National Security: Where is War's End?

Monday, March 16, 2015 - 17:00 to 20:00

In an era of endless war, what are the borders of national security? What are its logics and its constraints? Its history and its reach? Join us at noon on Monday, March 16 as we bring together constitutional litigators, policy shapers, and scholars for a conversation on the law’s role in ensuring a meaningful peace and a sustainable justice in an increasingly militarized world.

Mar 16, 2015: National Security - poster

PANELISTS:

  • Yavar Hameed, Hameed & Farrokhzad
  • Barbara Jackman, Jackman Nazami & Associates
  • Sukanya Pillay, Canadian Civil Liberties Association
  • Moderator: Fathima Cader, Windsor Law

VENUE:

  • Monday, March 16, 5PM
  • Great Room, Canterbury College, University of Windsor, 2500 University Avenue West
  • Reception to follow.
  • Law students must RSVP on Symplicity. All other attendees RSVP on Eventbrite.

BIOGRPAHIES:

Yavar Hameed Yavar Hameed was called to the Ontario Bar in 2001. He completed his Common Law degree at the University of Ottawa and a Masters of International Affairs at Carleton University. Yavar's practice focuses on the protection and advocacy of human rights and civil liberties in a diverse range of legal areas including general civil/constitutional litigation, administrative law, criminal law (in the context of civil protests and freedom of expression matters) and immigration law. Yavar has appeared before the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, Ontario Court of Appeal, Federal Court and the Federal Court of Appeal and acts as Ottawa agent for Supreme Court of Canada appeals. He also has significant experience in the area of administrative tribunal cases having appeared before the Canadian and Ontario Human Rights Tribunals, Canada Transportation Agency, Workplace Safety Insurance Appeals Tribunal, Public Service Staffing Tribunal, Public Service Labour Relations Board and other bodies involving academic appeals and professional discipline. He practices in both English and French and is functionally proficient in Hindi, Urdu and Spanish. Since 2001, Yavar has been actively involved in advising clients in the context of unsolicited CSIS interviews and national security matters.  He regularly provides advice to individuals and community based organizations responding to racial profiling concerns, anti-poverty struggles, police brutality and suppression of political dissent. He successfully repatriated Abousfian Abdelrazik, a Canadian citizen who was arbitrarily detained in Sudan and blocked by Canadian officials from returning to Canada for six years.  He currently acts as counsel for immigration security certificate detainee Mohamed Zeki Mahjoub.

 

Barbara Jackman Barbara Jackman, B.A. Hons. (Windsor) 1972; LL.B. (Toronto) 1976 was called to the bar of Ontario in 1978. The primary focus of her practice has been immigration and refugee law, and related constitutional litigation. She has been a very active contributor to academic and community conferences on topics such as the practice of immigration and refugee law, racial profiling, the role and practices of the Federal Court and Supreme Court of Canada, issues related to migration and Canadian national security, domestic and international human rights norms and practices, and advocacy before International Human Rights Tribunals. She has been honoured a number of times for her work in defending the human rights of non-citizens, including receiving the Ted Johnson Award, Presbyterian Church in Canada (1989); The Vince Kelly Award, Centre for Refugee Studies, York University (1993); The Arab Canadian National Award, Canadian Arab Federation (1995); Federation of Associations of Canadian Tamils (1998); Award of Justice, Ontario Advocates Society (2000); Award of Excellence, Sikh Centennial Foundation (2002); Law Society Medal (2003) and she has received Honourary Doctorates from the Law Society of Upper Canada in 2007, and from the University of Windsor Law School in 2010.

 

Sukanya Pillay Sukanya Pillay is the Executive Director and General Counsel of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association & Education Trust. In 2009, Sukanya joined CCLA as Director of the just-formed National Security Program, and advanced CCLA’s work in fighting for compliance with the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms in Canada’s counterterrorism activities.  She has appeared before domestic bodies including the Supreme Court of Canada and international venues to argue for the protection of fundamental rights as a prerequisite for the effective protection of peace and security in Canada. Sukanya’s work has won awards, including the Holmes-Cardozo award for Outstanding Conference Paper from the American Academy of Legal Studies in Business for a co-authored paper on genetic privacy and the President’s Award from the South Asian Bar Association of Ontario.  Sukanya also brings a wealth of domestic and international legal experience having run high-profile programs for international NGOs, including Witness at Human Rights First in New York, the Law and Human Rights Program for TVE International, as a law professor at the University of Windsor, and as a documentary filmmaker. She clerked at the Ontario Court of Justice, was seconded to work with the Honourable Justice Robert Blair on the First Civil Justice Review, and worked in Toronto at one of Canada’s leading law firms. She has made dozens of missions to conflict zones worldwide in Europe, Africa, Asia and the Middle East; appeared before UN treaty bodies and Canadian courts on human rights issues; and has represented clients or presented expert evidence before administrative and judicial bodies in the US, India, Canada, and Europe.  She has published in peer-reviewed academic journals, and made documentary films on issues regarding the rights of vulnerable groups and victims of human rights abuses.

 

Please direct any queries to Fathima Cader, Social Justice Career Coordinator, at fcader@uwindsor.ca.

This event is brought to you by Windsor Law Career Services and the Transnational Law and Justice Network. It is generously supported by the Law Foundation of Ontario.

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