The Supreme Court of Canada is hearing Prime Minister of Canada, et al. v. Omar Ahmed Khadr tomorrow, November 13 — a Friday the 13th, as it happens. There is a webcast of the hearing [1] scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. EDT.
You can read the SCC Case Information Summary [2] to get a quick overview of the matter. The appellant’s (i.e. government’s) factum [3] is online [PDF], as is that for Khadr [4] [PDF].
The appeal is from a judgment of the Federal Court of Appeal: Canada (Prime Minister) v. Khadr, 2009 FCA 246 (CanLII) [5], which in turn was an appeal from a Federal Court trial decision: Khadr v. Canada (Prime Minister), 2009 FC 405 [6] (CanLII)
There are as well ten intervenors:
- Amnesty International (Canadian Section, English Branch)
- Human Rights Watch
- Canadian Coalition for the Rights of Children and Justice for Children and Youth
- British Columbia Civil Liberties Association
- Criminal Lawyers’ Association (Ontario)
- Canadian Bar Association
- Avocats sans frontières Canada
- Barreau du Québec et Groupe d’étude en droits et libertés de la Faculté de droit de l’Université Laval
- Canadian Civil Liberties Association
- National Council For the Protection of Canadians Abroad