Resolution number
8
Whereas
- US Military personnel (War Resisters) have come to Canada seeking protected person status based on their deeply held political and moral convictions opposing the US-led War in Iraq;
- There is evidence that US military War Resisters who have spoken out publicly from within the United States about their opposition to the war in Iraq have experienced differential and more severe punishment by the US military than US military personnel who have gone AWOL but who have not publicly opposed the war;
Therefore be it resolved
That the CCR:
- Express support for all War Resisters from any country who refuse to engage in armed conflict that is contrary to international humanitarian law;
- Recommend to Minister of Citizenship and Immigration that they should be allowed to remain in Canada on humanitarian and compassionate grounds, if they are facing removal to a country where they would face punishment for their refusal to participate in such an armed conflict;
- Urge the IRB to provide War Resisters with fair, impartial and politically unmotivated hearings.
Working Group
Inland Protection