Archive » Tag: International Criminal Court
Ukraine update, COP15 and the China reset, and gun control in Canada
December 11, 2022
Today we consider a new briefing on keeping the door open to diplomacy in Ukraine, the implications of Canada’s China policy for the pivotal Montreal Summit on Biodiversity and the definitional challenge for assault-style rifles in Bill C-21.
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Our common global humanity is on the line.
December 21, 2018
(Photo credit: Ceasefire.ca) We increasingly confront a world where greed, coercion and bribery trumps human rights and our common global humanity. Our Foreign Minister has talked passionately about the USA abandonment of its leadership role in championing the “rules based international order”. Yet the real threat is not American isolationism, but the Trump administration’s relentless […]
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Senate report chooses human rights over weapons exports
September 10, 2018
On 4 September the Rideauinstitute.ca blog discussed key pieces of legislation upcoming in the Senate, including in particular Bill C-47, on Canada’s arms export policy, and highlighted the key role that civil society can and must play in strengthening it. For this vital effort, civil society has received an enormous boost in the form of the June […]
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Crime of aggression can now be prosecuted by ICC
July 23, 2018
In a July 17th statement, on the 20th anniversary of the Rome Statute, Chrystia Freeland, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, praised Canada’s role in establishing the International Criminal Court: The ICC plays a pivotal role in obtaining justice for victims of genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes and aggression. We thank the numerous Canadians who pushed for […]
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