October 11, 2017 – Canada's treatment of immigration detainees is back in the spotlight after human rights activists urged the UN to put pressure on the federal government.
Canada Could Face UN Human Rights Council Pressure Over Immigration DetentionA joint submission has been filed to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva calling for it to urge Ottawa to set up an independent body to oversee the Canada Border Services Agency.
The council begins its review of Canada's human rights record at the start of 2018, a study that is conducted once every four years.
Central to the issues raised in the submission is Canada's indefinite detention of immigration detainees.
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