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The obligation to protect: the legal context for diplomatic protection of Canadians abroad.
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University of New Brunswick Law Journal
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November 1, 2007
- Author:
- Forcese, Craig
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INTRODUCTION
Repeated instances of detention, torture and, in one case, murder of Canadian citizens by foreign governments have rocked Canada's foreign policy establishment. In October 2003, Maher Arar arrived in Canada after being detained in Syrian military prison for more than a year on unsupported terrorism suspicions. In 2002, Arar--a dual Canadian-Syrian national--had been returning to Canada from a holiday in Tunisia via the United States. He was promptly arrested by U.S. authorities during his stopover in New York on suspicion of terrorist connections, and deported to Jordan. After administering a beating, Jordanian officials then removed Mr. Afar to Syria, the ...
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SHELTER FROM THE STORM: RETHINKING DIPLOMATIC PROTECTION OF DUAL NATIONALS...
The George Washington International Law Review;
January 1, 2005 ;
Forcese, Craig;
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Differing approaches on diplomatic protection emerge in legal committee...
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October 26, 2006 ;
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Legal Committee reviews diplomatic protection, liability for damage caused...
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October 30, 2003 ;
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Interests of shareholders, victim compensation discussed as Legal...
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November 4, 2004 ;
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......Commission report; Further Discussion of Diplomatic Protection, Liability for Transboundary Harm...meetings today as debate concluded on diplomatic protection and international liability texts...representative said the draft articles on diplomatic protection were too generous to ...
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Legal Committee is told draft articles on diplomatic protection submitted...
M2 Presswire;
November 2, 2004 ;
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......Committee is told draft articles on diplomatic protection submitted to governments for observations...Commission, focusing initially on diplomatic protection, international liability and some...a set of 19 draft articles on diplomatic protection. The draft articles had been ...
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Delegates seek precision, clarity in framing of rules on diplomatic...
M2 Presswire;
November 3, 2004 ;
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Legal Committee continues review of Law Commission proposals to deal with...
M2 Presswire;
October 27, 2006 ;
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......proposals to deal with issues of diplomatic protection, liability for cross-border harm...dealing with draft articles on diplomatic protection and draft principles on international...Iran said the draft articles on diplomatic protection were concerned only with the rules...
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LEGAL COMMITTEE CONTINUES REVIEW OF LAW COMMISSION PROPOSALS TO DEAL WITH...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;
October 26, 2006 ;
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......dealing with draft articles on diplomatic protection and draft principles on international...Iran said the draft articles on diplomatic protection were concerned only with the rules...chapters covering draft articles on diplomatic protection and draft principles on international...
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Legal Committee Sees Three Options For Pursuing Issue Of Diplomatic...
M2 Presswire;
October 22, 2007 ;
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......Pursuing Issue Of Diplomatic Protection; In Debate, Views...draft articles on diplomatic protection, adopted by the...in the field of diplomatic protection. They continued...that the rules on diplomatic protection, as drafted by...through application. Canada, ...
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LEGAL COMMITTEE SEES THREE OPTIONS FOR PURSUING ISSUE OF DIPLOMATIC...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;
October 19, 2007 ;
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......draft articles on diplomatic protection, adopted by the International...law in the field of diplomatic protection. They continued to...that the rules on diplomatic protection, as drafted by the...through application. Canada, speaking also for...said the articles on ...
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October 29, 1998 ;
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Move to accord diplomatic protection to stateless persons, refugees is...
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November 2, 2005 ;
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Differing approaches on diplomatic protection emerge in legal committee...
M2 Presswire;
October 26, 2006 ;
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......Differing approaches on diplomatic protection emerge in legal committee...dealing with, among others, diplomatic protection of persons and entities...both with the definition of diplomatic protection and reserving for the State...importance of the institution of diplomatic ...
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Legal Committee is told draft articles on diplomatic protection submitted...
M2 Presswire;
November 2, 2004 ;
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......Committee is told draft articles on diplomatic protection submitted to governments for observations...dealt less with rules of exercising diplomatic protection and more with how they related...redress through procedures other than diplomatic protection, including under universal or ...
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DIFFERING APPROACHES ON DIPLOMATIC PROTECTION EMERGE IN LEGAL COMMITTEE...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;
October 25, 2006 ;
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......dealing with, among others, diplomatic protection of persons and entities and...both with the definition of diplomatic protection and reserving for the State...importance of the institution of diplomatic protection justified States considering...countries), Germany, New Zealand, ...
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