News and Updates
Just Peace Advocates joins statement on the 10th anniversary of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights
Just Peace Advocates is one of 65 organizations that has signed a joint oral intervention to the UN Human Rights Council 47th Session, as part of the panel on the tenth anniversary of guiding principles on business and human rights...
Just Peace Advocates joins more than 130 groups call on PM Trudeau to end prejudiced audits of Muslim charities
More than 130 groups signed an open letter to Prime Minister Trudeau and members of his cabinet, raising concerns and calling for action in regards to the Canada Revenue Agency’s prejudiced audits of Muslim charities, under the auspices of countering...
Liberal parliamentary petition calling for Israel’s accountability in war crimes against Palestine’s children
Liberal MP for Scarborough Centre Salma Zahid presented parliamentary petition that she sponsored calling for Israel's accountability in war crimes against Palestine's children. Almost 5,000 Canadian signed this petition, and we await the Liberal response.
Detailed legal review of the Suppression of Scholarship on Palestine at the University of Toronto
The University of Toronto’s Faculty of Law came under widespread criticism after being accused of caving to external pressure from a sitting federal judge and university donor not to hire Dr. Valentina Azarova as director for its renowned International Human...
The case of Alex Saab – US abduction of Venezuelan diplomat, a global challenge
With the possible extradition of a Venezuelan diplomat to the US on bogus charges, an emergency human rights delegation organized by the International Campaign to Free Alex Saab was quickly dispatched to Cabo Verde, where he is imprisoned. This island...
Liberals right to embrace MP who calls Israel an “apartheid” state
anti-Semitism summit.
Defence critic out of step with NDP grassroots
Garrison is out of step with NDP members on Palestinian rights. His militarism is also not shared by most in the party. It is time Garrison was removed as NDP defence critic.
CPP investments continue to support Israeli war crimes
The Naksa. June 5, 2021, 4 years of military occupation in the occupied Palestinian and Syrian Golan territories. The recent 2021 CPPIB Annual Report while showing that CPPIB has divested from General Mills, indicates increased investments in Israeli war crimes with...
The brutal Saudi-led, U.S.-backed, Canada-armed war in Yemen has gone on for over six years.
This war has killed almost a quarter of a million people, and Yemen today remains the worst humanitarian crisis in the world. Over 4 million people have been displaced because of the war, and 80% of the population, including 12.2...
Toronto police prioritize washable paint, ignore Israel consul’s violations of federal Foreign Enlistment Act
The Toronto Police reaction highlights the impunity with which Israel is favoured in Canada. Israeli Consul General Galit Baram was listed as one of those who should be investigated for violating Canada’s Foreign Enlistment Act which states “Any person who, within Canada, recruits or otherwise induces any person . . ....