MPs calls for changes in Canada’s extradition law amid ‘flaws’
In addition to calling for an overhaul of the Extradition Act, a report from the justice and human rights committee urges the government to make administrative changes to the process for sending people to face prosecution and incarceration abroad.
Advocates of reform have long highlighted the case of Ottawa sociologist Hassan Diab, a Canadian citizen who was extradited to France and imprisoned for over three years, only to be released without even being committed to trial for a 1980 attack on a Paris synagogue.Diab, who has always claimed innocence, returned to Canada. But he was later tried in absentia in Paris for the bombing that killed four and wounded 46.
When someone is committed to be extradited, the justice minister must then personally decide whether to order the individual’s surrender to the foreign state.Critics say the committal process compromises the ability of the person sought to meaningfully challenge the foreign case against them, reducing Canadian judges to rubber stamps and permitting use of unreliable material.
The MPs heard testimony from witnesses including Diab’s wife Rania Tfaily, civil society voices, law professors and Justice Department officials.Among the committee’s recommendations:
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