympics” All Over Again: Sherap Therchin and Anvesh Jain for Inside Policy
For the sake of Tibetan and Uyghur lives, it is imperative that Canada takes a pass on the 2022 Beijing ...
More needs to be done to address human rights abuses in Xinjiang: Gary Caroline for Inside Policy
The Canadian government falls short of its international legal obligations and fails to acknowledge an ongoing genocide, writes Gary Caroline. ...
Parliament follows MLI’s lead by declaring China’s actions against Uyghurs a genocide
OTTAWA, ON (February 23, 2021): Yesterday, Parliament voted unanimously to declare that China’s actions against Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang constitute ...
Canada should refuse to accept Sri Lankan Air Marshal Dias as high commissioner: Sarah Teich and David Matas for iPolitics
If Dias showed up in Canada as a private individual, one could argue he would be prosecutable under this country's ...
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Time for an intervention – an urgent call to end “gender-affirming” treatments for children: J. Edward Les for Inside Policy
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Skiing down euthanasia’s slippery slope: John Keown for Inside Policy
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The Lamentable Decline of Canada’s Reputation as a Dependable and Globally Respected Nation: Peter Menzies in the Epoch Times
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Conservatives can reject destructive left-wing policies and still take climate change seriously: Brian Lee Crowley in the National Post
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Success assured? Appraising the Canadian-led Enhanced Forward Presence battlegroup in Latvia
