New post: Transparency & Accountability for Incarcerated Indigenous Women in Canada canadaopcatproject.ca/2020/11/28/tra…

Our excellent human rights activist colleague @PapaTalisman has given up his Sunday afternoon to host what will be a stellar discussion. Miss at your peril!

New post: Two Years of OPCAT In/action? Circle As Appropriate. canadaopcatproject.ca/2021/01/12/two…

New post: New Critical OPCAT News Feature canadaopcatproject.ca/2021/01/24/lit…

New post: New Petition to the House of Commons: A Sad, Solitary Sign of the Prison Times? canadaopcatproject.ca/2021/02/03/new…

New post: Canada Joins the Convention Against Torture Initiative Group of Friends canadaopcatproject.ca/2021/02/15/can…

New post: Upcoming OPCAT Webinar: ‘Unlocking Victorian Justice’ canadaopcatproject.ca/2021/02/22/upc…

Many thanks indeed to the @thevalsmob for the kind invitation to speak at the #UnlockingVictorianJustice webinar.

New post: The OPCAT in Canada: Going, Going, Gone? canadaopcatproject.ca/2021/04/05/opc…

Full support to our colleagues and friends from Viasna ! #FreeViasna World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT)

While the COPCAT Project may be snoozing, interesting new reports are still being featured on the front page. Please drop by!: canadaopcatproject.ca

Now out! Canada, LOIPR in relation to 8th Periodic Report, UN Convention against Torture (please see link in the sidebar): canadaopcatproject.ca

Read leading Canadian prison expert Adelina Iftene’s new paper, ‘COVID-19, Human Rights and Public Health in Prisons: A Case Study of Nova-Scotia’ in the Dalhousie Law Journal. Find this and other interesting reports on the Canada OPCAT Project website: canadaopcatproject.ca

Canadian Correctional Investigator Dr Ivan Zinger throws a very welcome spotlight on the OPCAT in his Annual Report 2020-2021 (see chapter 6). It makes for a terrific read! canadaopcatproject.ca

Interesting! The Canadian Border Services Agency has published further Canadian Red Cross detention monitoring reports. Take a peek!: cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/security-secur…

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Join us & partners next week to discuss the recommendations provided in the UN WGAD study on arbitrary detention & #drugpolicy, and how to best implement them. #CND65 📆 Thur, 17 March ⏰ 13:00-14:00 (CET) 🗣️ English & Spanish Register & find out more: bit.ly/3vYoqkf