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> retro-actively Nope: > A. A state party to the ICCPR can never derogate the right to life, freedom from torture, or freedom of thought for instance. And, im
by throw0101c 4y ago
> retro-actively
Nope:
> A. A state party to the ICCPR can never derogate the right to life, freedom from torture, or freedom of thought for instance. And, importantly for our current circumstance, a state can’t make retroactive laws in an emergency either. That means anyone who donated to the convoy before the emergency order would not be subject to having their assets frozen.
* https://macleans.ca/politics/ottawa/what-ottawa-can-do-now-under-the-emergencies-act/ https://macleans.ca/politics/ottawa/what-ottawa-can-do-now-u...