Issues & Debates

 Anti-violence & Feminism

·         Farewell address to Madame Justice L'Heureux-Dubé by Lee Lakeman, September 27, 2002Also available in PDF
·         Protesting women continue occupation of Chevron flow-stations – Niger Delta, by Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth and Project Underground, July 2002
·         Shame on women beaters by Mike Ulmer July 2002
·         Robinson's Departure a "Disappointment"Human Rights Commissioner Was a Target of U.S. Geneva, March 18, 2002
·         Serial murders of women in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico by Rosa Arteaga for the Canadian Association of Sexual Assault Centres
·         International womens day in Juarez protest murders of 300 women by David Peregrino, El Paso Times, March 10, 2002
·         The Color of Violence Against Women by Angela Davis, originally published in ColorLines Magazine, Fall 2000
·         Some examples of feminist analysis on sexual violence Taken from Mariangela Di Domenico, "La violence faite aux femmes: à travers les agressions à caractère sexuel", 1995
·        A consideration of Feminist Process by Lee Lakeman
·         False Memory Label Invented By Lobby Group by Michele Landsberg article, 1993
·         And We Still Ain't Satisfied, Gender Inequality in Canada A Status Report for 2001
link to PDF (2 pages) from the Centre for Social Justice website
 
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Prostitution & Trafficking
·         Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights Paris, December 10 2002
·         Planned Demonstration Dec 10 2002 to oppose the French Law Project of the Ministry of Interior who wants to criminalize prostitution organized by the Collectif Droit des Femmes
·         Swedish Seminar on the effects of legalization of prostitution activities, November 5-6, 2002
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Law
·         Farewell address to Madame Justice L'Heureux-Dubé by Lee Lakeman, September 27, 2002Also available in PDF
·         Draft Bill on the Québec Correctional System
·         Brief of the Regroupement québécois des centres d'aide et de lutte contre les agressions à caractère sexuel, February 2002
·         Sexual Assault Convictions should not be subject to review by Liz Sheely, Kim Pate, Gursharan Basran, Lee Lakeman, Tamara Gorin and Cindy Gill
 
Court Cases
·         Bonnie Mooney Loses Suit Against the State The National Post, June 6, 2001
·         Press Release - Bonnie Mooney CASAC March 1, 2001
·         Press Release - Bonnie Mooney NAC March 1, 2001 
·         Darrach October 2000
·         Mills Ruling Nov 1999
·         Gilbert Rozon March 1999
·         Judge McClung March 1999
·         May-Iles Inquest July 1998
·         Jane Doe Book on cop attitudes toward rape victims, Paula McCooey, March 08 2003
·         Jane Doe Unfairly Ripped for Telling the Truth Michele Landsberg, November 1998
 
Myths & Facts
·         DNA Evidence and a National DNA Databank: "Not in Our Name" by Julia Kubanek and Fiona Miller
·         Myths Mask The Facts About Rape by Smith and Woolacott
·         Myths About Incest by The Sexual Assault Support Centre, Ottawa
 
Custody & Access
·         Custody & Access May & Nov 1998
 
Surveys
·         The Role of the Victim in the Criminal Justice System--Circle Sentencing in Inuit Communities written by Mary Crnkovich, prepared for the Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice Conference in Banff, Alberta, October 11-14, 1995
·         The 1999 General Social Survey on Spousal Violence: An Analysis by Yasmin Jiwani, August 2000