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DESCRIPTION:Une conférence avec Dennis Edney\, un avocat qui a défendu Omar
  Khadr pendant plus de dix ans.\n\nPrésentation\n\n(en anglais seulement) 
 Dennis Edney has spent more than a decade advocating on behalf of Omar Kha
 dr — known as the youngest prisoner and last Western national to be incarc
 erated at Guantanamo Bay. Mr. Khadr\, a 15-year-old Canadian citizen at th
 e time of his capture in Afghanistan\, also holds the dubious distinction 
 of being the first person to be prosecuted by a military commission for pu
 rported war crimes he is claimed to have committed while still a child. \n
 \nMr. Edney is more than Mr. Khadr’s lawyer — he lives with him (a linchpi
 n in securing his release). Mr. Edney will talk about how the post 9/11 cl
 imate of fear and insecurity has been exploited to justify long-standing h
 uman rights violations carried out in the name of national security. This 
 has led to an intense debate over where the balance lies between the rule 
 of law\, human rights and civil liberties on the one hand and security on 
 the other. It is Mr. Edney’s position that if we do not get the balance ri
 ght\, we can fall into lawlessness. One has to look no further than Guanta
 namo Bay.\n\nLe conférencier\n\n(en anglais seulement) After completing my
  law degree from the University of Northumbria\, England\, in 1987\, Denni
 s Edney began my legal career as a  general practitioner. Mr. Edney's lega
 l practice has focused on criminal and human rights law\, and cases being 
 tried under the new terrorist legislation. He is listed as counsel in vari
 ous reported cases\, including  appearances before the Supreme Court of Ca
 nada\, most notably  R. v Mills and Canada v. Khadr.  He was also given le
 ave to file an amicus brief before the U.S. Supreme Court in Rasul v. Bush
 . In 2004\, he was appointed as Foreign Attorney Consultant by the U.S. Pe
 ntagon to participate in the defence of Mr. Omar Khadr.\n\nDennis Edney ha
 s received a number of awards and distinctions including the 2008 National
  Pro Bono Award (2008)\, the Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia’s Hum
 an Rights Medal (2009)\, the Gerald L. Gall award by the John Humphrey Cen
 tre for Peace and Human Rights (2013)\, the Winnipeg Citizens Award (2014)
 \, the Rotary Club of Canada’s Paul Harris Fellowship (2014) and most rece
 ntly Canada’s 25 Most Influential Lawyers by Canadian Lawyer in the Crimin
 al/ Human Rights Law (2015). \n\nPresented by the Centre for Human Rights 
 and Legal Pluralism\, the Human Rights Working Group\, and Lawyers Without
  Border (91ºÚÁÏÍø chapter).\n
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LOCATION:Maxwell Cohen Moot Court (NCDH 100)\, Chancellor Day Hall\, CA\, Q
 C\, Montreal\, H3A 1W9\, 3644 rue Peel
SUMMARY:En conversation avec Dennis Edney\, l'avocat d'Omar Khadr
URL:/law/fr/channels/event/en-conversation-avec-dennis
 -edney-lavocat-domar-khadr-255978
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