Justice Minister Rob Nicholson: Canada

UN Convention Against Torture Dept: Officials quietly advised Justice Minister Rob Nicholson the committee would "likely press Canada" on issues ranging from prison overcrowding and police use of force during demonstrations to murdered aboriginal women and redress for people subjected to torture abroad, according to Winnipeg Free Press. In late May, a delegation presented Canada's latest report on compliance with the UN Convention Against Torture and oTTAWA - Canada fully expected the intense grilling it got from a United Nations committee earlier this year about its international obligations to shun torture and other cruel treatment, newly released briefing memos show. The federal government was also prepared to defend its refusal to arrest former U.S. leaders George W. Bush and Dick Cheney for alleged war crimes perpetrated during the American pursuit of terrorism suspects. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.