Letter urging Canada to take action on torture
On the 30th anniversary of the adoption of the UN Convention against Torture and other forms of Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, we joined dozens of other human rights organizations, legal groups, women’s equality organizations, ethno-cultural groups and many more calling on the federal government to ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture, a long overdue step in addressing the continuing grim and harrowing crisis of torture around the world.
Read the letter. (PDF, 277 KB)