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NEWS
Press Release June 29, 2009 (Ottawa) - Corrections Should Have Released Ashley’s Files Says Privacy Commissioner (PDF 23 KB)
Correcting Corrections Must Be A Priority - March 3, 2009 (PDF 24 KB)
Effective Crime Prevention Poster (PDF 4.9 MB)
Handbook: Human Rights in Action
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Smoking Ban Press Advisory – June 4, 2008 (Ottawa)
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Press Release - National Women’s Group Rejects the Notion of an Omnibus Bill – October 17, 2007 (Ottawa)
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Press Release - In Recognition of the National Day of Action in Canada,
Women at International Conference Demand Freedom for the Sake of All Children – June 29, 2007 (Darwin, Northern Territory, AUSTRALIA)
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CAEFS Submission to the CSC Review Panel-2007 – June 10, 2007
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Submission
of the
Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies
to the
Standing Committee on Justice, Human Rights, Public Safety and
Emergency Preparedness
(39th Parliament)
Regarding
Bill C-10: An Act to amend the Criminal Code (Minimum
Penalties for Offences Involving Firearms) – November 2006
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in PDF format (97k)
Submission
of the CAEFS and the Native Women’s Association of
Canada to the Standing Committee on Justice, Human Rights,
Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness (39th Parliament)
regarding Bill C-9 - Act to amend the Criminal Code – October
2006
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in PDF format (50k)
Press Release - National Women’s Group Applauds Amnesty International – May 28, 2007
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Press
Release - New Fellowships Partner Community Leaders
with Ryerson
University and the University of Ottawa – September
5, 2006
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10th Anniversary
of the Arbour Commission Report
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in PDF format (68k)
Press
Release - 10 Years and Waiting – May 9, 2006 (Ottawa)
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in PDF format (41k)
Letter to
parliamentary parties regarding the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention
against Torture and
other Forms of Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment – December
10, 2005
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in PDF format (45k)
Endorsed open letter to
Prime Minister of Canada regarding the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention
against Torture and other Forms of Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment
or Punishment(bilingual) – December
10, 2005
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in PDF format (35k)
Letter to the Attorney General
of Canada and Minister of Justice, The Honourable Irwin Cotler, Regarding
Mandatory Minimum Sentences – November 6,
2005
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in PDF format (32k)
Conferences
and Presentations
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Prison Industrial Complex:
Advocacy, Activism and Social Change
Comments of Kim Pate in
Melbourne, Australia - 21 July 2005 at the Sisters Inside
Conference: Is Prison Obsolete?
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Prisons:
The International Response to Poverty, Abuse & Mental
Illness
Presented at
the Monash University Conference - June 21, 2005 - Prato,
Italy
Presented by Kim Pate, Executive Director CAEFS
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in PDF (54k) |
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11th
United Nations Congress on Criminal Justice and Crime Prevention,
Bangkok April 22, 2005 Prisons:
Canada’s Default Response to Poverty, Homelessness and Mental Illness – Especially
for Women
Prepared by Kim Pate
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in PDF
(154K) |
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Questions
for Candidates in the 2008 Federal Election
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in PDF (216k) |
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Prisons:
The Latest Solution to Homelessness, Poverty and Mental Illness
Calgary
WomenSpeak Series - September 18, 2003
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in PDF format (61k) |
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Ontario Conference of Judges: Access to Justice
Plenary
May 21, 2003
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in PDF format (48k) |
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Women & Girls in Prison: Canada's Alternative
to Equality & Justice
Winnipeg LEAF
Breakfast - October 24, 2002 |
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Why we should form an international coalition
against women's imprisonment...
Brisbane, Australia
- November 29, 2001 |
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Report on the CAEFS - CASAC Conference
Women's Resistance: From Victimization to Criminalization
Ottawa
- October 1-3, 2001 |
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Women and Corrections Conference - Keynote
Address
Adelaide, Australia - October 31, 2000 |
Press
Releases
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Correcting Corrections Must Be A Priority - March 3, 2009 (PDF 24 KB) |
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Smoking Ban Press Advisory – June 4, 2008 (Ottawa)
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Press Release - National Women’s Group Applauds Amnesty International - May 28, 2007
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Press
Release - 10 Years and Waiting
- May 9, 2006 (Ottawa)
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in PDF format (41k) |
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Press
Release - Implement the UN Human Rights Committee’s Recommendations
- November 3, 2005
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in PDF format (19k) |
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Press
Release - UN Human Rights Committee Blasts Canada: Women Call
for Action - November 3, 2005
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Press
Release - More Promises to Women Not Kept – March 8,
2005
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English version - HTML
format or PDF
format (22K)
View French version - HTML
format or PDF
format (20K) |
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Press
Release - Canadian Groups Call On UN Human Rights Committee
To Hold Canada Accountable
for Human Rights Violations - October 18, 2005
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in PDF format (12k) |
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Press
Release - National Women's Group Denounces Regressive Law & Order Agenda as Costly and Ineffective – May
29, 2006 (Ottawa)
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The
20th Anniversary Committee of the Equality Clause
/ Le Comité du 20e anniversaire de la clause sur
l’égalité
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English version - HTML
format or PDF
format (41K)
View French version - HTML
format or PDF
format (33K) |
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11th
United Nations Congress on Criminal Justice and Crime Prevention, Bangkok
April 22, 2005 Prisons:
Canada’s Default Response to Poverty, Homelessness and Mental
Illness – Especially for Women
Prepared by Kim Pate
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format (154K) |
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Developing
International Norms and Standards to Meet the Needs Of Criminalized
and Imprisoned Women
Prepared by Kim Pate, Executive Director(CAEFS)
and Debbie Kilroy, Director, Sisters Inside (Australia)
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in PDF format (122k) |
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Press
Release - Deafening silence on women's issues
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in PDF format (33K) |
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CAEFS' Battered Women's Defence Committee Work |
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Justice for Battered Women -- Denied, Delayed ...
Diminished: Jails are Not the Shelters Battered Women Need |
• Questions
for Candidates in the 2008 Federal Election
Issue
and Position Papers
Submissions
to the Canadian Human Rights Commission
Imprisonment of Women |
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Correcting Corrections Must Be A Priority - March 3, 2009 (PDF 24 KB) |
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Handbook: Human Rights in Action
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Resolution of CAEFS: Sexual Exploitation, Prostitution and Trafficking (May 2008)
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Resolution of CAEFS: Sexual Exploitation, Prostitution and Trafficking
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Press Release - National Women’s Group Rejects the Notion of an Omnibus Bill – October 17, 2007 (Ottawa)
View in PDF format (28K) |
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CAEFS Submission to the CSC Review Panel-2007 – June 10, 2007
View in PDF format (151K) |
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Commission of Inquiry into certain events at the Prison for Women in Kingston
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in PDF format (1.95MB) |
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10th Anniversary
of the Arbour Commission Report
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in PDF format (68k) |
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Developing
International Norms and Standards to Meet the Needs Of
Criminalized and Imprisoned Women
Prepared by Kim Pate, Executive Director(CAEFS)
and Debbie Kilroy, Director, Sisters Inside (Australia)
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in PDF format (122k) |
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Submission
of the Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies to
the United Nations Human Rights Committee Examining Canada's
5th Report Regarding the International Covenant on Civil
and Political Rights —
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in PDF format (160k) |
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Submission of the Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies to the United Nations Human Rights Committee
Examining Canada's 4th and 5th Reports Regarding the Convention
Against Torture — View
in PDF format (156k) |
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11th
United Nations Congress on Criminal Justice and Crime Prevention,
Bangkok April 22, 2005 Prisons:
Canada’s Default Response to Poverty, Homelessness and Mental Illness – Especially
for Women
Prepared by Kim Pate — View in PDF format (154k) |
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Developing International Norms and Standards to Meet the Needs Of Criminalized
and Imprisoned Women
Prepared by Kim Pate, Executive Director(CAEFS) and
Debbie Kilroy, Director, Sisters Inside (Australia) — View
in PDF format (122k) |
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Onzième Congrès
des Nations Unies pour la prévention du crime et la
justice pénale — View
in PDF format (122k) |
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CAEFS' objections to proposed prisoner
publication bill |
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The Jettisoning of Juvenile Justice? The
Story of K — View in PDF format (23k) |
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Position of the Canadian Association
of Elizabeth Fry Societies (CAEFS) Regarding the Exchange of Services
Agreement (ESA) Between the Correctional Services of Canada (CSC)
and the Government of British Columbia |
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Recent Issues Impacting Women's Imprisonment
in Canada |
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Release Housing Program for Women (in PDF only- 385k) |
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The Risky Business of Risk
Assessment |
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Submissions of the Canadian Association
of Elizabeth Fry Societies: Five Year Review of the Corrections
and Conditional Release Act
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| Mandatory
Minimum Sentences |
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Letter to the
Attorney General of Canada and Minister of Justice, The Honourable
Irwin Cotler, Regarding Mandatory Minimum Sentences - November
6, 2005
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in PDF format (32k) |
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Press
Release - National Women's Group Denounces Regressive Law & Order Agenda as Costly and Ineffective – May
29, 2006 (Ottawa)
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Response to the Department of Justice: Reforming Criminal Code Defences: Provocation, Self-Defence and Defence of
Property |
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Submission
of the Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies to the
Standing Committee on Justice, Human Rights, Public Safety
and Emergency Preparedness (39th Parliament) Regarding Bill
C-10: An Act to amend the Criminal Code (Minimum Penalties
for Offences Involving Firearms) November 2006
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in PDF format (97K) |
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Submission of the Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies to the Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs Regarding Bill C-2: An Act to amend the Criminal Code and to make consequential amendments to other Acts. February 2008
View in PDF format (123K) |
See
also, the following sections of this web site: Classification/Maximum
Security, Community Release Issues, Dangerous
Offender Designation, Human Rights, LSD
Experiments, Mandatory Minimum Sentences,
Mental Health, P4W Arbour Inquiry,
Responses to Proposed Legislative Changes
| Sexual Exploitation, Prostitution and Trafficking |
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Resolution of CAEFS: Sexual Exploitation, Prostitution and Trafficking
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| Submissions
to Parliamentary and Senate Committees |
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Submission of the Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies to the Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs Regarding Bill C-25: An Act to amend the Criminal Code (limiting credit for time spent in pre-sentencing custody)
(October 2009)
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in PDF format (57K) |
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CAEFS' objections to proposed prisoner
publication bill |
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CAEFS’ Submission
to the Standing Committee on the Status of Women, Women
and Justice Roundtable: December 9, 2004
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format (50K) |
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Finance
Committee Submission: Pre-Budget Consultations: 2005 Federal Budget,
November 2004
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format (59K) |
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Letter to the Canadian Human Rights Commission, Chief
Commissioner Mary Gusella, March 7, 2005
View in PDF
format (19K) |
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Response to the Department
of Justice re: Reforming Criminal Code Defences: Provocation, Self-Defence
and Defence of Property |
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Submission
of the CAEFS and the Native Women’s Association of Canada to
the Standing Committee on Justice, Human Rights, Public Safety and
Emergency Preparedness (39th Parliament) regarding Bill C-9 - Act
to amend the Criminal Code (October 2006)
View
in PDF format (50K) |
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Submission
of the Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies to the Standing
Committee on Justice, Human Rights, Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness
(39th Parliament) Regarding Bill C-10: An Act to amend the Criminal
Code (Minimum Penalties for Offences Involving Firearms) November
2006
View
in PDF format (97K) |
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Submission of the Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies to the Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs Regarding Bill C-2: An Act to amend the Criminal Code and to make consequential amendments to other Acts. February 2008
View in PDF format (123K) |
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Submission of the Canadian Association
of Elizabeth Fry Societies to the Standing Committee on Justice
and Legal Affairs Regarding Bill C-37: An Act to Amend the Young
Offenders Act |
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Submissions of the Canadian Association
of Elizabeth Fry Societies: Five Year Review of the Corrections
and Conditional Release Act
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| United
Nations |
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Letter to parliamentary
parties regarding the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention against Torture
and
other Forms of Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment - December
10, 2005
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in PDF format (45k) |
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Endorsed open letter to Prime Minister of Canada regarding the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention against Torture and
other Forms of Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment(bilingual) - December
10, 2005
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in PDF format (35k) |
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Letter
to the Prime Minister - November 3, 2005
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in PDF format (26k) |
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Press
Release - Implement the UN Human Rights Committee’s Recommendations
- November 3, 2005
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in PDF format (19k) |
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Press
Release - UN Human Rights Committee Blasts Canada: Women Call
for Action - November 3, 2005
View
in PDF format (30k) |
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Press
Release - Canadian Groups Call On UN Human Rights Committee
To Hold Canada Accountable for Human Rights Violations -
October 18, 2005
View
in PDF format (12k) |
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Developing
International Norms and Standards to Meet the Needs Of
Criminalized and Imprisoned Women -
Prepared by Kim Pate, Executive Director(CAEFS)
and Debbie Kilroy, Director, Sisters Inside (Australia)
View
in PDF format (122k) |
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Submission
of the Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies to the United
Nations Human Rights Committee Examining Canada's 5th Report Regarding
the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
View in PDF format (160k) |
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Submission
of the Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies to the
United Nations Human Rights Committee Examining Canada's 4th
and 5th Reports Regarding the Convention Against Torture
View
in PDF format (156k) |
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