Extractive Sector Transparency Measures Act enters into force On June 1, 2015, the Extractive Sector Transparency Measures Act entered into force.
Viscount Bennett Fellowship will help 2020-21 recipient research equality and define discrimination The Canadian Bar Association’s Fellowship Committee has selected Léa Brière-Godbout as the 2020-2021 recipient of the Viscount Bennett Fellowship to assist her in her graduate legal studies.
CBA’s SIRD Project supports toll-free helpline to report human rights violations in Kenya Protests against heavy handed policing have taken centre stage globally in recent weeks, forcing difficult conversations about the disproportionate use of force by police against ethnic minorities. The calls for reform are louder and closer to home than many might have originally thought. Yet the prevalence of police brutality in developing countries is surging for altogether different reasons.
CBA-ACT Proud to Sponsor First Anti-Corruption Course Book CBA-ACT is proud to sponsor and provide for download Global Corruption: Law, Theory and Practice, the first course book of its kind on anti-corruption.
Anti-Corruption Waivers Now a Condition of Trade Commissioner Service New rules mandate firms to declare whether they, or an affiliate, are under charge or have been convicted under Canada’s anti-corruption laws during the past five years.
Spotlight on: CBA Re-Think – Strategic Direction At the CBA Mid-Winter meeting in February, Council approved a new Strategic Direction for the CBA, which summarizes our aspirations, values and the foundation on which we’ll build a better association.
Mid-Winter wrap-up Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould brought a message of change and reconciliation in her first address to CBA Council, at the Mid-Winter meeting in Ottawa in February.
#CBALC – ICYMI The world of social media is fast-paced and tends to slip by while you’re busy doing other things. So just in case you missed the CBA Legal Conference in Calgary, or were too busy enjoying it to catch our coverage of the event, we’ve collected some links to articles and photos to help you live – or relive – the event. It’ll be almost like being there.