Human Rights Issues in National Security: An Inventory of Agency Considerations

By: Cara Wilkie, Nicole Chrolavicius, David Baker, & Faisal Bhabha

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Table of Contents

Executive Summary

Introduction

General Legislation Applying to National Security Institutions

National Security Legislation
Legislation of General Application that Governs National Security Institutions

Human Rights Considerations by National Security Agencies and their Monitors

Royal Canadian Mounted Police and its Monitoring Agency

Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
Commission for Public Complaints Against the RCMP

Canadian Security Intelligence Service and its Monitoring Agencies

Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS)
Inspector General of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service
Security Intelligence Review Committee

Communications Security Establishment and its Monitoring Agency

Communications Security Establishment (CSE)
Office of the Communications Security Establishment Commissioner

Auditor General

Summary
Conclusion
Bibliography
Appendix A: List of Acronyms
Appendix B: Footnotes

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