Report of the Internal Inquiry into the Actions of Canadian Officials in Relation to Abdullah Almalki, Ahmad Abou-Elmaati and Muayyed Nureddin (2008)
Commissions of inquiry
Report of the commission of inquiry into the role of Canadian agencies in the torture and maltreatment of Abdullah Almalki, Ahmad Abou-Elmaati and Muayyed Nureddin by Middle Eastern states.
Archived at Library and Archives Canada <a href="http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/206/301/pco-bcp/commissions/internal_inquiry/2010-03-09/www.iacobucciinquiry.ca/en/documents/final-report.htm">here</a>.
2008
Report of the Commission of Inquiry into the Actions of Canadian Officials in Relation to Maher Arar (2006)
Commissions of inquiry
Reports of the commission of inquiry into the role of Canadian officials in the US rendition and Syrian maltreatment and torture of Maher Arar. Policy report focuses on changes to RCMP national security investigations and a wholescale overhaul of Canada's system of national security review.
Archives at Library and Archives Canada <a href="http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/206/301/pco-bcp/commissions/maher_arar/07-09-13/www.ararcommission.ca/eng/26.htm">here</a>.
2006
Ministerial directive to CSE to operationalize the framework for addressing risks in sharing information with foreign entities (2011)
Ministerial direction
This document includes memoranda to the minister of national defence and then the ministerial directive on international information sharing by the Communications Security Establishment (CSE) in circumstances where there is a risk of maltreatment or torture. It also includes internal policy documents on the implementation of this ministerial directive.
Memorandum to the CSIS Director: Ministerial Briefing (2014) on the Ministerial directive on information sharing with foreign entities
This document includes data on actual use and implementation of the 2011 ministerial directive on international information sharing in circumstances where there is risk of torture
ATIP CSIS 117-2014-386
2014
Policy on Implementing the Ministerial Direction to the CBSA on Information Sharing with Foreign Entities
Operational policies
CBSA policy to implement the 2011 Ministerial direction on international information sharing in circumstances where there is a risk of torture or maltreatment.
ATIP
Unknown
Ministerial Direction to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP): Information Sharing with Foreign Entities (2011)
Ministerial direction
2011 Ministerial direction to the RCMP on international information-sharing in circumstances where there is a risk of maltreatment or torture.
ATIP
2011
Memorandum to the Minister: Ministerial Direction on Information Sharing with Foreign Entities
Ministerial directions
Background memo relating to the 2011 Ministerial direction to CSIS, CBSA and RCMP on international information-sharing in circumstances where there is a risk of maltreatment or torture. Includes "framework for addressing risk of mistreatment in sharing information with foreign entities".
ATIP
2011
CSIS DDO Directive on information sharing with agencies with poor human rights records (2008)
Operational policies
The Directive specifies that international exchange of information and intelligence is vital to safeguarding Canada's national security and public safety. In that context, however, the Service may be required to deal with foreign governments and agencies having poor human rights records. This Directive sets out the principles that will guide our actions in the sharing, seeking and use of information from such agencies or government. This DDO seems likely to have been superseded since it predates the 2011 ministerial directives on information sharing with foreign agencies.
ATIP CSIS 117-2010-7
2008
Sharing Information in the National Security Context (RCMP)
Information-sharing
<p><strong>Document Synopsis: </strong>Guides the RCMP re: information sharing, including information sharing with foreign entities when there is a substantial risk of mistreatment involved.</p>
ATIP
Unknown, but likely post-2011
CSIS DDO Directive on Information Sharing with Agencies with Poor Human Rights Records (2008)
Information-sharing
<strong>Document Purpose: </strong>Deputy Director of Operations (DDO) Directive on Information Sharing with Agencies with Poor Human Rights Records. This directive sets out the principles that guide CSIS’s actions in the sharing, seeking, and use of information from agencies or governments with poor human rights records. The purpose of the Directive is not to curtail information exchange, but to ensure that decisions to exchange are made at a level “commensurate with the potential risks” that the exchange may result in the mistreatment of individuals.
<strong>Document Analysis: </strong>Much of the document is redacted. It seems that the DDO stresses the need to remain sensitive to responsibilities in protecting individuals form mistreatment that could result from CSIS’s action or inaction, but balancing these responsibilities with CSIS’s mandate to protect Canadians poses difficult challenges at times. An <em>employee</em> must <em>believe</em> – on the basis of Human Rights profiles and knowledge of a country/agency – that there is a credible possibility that sharing of information could contribute to the mistreatment of an individual.
2008