UN Human Rights Committee and Sir Nigel Rodley

Human Rights Centre: Those were the words of a British member of the UN Human Rights Committee who was taking part this week in the committee first review of Canada human rights record in 10 years, according to Globe and Mail. This is a catch-all ASF view; only displays when an unsupported article type is put in an ASF drop zone Sir Nigel Rodley, a law professor and chair of the Human Rights Centre at the University of Essex, was referring to the deteriorating space for human rights advocacy, protest and dissent in Canada. This is not the Canada I once knew. He noted it was almost unbelievable that the UN committee felt compelled to raise these sorts of concerns with Canada. He dismissed the Canadian government initial response to questions about the crackdown as thin. Sir Nigel highlighted research by the Voices coalition, which pointed to astonishing levels of fear and intimidation felt by Canadian activists and civil society groups, and referred to the disquiet expressed by the UN leading expert on the freedoms of assembly and association. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.