Omar Khadr, Oh Canada 9780773587595
Diverse insights into the life and legal case of a Canadian child soldier.
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Table of contents :
Cover
Advance Praise For Omar Khadr, Oh Canada
Copyright
Contents
Acknowledgments
Omar Khadr: A Timeline
NOTES
EDITOR’S NOTE
Introduction: The Story So Far JANICE WILLIAMSON
THE INSIDE STORY
A STORY IN FIVE PARTS
READING BETWEEN THE LINES OF OMAR KHADR, OH CANADA: WHAT WE KNEW
THE FIREFIGHT’S CHANGING STORY
THE REDACTION OF OMAR KHADR
THE “WHAT IF?” OF OMAR KHADR
GUANTÁNAMO JUSTICE
ON THE KHADR FAMILY
CANADA AND THE “WAR ON TERROR”
“HARSHER METHODS”
“WE LOOK LIKE HYPOCRITES”
MAGICAL THINKING ABOUT OMAR KHADR
ON SUPPORT FOR OMAR KHADR
OMAR KHADR’S ADVOCATES
DEBATING CANADIAN MULTICULTURALISM
THE STRANGER STRANGER
ON THE FUTURE OF OMAR KHADR
PART ONE The Saga of Omar Khadr
Politics over Principles: The Case of Omar Khadr SHEEMA KHAN
THE “KHADR EFFECT”
OMAR KHADR’S STORY: PAYING FOR THE SINS OF HIS FAMILY
CALLS FOR JUSTICE
QUESTIONS FOR THE FUTURE
The Long Way Home: The Saga of Omar Khadr GAR PARDY
My Encounter with Omar CRAIG KIELBURGER
Reflections
Re: That Gunfight at the O. K. Corral GEORGE ELLIOTT CLARKE
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Our Kids CHARLES FORAN
THINGS THAT HAPPEN TO OMAR KHADR BEFORE HE TURNS EIGHTEEN
THINGS THAT HAPPEN TO ANNA FORAN BEFORE SHE TURNS EIGHTEEN
THINGS THAT HAPPEN TO OMAR KHADR BEFORE HE TURNS TWENTY-FOUR
THINGS ANNA FORAN DOES BEFORE SHE TURNS TWENTY
Omar and I: Stability and Democracy HASNAIN KHAN
PART TWO Omar Khadr in Guantánamo: Architecture Is Not Justice
Some Images of the Unseen: On the Making of the Film You Don’t Like the Truth: 4 Days inside Guantánamo PATRICIO HENRIQUEZ
EPILOGUE
Excerpts from the Screenplay You Don’t Like the Truth: 4 Days inside Guantánamo LUC CÔTÉ AND PATRICIO HENRIQUEZ
DAY 1: HOPE
DAY 2: FALLOUT
DAY 3: BLACKMAIL
DAY 4: FAILURE
Reflections
Nail Biter: A One-Act Play JUDITH THOMPSON
Hoping for Omar Khadr MARINA NEMAT
Extreme Loneliness KIM ECHLIN
REFERENCES
PART THREE The Case of Omar Khadr
War Stories: A Reflection on Defending an Alleged Enemy Combatant Detained in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba RICHARD J. WILSON
WHAT IS GUANTÁNAMO BAY?
WHO IS OUR CLIENT?
WHAT LAW APPLIES TO THE DETAINEES IN GENERAL, AND TO OMAR IN PARTICULAR?
WHAT IS THE PRESENT LEGAL SITUATION OF THE DETAINEES GENERALLY, AND OMAR KHADR SPECIFICALLY?
WHAT WOULD BE THE IDEAL OUTCOME FOR THE GUANTÁNAMO DETAINEES?
POSTSCRIPT
NOTES
Khadr’s Canadian Defence: Two Edmonton Lawyers, a Professor, and the Rule of Law SHEILA PRATT
The Rule of Law, the Force of Law, and the Rule of Force AUDREY MACKLIN
21–25 OCTOBER 2008
THIS IS NOT A NORMAL TRIAL
3–6 MAY 2010 (PART 1)
3–6 MAY 2010 (PART 2): ON TORTURE-INDUCED MEMORY LOSS
AUGUST 2010
POSTSCRIPT
Torture as Foreign Policy: The Omar Khadr Decision GAIL DAVIDSON
Reflections
Omar Khadr: America’s Injustice, Canada’s Shame MAHER ARAR
NOTE
The Politics of Fear DENNIS EDNEY
EDITOR’S NOTES
PART FOUR Omar Khadr, Child Soldier
How to Unmake a Child Soldier ROMÉO DALLAIRE
EDITOR’S NOTE
International Law and the Recruitment of a Child Soldier: Omar Khadr and Family Ties W. ANDY KNIGHT AND JOHN MCCOY
OMAR KHADR AND INTERNATIONAL LAW REGARDING THE RECRUITMENT OF CHILD SOLDIERS
THE QUESTION OF AGE AND NON-STATE COMBATANTS IN INTERNATIONAL LAW ON CHILD SOLDIERS
CONCLUSION
Omar Khadr: Canadian Child Soldier DEBORAH GORHAM
How the Supreme Court of Canada Undermined the Convention on the Rights of the Child in the Case of Omar Khadr GRACE LI XIU WOO
WHAT HAPPENED TO OMAR
FACTS ABOUT OMAR KHADR THAT HAVE GONE MISSING IN ACTION
THE FORGOTTEN LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR CHILD PROTECTION
US RESPONSIBILITY UNDER INTERNATIONAL LAW
OBSTACLES TO CANADIAN JUDICIAL PROTECTION
THE FACTS AND LAW AS SEEN BY THE FEDERAL COURT OF CANADA
HOW CANADA’S SUPREME COURT SUBVERTED CHILDREN’S RIGHTS
THE PRIME MINISTER’S SUBMISSIONS TO THE SUPREME COURT OF CANADA
THE REASONING OF AN ILL-INFORMED COURT
ACTION NEEDED AND LESSONS TO BE LEARNED
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Laws, Treaties, and Conventions
Legal Cases
Books, Articles, and Websites
Reflections
From Congo to Guantanamo: Omar Khadr, the Invisible Child Soldier MONIA MAZIGH
Delta Force LOLA LEMIRE TOSTEVIN
“Child Soldier” RACHEL ZOLF
NOTE
PART FIVE Omar Khadr, Oh Canada
Reading Khadr: Making Sense of Canada’s Reluctance to Do the Right Thing ROBERT DIAB AND ALNOOR GOVA
NOTES
Pray or Pay: The Rights of Canadians Abroad NATHALIE DES ROSIERS
THE INADEQUACIES OF THE CURRENT MODEL
THE ALTERNATIVES
Omar Khadr, the Carceral Net, and the Muslim Body YASMIN JIWANI
ESCAPING THE NET
CONCLUSION
Stolen Youth: Lost Boys and Imperial Wars JASMIN ZINE
DANGEROUS FOREIGNERS AND ENEMIES WITHIN
DISPOSABLE CITIZENS
THE “TORONTO 18”
DISMANTLING RIGHTS OF NON-CITIZENS
MULTICULTURAL DISCONTENTS
CARCERAL HAUNTINGS
STOLEN YOUTH: THE LOST BOYS
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Omar Khadr and the Perils of Canadian Multiculturalism SHADIA B. DRURY
Omar Khadr as Canadian Icon RICK SALUTIN
Afterword: The Mark of Torture SHERENE H. RAZACK
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