Prof. Audrey Macklin available to comment on Supreme Court of Canada decision in Omar Khadr case

MEDIA ADVISORY

(Toronto, Jan. 28, 2010) - The Supreme Court of Canada has announced it will release its decision in the case of the Prime Minister of Canada v. Omar Khadr at: 9:45 am - Friday, January 29, 2010. 

At issue in the case is whether the Federal Court’s order that the Prime Minister must request Omar Khadr’s repatriation to Canada will stand. The International Human Rights Program and the David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law joined forces with Human Rights Watch to intervene in the appeal before the Supreme Court of Canada.

Professor Audrey Macklin, Associate Professor, UofT Faculty of Law, was co-counsel for the interveners and will be available for interviews immediately following the decision announcement. She can be reached at: 647.403.5170

• Prof. Macklin’s biography
• Omar Khadr Case Info
• The David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights

For interviews with Human Rights Watch, please contact Nehal Bhuta, Special Advisor, Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism Division, Human Rights Watch New York and Assistant Professor, The New School, New York: 1.917.656.1658