TheCourt.ca is pleased to present this piece from John H. Currie, Associate Professor at the University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Law, commenting on Canada v. Khadr, 2008 SCC 28. Our past discussion on the 2008 Khadr decision can be found here. On May 23, 2008, the Supreme Court released a judgment addressing the applicability of [...]

Editorial Note: This post is the first of a series on the Supreme Court of Canada and the Federal Court of Appeal’s jurisprudence on the application of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms to conduct outside Canada. The series will emphasize these courts’ broader understandings (or misunderstandings) of the reception of international law by Canadian [...]