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Jurisprudence

CCPR - Canada

List of all final views

Case NameComm NumberDateArticlesOutcome
Lovelace v. Canada24/1977 (R.6/24)30 July 19812, 3, 12, 23, 26 27Violation
Pinkney v. Canada27/1977 (R.7/27)29 October 198110(1, 2), 14(3c, 5), 17(1)Violation
Van Duzen v. Canada50/1979 (R.12/50)07 April 198215(1)No Violation
MacIsaac v. Canada55/197914 October 198215(1)No Violation
Bhinder v. Canada208/198609 November 198918, 26No Violation
Lubicon Lake Band v. Canada167/198426 March 199027, 1Violation
Marshall et al. v. Canada205/198604 November 199125(a)No Violation
Ballantyne, Davidson and McIntyre v. Canada359/1989 & 385/198931 March 199319, 26, 27Violation
Kindler v. Canada470/199130 July 19936, 7No Violation
Ng v. Canada469/199105 November 19936(1, 2), 7, 10Violation
Singer v. Canada455/199126 July 199419(2)Violation
Cox v. Canada539/199331 October 19946, 7,14, 26No Violation
Stewart v. Canada538/199301 November 199612(4), 17, 23No Violation
Canepa v. Canada558/199303 April 19977, 12(4), 17No Violation
Gauthier v. Canada633/199507 April 199919(2,3)Violation
Waldman v. Canada694/199603 November 199926Violation
Ross v. Canada736/199718 October 200018, 19No Violation
Judge v. Canada829/199805 August 20032(3), 6, 6(1, 2)Violation
Ahani v. Canada1051/200229 March 20047, 9(1, 4), 13Violation
Howard v. Canada879/199926 July 200527No Violation
Obodzinsky v. Canada1124/200219 March 20077No Violation
N.T. v. Canada1052/200220 March 20072, 2(3a),14(1), 17, 23, 24Violation

Information is as of 18 July 2008.

CERD, CCPR, CAT, CEDAW, CMW, Disability Convention and Enforced disappearances Convention have optional complaint mechanisms, whereby an individual may complain to the respective treaty body that his or her rights under the treaty have been violated. The CMW and Enforced disappearances Convention complaint mechanisms are not yet in force.

Included in this section are:

  1. requests made by the treaty body for interim measures
  2. decisions to deal jointly with cases
  3. admissibility decisions (normally decisions determining a complaint is admissible are not issued separately and hence this category involves decisions in which complaints are found to be inadmissible)
  4. final views.

The Human Rights Committee (under CCPR), the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (under CERD), the Committee Against Torture (under CAT) and the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (under CEDAW) also formally follow up on final Views where a violation has been found. This information is included in the section entitled "Follow-up: Jurisprudence".