Events

From olive groves to courtrooms:
Redressing Israel's Settlement Policies in Canadian Courts

The Arab Canadian Lawyers Association is pleased to present a two-part lecture series by members of Al Haq's Legal and Research Advocacy Unit. Al Haq is the West Bank Affiliate of the International Commission of Jurists.

Part 1: Bil'in Village Council v. Green Park International
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
University of Toronto, Faculty of Law, Flavelle House
78 Queen's Park, Room BLH
Doors: 6:00 p.m.
Opening remarks: 6:45 p.m.
Lecture: 7:00 p.m.

The Arab Canadian Lawyers Association, in collaboration with the U of T Faculty of Law International Human Rights Program, is pleased to present a public lecture by Maysa Zorob, Dylan Smith and John Reynolds from Al Haq and Mark Arnold, Lawyer representing the Palestinian village of Bil'in.

Having exhausted the limited remedies in Israel, the villagers of Bil'in have brought their peaceful struggle for justice to Canada. With the assistance of Mark Arnold, a Toronto-based lawyer, its Israeli counsel, and Al-Haq, a Palestinian human rights organization, the village of Bil'in has filed a lawsuit in Quebec against Green Mount International Inc. and Green Park International Inc. - two Canadian companies accused of violating international, Canadian and Quebec law by building settlements on Israeli occupied Palestinian land.  

Part 2: Memory of the Cactus:
The Creation of Canada Park on the Land of Destroyed Palestinian Villages
Wednesday, October 29, 2008 at 7:00 pm
Revue Cinema
400 Roncesvalles Avenue, Toronto
Advance Tickets ($10): http://www.tpff.ca/tickets.htm

The Arab Canadian Lawyers Association, in collaboration with the Toronto Palestine Film Festival, is pleased to co-present a film and discussion with Maysa Zorob, Dylan Smith and John Reynolds from Al Haq.

The documentary, Memory of the Cactus, produced by Al Haq reveals the story behind Israel's "Canada Park". In 1967, the Palestinian villages of Imwas, Yalo and Beit Nouba in the West Bank were destroyed after Israel occupied the territory. Today, village residents remain displaced and barred from returning to their homes, while their land has been converted into "Canada Park" by the Jewish National Fund, a Canadian registered charity.  

For more information please contact info@canarablaw.org.