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Human rights matter for us all

  • The recent death of a Canadian woman in a Turkish prison further underscores that all citizens who remain locked up in northeastern Syria must
Opinion | BY SENATOR KIM PATE, ALEX NEVE, HADAYT NAZAMI | November 11, 2024
Mélanie Joly
Mélanie Joly
Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly. The continuing neglect and abandonment of the Canadians still illegally held in cruel conditions cannot go on, write ISG Senator Kim Pate, Alex Neve, and Hadayt Nazami. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Human rights matter for us all

Opinion | BY SENATOR KIM PATE, ALEX NEVE, HADAYT NAZAMI | November 11, 2024
  • The recent death of a Canadian woman in a Turkish prison further underscores that all citizens who remain locked up in northeastern Syria must

Human rights matter for us all

Opinion | BY SENATOR KIM PATE, ALEX NEVE, HADAYT NAZAMI | November 11, 2024
  • The recent death of a Canadian woman in a Turkish prison further underscores that all citizens who remain locked up in northeastern Syria must
Mélanie Joly
Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly. The continuing neglect and abandonment of the Canadians still illegally held in cruel conditions cannot go on, write ISG Senator Kim Pate, Alex Neve, and Hadayt Nazami. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Human rights matter for us all

  • The recent death of a Canadian woman in a Turkish prison further underscores that all citizens who remain locked up in northeastern Syria must
Opinion | BY SENATOR KIM PATE, ALEX NEVE, HADAYT NAZAMI | November 11, 2024
Mélanie Joly
Mélanie Joly
Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly. The continuing neglect and abandonment of the Canadians still illegally held in cruel conditions cannot go on, write ISG Senator Kim Pate, Alex Neve, and Hadayt Nazami. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Human rights matter for us all

Opinion | BY SENATOR KIM PATE, ALEX NEVE, HADAYT NAZAMI | November 11, 2024
  • The recent death of a Canadian woman in a Turkish prison further underscores that all citizens who remain locked up in northeastern Syria must

Human rights matter for us all

Opinion | BY SENATOR KIM PATE, ALEX NEVE, HADAYT NAZAMI | November 11, 2024
  • The recent death of a Canadian woman in a Turkish prison further underscores that all citizens who remain locked up in northeastern Syria must
Mélanie Joly
Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly. The continuing neglect and abandonment of the Canadians still illegally held in cruel conditions cannot go on, write ISG Senator Kim Pate, Alex Neve, and Hadayt Nazami. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Canada must support Kashmir’s fight for self-determination

  • During this election in Kashmir, 15 countries will be participating as observers, but Canada is absent.
Opinion | BY TAZEEN HASAN, ALEX NEVE | October 10, 2024
For Kashmiris, this election is not merely an exercise in governance. It's a defining moment in their struggle against India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, write Tazeen Hasan and Alex Neve. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Canada must support Kashmir’s fight for self-determination

Opinion | BY TAZEEN HASAN, ALEX NEVE | October 10, 2024
  • During this election in Kashmir, 15 countries will be participating as observers, but Canada is absent.

Canada must support Kashmir’s fight for self-determination

Opinion | BY TAZEEN HASAN, ALEX NEVE | October 10, 2024
  • During this election in Kashmir, 15 countries will be participating as observers, but Canada is absent.
For Kashmiris, this election is not merely an exercise in governance. It's a defining moment in their struggle against India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, write Tazeen Hasan and Alex Neve. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

On Israel-Gaza, Canada must rise to the humanity of the moment

  • Abuses committed by Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups are war crimes and belong before the International Criminal Court. However egregious, they do not
Opinion | BY FRANçOIS CRéPEAU, LEILANI FARHA, ALEX NEVE, SENATOR KIM PATE | November 15, 2023
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government has failed, in both words and actions, to equally champion the rights of Palestinians, write the François Crépeau, Leilani Farha, Alex Neve, and ISG Senator Kim Pate. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

On Israel-Gaza, Canada must rise to the humanity of the moment

Opinion | BY FRANçOIS CRéPEAU, LEILANI FARHA, ALEX NEVE, SENATOR KIM PATE | November 15, 2023
  • Abuses committed by Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups are war crimes and belong before the International Criminal Court. However egregious, they do not

On Israel-Gaza, Canada must rise to the humanity of the moment

Opinion | BY FRANçOIS CRéPEAU, LEILANI FARHA, ALEX NEVE, SENATOR KIM PATE | November 15, 2023
  • Abuses committed by Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups are war crimes and belong before the International Criminal Court. However egregious, they do not
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government has failed, in both words and actions, to equally champion the rights of Palestinians, write the François Crépeau, Leilani Farha, Alex Neve, and ISG Senator Kim Pate. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Moving past the convoy occupation requires transformational human rights change

  • Have lessons been learned? That is far from evident. There has been little effort by any order of government to even reach out and
Opinion | BY LEILANI FARHA, MONIA MAZIGH, ALEX NEVE, DEBBIE OWUSU-AKYEEAH | January 30, 2023
Freedom Convoy supporters gather along Wellington Street on Jan. 29, 2022. We overwhelmingly heard from people who felt harmed and abused by the convoy, write commissioners with the Ottawa People’s Commission on the Convoy Occupation. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Moving past the convoy occupation requires transformational human rights change

Opinion | BY LEILANI FARHA, MONIA MAZIGH, ALEX NEVE, DEBBIE OWUSU-AKYEEAH | January 30, 2023
  • Have lessons been learned? That is far from evident. There has been little effort by any order of government to even reach out and

Moving past the convoy occupation requires transformational human rights change

Opinion | BY LEILANI FARHA, MONIA MAZIGH, ALEX NEVE, DEBBIE OWUSU-AKYEEAH | January 30, 2023
  • Have lessons been learned? That is far from evident. There has been little effort by any order of government to even reach out and
Freedom Convoy supporters gather along Wellington Street on Jan. 29, 2022. We overwhelmingly heard from people who felt harmed and abused by the convoy, write commissioners with the Ottawa People’s Commission on the Convoy Occupation. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

It’s time to do something about the notwithstanding clause

  • The issue of how to constrain, if not outright end, use of the notwithstanding clause should be on the agenda of upcoming meetings of
Opinion | BY ALEX NEVE | December 5, 2022
Justice Minister David Lametti, pictured Nov. 23, 2022, arriving at the Public Emergency Order Commission at Library and Archives Canada in Ottawa, is the federal minister responsible for the notwithstanding clause, Sec. 33. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

It’s time to do something about the notwithstanding clause

Opinion | BY ALEX NEVE | December 5, 2022
  • The issue of how to constrain, if not outright end, use of the notwithstanding clause should be on the agenda of upcoming meetings of

It’s time to do something about the notwithstanding clause

Opinion | BY ALEX NEVE | December 5, 2022
  • The issue of how to constrain, if not outright end, use of the notwithstanding clause should be on the agenda of upcoming meetings of
Justice Minister David Lametti, pictured Nov. 23, 2022, arriving at the Public Emergency Order Commission at Library and Archives Canada in Ottawa, is the federal minister responsible for the notwithstanding clause, Sec. 33. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Time is ticking for MPs, Senators to pass human rights bills

  • There is an enormous amount of consequential human rights legislation approaching the parliamentary finish line. The time to get it across shrinks daily. Only
Opinion | BY ALEX NEVE | May 22, 2019
NDP MP Romeo Saganash introduced Bill C-262 in 2016 and is still waiting for it to pass. It would set a framework for implementing the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Time is ticking for MPs, Senators to pass human rights bills

Opinion | BY ALEX NEVE | May 22, 2019
  • There is an enormous amount of consequential human rights legislation approaching the parliamentary finish line. The time to get it across shrinks daily. Only

Time is ticking for MPs, Senators to pass human rights bills

Opinion | BY ALEX NEVE | May 22, 2019
  • There is an enormous amount of consequential human rights legislation approaching the parliamentary finish line. The time to get it across shrinks daily. Only
NDP MP Romeo Saganash introduced Bill C-262 in 2016 and is still waiting for it to pass. It would set a framework for implementing the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

The way forward on human rights

  • Céline, a tenacious grassroots women’s human rights defender in Chad, once asked me, “if our views are not sought and we are not free to
Opinion | BY ALEX NEVE | July 6, 2016
International Development Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau has been tasked with championing equality, diversity and the rights of women and refugees around the world. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

The way forward on human rights

Opinion | BY ALEX NEVE | July 6, 2016
  • Céline, a tenacious grassroots women’s human rights defender in Chad, once asked me, “if our views are not sought and we are not free to

The way forward on human rights

Opinion | BY ALEX NEVE | July 6, 2016
  • Céline, a tenacious grassroots women’s human rights defender in Chad, once asked me, “if our views are not sought and we are not free to
International Development Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau has been tasked with championing equality, diversity and the rights of women and refugees around the world. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright
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