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An Act to Amend the Criminal Code, Re Bill S-20

72.6 Re: Bill S-20, An Act to Amend the Criminal Code Whereas, The Canadian Bill of Rights, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and the United Nations Declaration on the Political Rights of Wom...

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Bill C-71

78.13 Bill C71 – Criminal Code – Rape Whereas, Bill C71 was passed January 27, 1976, being concerned with a revision of the Criminal Code of Canada with respect to the offence of rape; and, Whereas, P...

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Bill C-71 (Rape)

76.8 Bill C71 Whereas, Bill C-71 was passed January 27, 1976, being concerned with a revision of the provisions of the Criminal Code of Canada with respect to the offence of rape; and, Whereas, Presen...

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Child Prostitution, Child Sex Tourism, Criminal Harassment, Female Genital Mutilation

96.15EM Emergency Resolution: Child Prostitution, Child Sex Tourism, Criminal Harassment and Female Genital Mutilation Whereas, Children by virtue of their lack of maturity, are more vulnerable than a...

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Contempt Proceedings

92.4 Contempt Proceedings Whereas, Financial circumstance, lack of practical and psychological support, as well as the dynamics of the abuse often make abused women reluctant witnesses in prosecutions...

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Criminalize the Use of Date Rape Drugs

2004:01 CRIMINALIZE THE USE OF DATE RAPE DRUGS Whereas the non-medical and surreptitious use of date rape drugs by rapists is a relatively new phenomenon; and Whereas date rape drugs negatively affect...

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Criminalize Torture by Non-Slate Actors

2012:07 CRIMINALIZE TORTURE BY NON-STATE ACTORS Whereas 1 Canada is a signatory to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 5 of which says No one shall be subjected to Torture or to cruel, ...

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Gender as an Identifiable Group in the Criminal Code

2006:07 GENDER AS AN IDENTIFIABLE GROUP IN THE CRIMINAL CODE Whereas: the Criminal Code of Canada states that “Public Incitement of Hatred” and “Wilfully Promoting Hatred” against an identifiable grou...

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Gender Equality in the Courts

90.2 Gender Equality in the Courts Whereas, The report of the National Association of Women and the Law entitled ‘Gender Equality in the Courts’ identifies gender inequalities within the Canadian lega...

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Gender Unfairness in Courts

92.7 Gender Unfairness Whereas, Gender inequality presently exists in the courts and in the treatment of women as professionals, as witnesses, as accused persons, and as victims; therefore, be it, RES...

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Non-disclosure Agreements / Non-disparagement Agreements

2022-04 NON-DISCLOSURE AGREEMENTS/NON-DISPARAGEMENT AGREEMENTS (NDAs) Whereas #1: Employers often force workers to sign non-disclosure and non-disparagement agreements as part of severance packages th...

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Plea Bargaining

92.2 Plea Bargaining Whereas, Women and children who have experienced abuse often receive unsympathetic treatment in the courts and as victims, do not have a formalized role in the plea bargaining pro...

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