Justice Iacobucci appointed to Afghan file
Justice Minister Rob Nicholson announced in the House of Commons today that he has asked former Supreme Court Justice Frank Iacobucci to decide whether documents relating to the Afghan detainee scandal can be released as ordered by Parliament. It will be interesting to see, given our experience at the Iacobucci Inquiry, what his terms of reference look like, and, importantly, how he interprets them. On October 17, 2009, before Justice Iacobucci released his inquiry report, Amnesty International and other human rights and civil liberties organizations with Intervenor status held a news conference to talk about how flawed that process had been, and released this backgrounder, The “Internal Inquiry” process: Fostering a culture of impunity [pdf].
