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Articles by Asad Kiyani
Refugees Are (Not) Welcome Here: The Paradox of Protection in Canada, Azar Masoumi (Vancouver: UBC Press, 2024)
Welcome to the Alberta Law Review The Alberta Law Review (ALR) is a student-run publication whose primary purpose is to enhance discourse on Canadian legal issues. Founded in 1955, the ALR is published by the Alberta Law Review Society, an organization consisting of law students at the University of Alberta and the University of Calgary. Built upon the hard work of student editors at both law faculties, the ALR is published every quarter and has roughly 1,000 pages per volume.
Symposium on ‘Marketing Global Justice’ – Review by Asad Kiyani
[Dr Asad Kiyani is an Assistant Professor at the University of Victoria Faculty of Law (Canada), and a recipient of the Antonio Cassese Prize for International Criminal Law Studies, as well as the Hessel Yntema Prize for Comparative Law.] Introduction In her intriguing analysis of the marketization of global justice, Christine Schwöbel-Patel offers an expansive examination of how international criminal law reinforces the existing international order and in many ways fails to live up to its...
Examining the Future of Policing in Edmonton: Reflections on Reform & Accountability - Part II
By: Asad Kiyani PDF Version: Examining the Future of Policing in Edmonton: Reflections on Reform & Accountability – Part II This is Part Two of a series detailing my comments made to Edmonton City Council in the context of a motion to thoroughly examine policing (available here).
The Iran Nuclear Deal After Rouhani's Announcement
On Wednesday, one year after President Donald Trump withdrew the United States from the Iran nuclear deal, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani announced that Iran would no longer adhere to two of its nuclear commitments – specifically, it will no longer abide by the limits on the amounts of low-enriched uranium and excess heavy water that it can stockpile in the country.
Q&A on House-Justice Dept Showdown Over Release of Unredacted Mueller Report and Contempt of Congress
The House Judiciary Committee voted on Wednesday afternoon, along party lines, in favor of a resolution to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt for refusing to heed a subpoena for the full Mueller Report and underlying documents. To understand the day’s developments better and what might happen next, we turned to Just Security’s Andy Wright with our questions.
Why the Arms Trade Treaty Matters - and Why It Matters That the US Is Walking Away
It was not surprising or unexpected when President Donald Trump announced that the United States would “withdraw” from the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) in an April 26 address to the National Rifle Association (NRA). To a roaring crowd, he declared: “Under my administration, we will never surrender American sovereignty to anyone. We will never allow foreign bureaucrats to trample on your second amendment freedom.
Elisions and Omissions: Questioning the ICC's Latest Bashir Immunity Ruling
In their seminal article on Third World perspectives on international criminal law, Professors Anghie and Chimni express hope for the International Criminal Court (ICC) partly on the basis that it will constrain the controversial judicial lawmaking of the ad hoc tribunals by establishing clear rules “through an open process which has received the broad approval of the international community as a whole.” That optimism is surely tempered now by the recent Afghanistan decision and this week’s...
"R. v. Lloyd and the Unpredictable Stability of Mandatory Minimum Litig" by Asad G. Kiyani
Osgoode Home > Osgoode Digital Commons > Journals > SCLR > Vol. 81 (2019) Article Title R. v. Lloyd and the Unpredictable Stability of Mandatory Minimum Litigation Abstract The adjudication of the constitutionality of mandatory minimum sentences by the Supreme Court of Canada presents a contradictory message. On the one hand, cases challenging the constitutionality of mandatory minimum sentences appear before the Court on a seemingly annual basis.
Island Voices: Obligations to refugees, and ourselves
The sights and sounds of young children being forcibly removed from their parents as they cross the border from Mexico into the United States have recently dominated news media around the world. With World Refugee Day just past on June 20, Canadians would be well-served to take the opportunity to reflect on our government’s implicit endorsement of such cruelty.
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