The Commission on Justice and Peace is pleased to announce the launch of a new archive website: justiceandpeace.ca! This digital library is a culmination of over 25 years of dedicated work, ecumenical dialogue, communal prayer, bible study, and advocacy efforts among members of the Commission on Justice and Peace, The Canadian Council of Churches (the […]
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The Commission on Justice and Peace (CJP) is a body of The Canadian Council of Churches that offers a forum for those involved in ecumenical work to: share information and concerns about peace and justice issues; reflect biblically and theologically on these issues; facilitate cooperation between churches around peace and justice concerns; and assist the
The Supreme Court of Canada’s decision today on the Safe Third Country Agreement (STCA) is a complex result that ultimately fails refugees. The Supreme Court has allowed the appeal in part, sending the equality rights issue at stake back to the Federal Court, and holding out for the possibility of the agreement being declared unconstitutional.
The Council’s General Secretary and President extend an invitation to join with faith communities across the country in praying, learning, and acting during Earth Week 2023 – Together for the Love of Creation April 16-23, 2023. Coming together for the love of creation is a way to connect, grow, listen, inspire hope and affect change.
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Three leading Canadian human rights organizations, the Canadian Council for Refugees, Amnesty International Canada, and The Canadian Council of Churches, together with eight individual applicants, will appear before the Supreme Court of Canada on Thursday, October 6 to call for an end to a policy that cruelly bars many people from seeking refugee protection in
In a recent letter to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Council’s Commission on Justice and Peace called on the Government of Canada to support international efforts to ban fully autonomous weapons systems. According to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), autonomous weapons can be understood as those “that can independently select and
The Commission on Justice and Peace of The Canadian Council of Churches endorses the Korea Peace Appeal. The Council was formed in 1944 as the long years of the second world war were drawing to a close. Christians in Canada were yearning for ways to come together to work for a world built on the
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The Canadian Council of Churches, Amnesty International, and The Canadian Council for Refugees are welcoming the Supreme Court of Canada’s decision to review the constitutionality of the Safe Third Country Agreement (STCA). This decision follows a long history of legal challenges to the Agreement, including two recent court rulings. In July 2020, the Federal Court
The Canadian Council for Refugees, Amnesty International and The Canadian Council of Churches responded with disappointment to the Federal Court of Appeal’s decision overturning the lower court’s ruling that the Canada-US Safe Third Country Agreement (STCA) is unconstitutional. Although it allowed the government’s appeal, the Court pointed to potential shortcomings in the review process for
On 23 and 24 February, the Federal Court of Appeal will hear the Canadian government’s appeal of a decision finding that the Canada-US Safe Third Country Agreement (STCA) is unconstitutional. Amnesty International (AI), the Canadian Council for Refugees (CCR), and The Canadian Council of Churches (CCC) will once again join individual refugee claimants as their
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