Complaint re: the Sale of Israeli Settlement Real Estate in Canada (2026)
Competition Bureau of Canada
On behalf of six Canadian citizens, Global Echo Litigation Center and CLAIHR filed a complaint with Canada’s Competition Bureau challenging the deceptive marketing of illegal Israeli settlement real estate to Canadian consumers. This is the first known legal action to use competition law to challenge the marketing of Israeli settlement real estate.
Farah v. Canada (Foreign Affairs) (2024) - Arms Exports to Israel Challenge
Federal Court of Canada
CLAIHR is currently involved, as a party, in judicial review proceedings before the Federal Court in Farah et al. v the Attorney General of Canada (T-473-24). This matter concerns alleged violations of the Canadian Charter, international human rights law, international humanitarian law, and international criminal law in relation to the approval of the transfer of military items for use by Israel in its ongoing war in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
Mathur v. Ontario (2024) - the Human Right to Climate Change Mitigation
Ontario Court of Appeal
CLAIHR and the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) jointly addressed the relevance of Canada's international human rights and environmental obligations to s. 7 of the Charter in the context of climate change.
