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Kent Roach

Kent Roach is a Professor of Law at the University of Toronto and the author of Remedies for Violations of Human Rights: A Two-Track Approach to Supra-National and National Law.

POSTS BY Kent Roach

12 Mai 2022

Kent Roach

The Dilemma of Mild Emergencies that are Accepted as Consistent with Human Rights

Amid the pandemic and the war in the Ukraine, Canada had a quiet emergency. On 14 February 2022, the federal government used the Emergencies Act to respond to a three week occupation of the Parliament building and various border blockades. This was a mild and quick emergency, as far as emergencies go. Mild emergencies that arguably respect rights are better than severe emergencies that do not, yet there is cause for concern. Continue reading >>

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