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Preserving Family Unity: The Rights Of Children To Maintain The Companionship Of Their Parents And Remain In Their Country Of Birth, Giovanna I. Wolf
Preserving Family Unity: The Rights Of Children To Maintain The Companionship Of Their Parents And Remain In Their Country Of Birth, Giovanna I. Wolf
Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies
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The Canadian Charter And Public International Law: Redefining The State's Power To Deport Aliens, Daniela Bassan
The Canadian Charter And Public International Law: Redefining The State's Power To Deport Aliens, Daniela Bassan
Osgoode Hall Law Journal
This article considers the relationship between international and domestic law in deportation proceedings. The argument is made that, generally, Canadian law should be interpreted consistently with Canada's obligations at international law, as reflected in conventions and custom. More specifically, the article proposes that Canada's obligation at international law to protect the family and the child be recognized in Canadian law as one of the principles of fundamental justice under section 7 of the Charter. The protection of the family is engaged by the deportation of domiciled aliens because, by definition, these deportees have been in Canada for a long period …