The Niqab and Witness Testimony: Balancing the Interests

Crowne, Emir; Santelli, Fiorina; Arman, Varoujan

doi:10.2139/ssrn.1979210

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The Niqab and Witness Testimony: Balancing the Interests

Blaney McMurtry LLP

Advocates' Quarterly, Vol. 40, No. 1, June 2012

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In R. v. N.S., 2010 ONCA 670, a unanimous Court of Appeal for Ontario ruled that preliminary inquiry judges can consider Charter values in evaluating matters relating to the preliminary inquiry and established a framework for establishing and reconciling competing rights claims. The matter is now under appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada, with oral arguments heard on December 8th, 2011.

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Keywords: Charter, rights, hijab, veil, niqab, Supreme Court, religion, freedom, criminal, defence, defense, witness, testimony

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Date posted: January 4, 2012 ; Last revised: June 30, 2012

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Crowne, Emir, Santelli, Fiorina and Arman, Varoujan, The Niqab and Witness Testimony: Balancing the Interests. Advocates' Quarterly, Vol. 40, No. 1, June 2012. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1979210 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1979210

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Emir Crowne (Contact Author) University of Windsor - Faculty of Law ( email ) 401 Sunset Avenue Windsor, Ontario N9B 3P4 Canada HOME PAGE: http://www.uwindsor.ca/emir/
Fiorina Santelli affiliation not provided to SSRN ( email )
Varoujan Arman Blaney McMurtry LLP ( email ) 2 Queen Street East Suite 1500 Toronto Canada

Abstract

The Niqab and Witness Testimony: Balancing the Interests

Emir Crowne

Fiorina Santelli

Varoujan Arman

Date posted: January 4, 2012 ; Last revised: June 30, 2012

Suggested Citation

Contact Information

Emir Crowne (Contact Author)

Fiorina Santelli

Varoujan Arman