Submissions and Resolutions

WHEREAS a person whose mother consumed alcohol during a critical development period in her pregnancy may be born with a permanent organic brain injury which results in a cognitive disorder known as Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD), a range of neurological and behavioral challenges that may affect an individual

WHEREAS equal access to justice is a Canadian Bar Association priority, particularly the impact of inadequate government support for legal aid on the most vulnerable and marginalized members of society

Whereas Parliament has significantly increased the number of mandatory minimum sentences in the Criminal Code in recent years

Letter to Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism

Whereas the protections and rights guaranteed under Canadian law must be universally accessible to be both meaningful and legitimate

Statement by International Bar Leaders at Opening of The Legal Year, London

Letter to Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada

Letter to Minister of Foreign Affairs

Letter to Supreme Court Bar Association of Pakistan

Statement by the International Bar Leaders