National Security Law and Anti-Terrorism Law

By Jacqueline Labine, 2L

“Canada 2020: The Future of Public Interest Law” was the 2011 theme for the annual Student Public Interest Network Legal Action Workshop (SPINLAW), held March 12, 2011 at the Faculty of Law.

Organized by students from the University of Toronto and Osgoode Hall law schools, SPINLAW creates a forum for students, local activists and community members to share their experiences and perspectives on current social justice issues.

On Friday, November 19, 2010 the David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights, the International Human Rights Program and the Canadian Civil Liberties Association co-hosted a half-day symposium: UN Security Council Resolution 1267:
Impact of targeted anti-terrorist sanctions on human rights.

Prof. Kent Roach has published a new book, The 9/11 Effect: Comparative Counter-Terrorism (Cambridge University Press, 2011).

By: Kent Roach

This commentary was first published in the Toronto Star on September 6, 2011.

9/11 may or may not have fundamentally changed the world, but it did change the way governments conduct counter-terrorism. The constant mantra after 9/11 has been the need to break the walls between agencies and countries that prevent the sharing of intelligence.