An Act to amend the State Immunity Act, the Criminal Code and the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act
Bill C-350 (44-1), the Combatting Torture and Terrorism Act, was a Conservative Private Member's Bill from Garnett Genuis (Sherwood Park-Fort Saskatchewan). It would have amended the State Immunity Act to strip foreign states of immunity when they support torture or extrajudicial killing, letting victims sue them in Canadian courts, and required the Foreign Affairs Minister to respond to parliamentary committee recommendations on restricting state immunity. It would have listed Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist entity under the Criminal Code, exposing its property to seizure, and required the Public Safety Minister to respond to committee recommendations on new listings. It also would have amended the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act so certain permanent residents or foreign nationals could avoid being found inadmissible for organizational membership if set conditions were met. The bill received first reading on June 21, 2023; the government separately listed the IRGC as a terrorist entity in June 2024. It did not become law.
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Would let victims of state-sponsored torture or extrajudicial killing sue foreign states in Canadian courts by removing their immunity, and would list Iran's IRGC as a terrorist entity. A Conservative private member's bill from Garnett Genuis; the government listed the IRGC separately in 2024.
Issues this bill touches
- Foreign Policy & Defence
Combatting Torture and Terrorism Act.
Legislative history
- First reading
First reading in the House of Commons.
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