CRIM 135 Lecture 6: CRIM 135 2/9/17
10 Feb 2017
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Scc agreed & declared prohibitions unconstitutional violations of rights. The laws do not merely impose conditions on how prostitutes operate. They go on a critical step further, by imposing dangerous conditions on prostitution, they prevent people engaged in a risky -- but legal -- activity from taking steps to protect themselves from the risks. Protections of communities and exploited persons act. Same laws re-enacted, w/ new objective to pass s. 1 analysis. Prevention of institutionalization of commodification of sexuality & exploitation of women & children. Rights under s. 7 not just about criminal law. Right to life might involve health care. Right to liberty can mean right to act w/o state interference. E. g. person deciding when to die/seeking safer methods of injection for addiction. Security of person about protecting people from serious harm to physical/psychological well-being. Might arise when state was taking children from parents/deporting someone to country where he/she faces torture. Convention refugee ordered deported due to security risk.
