On November 5, 2024, the Coalition for Canadian Accountability in Gaza filed a claim against Canada for violation of rights of Palestinian Canadians, Hany El-Batnigi and Tamer Jarada. The Coalition’s legal team are made up of Dimitri Lascaris with Dimitri Lascaris Law; Yavar Hameed with Hameed Law; Emilio Dabed and Faisal Bhabha with the Legal Centre for Palestine; and, Shane Martinez, Jouman El-Asmar, and Asaf Rashid of the International Centre of Justice for Palestinians – Canada.
The violations of the rights of Mr. El-Batnigi and Mr. Jarada are a result of Canada’s violation of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide and failure to protect the rights to security of the person and equality of our clients under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The following video is compiled through the great work of my colleague Dimitri Lascaris. It includes our press conference in Parliament’s press gallery, provides more details of the claim and its importance: