The Steering Committee on Justice Efficiencies and Access to the Justice System is part of the International Centre for Criminal Law Reform and Criminal Justice Policy (ICCLR).[1]
Members
| Name | Position | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Glenn Joyal | Co-Chair, Sub-Committee on the Open Court Principle[2] | Court of King's Bench of Manitoba |
| Scott Hughes | Co-Chair, Sub-Committee on the Open Court Principle | Court of Quebec |
| Howard Chow | Member, Sub-Committee on the Open Court Principle | Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police (CACP) |
| Carrie-Ann Downey | Former Member, Sub-Committee on the Open Court Principle | Alberta Ministry of Justice and Solicitor General |
| Lucie Joncas | Member, Sub-Committee on the Open Court Principle | Barreau du Québec |
| Anne Krahn | Member, Sub-Committee on the Open Court Principle | Provincial Court of Manitoba |
| Lise Maisonneuve | Former Member, Sub-Committee on the Open Court Principle | Ontario Court of Justice |
| Yan Paquette | Member, Sub-Committee on the Open Court Principle | Quebec Ministry of Justice |
Publications
- November 2023: Virtual Hearings and Virtual Access: Privacy and Security of Victims and Vulnerable Witnesses Related to Testimony in Criminal Proceedings
- Written by the Sub-Committee on the Open Court Principle, in consultation with:[2:1]
- Action Committee on Modernizing Court Operations
- Association of Legal Aid Lawyers
- Canadian Council of Chief Judges (CCCJ)
- Canadian Media Lawyers Association (CMLA)
- Court of King's Bench of Alberta
- Court of King's Bench of Manitoba
- Court of Quebec
- Department of Justice Canada
- Federal-Provincial-Territorial Working Group on Victims of Crime
- Heads of Court Administration (HoCA)
- Legal Aid Ontario
- Legal Aid Saskatchewan
- Manitoba Justice
- Manitoba Prosecution Service
- Nova Scotia Department of Justice
- Nova Scotia Legal Aid
- Office of the Federal Ombudsperson for Victims of Crime
- Ontario Provincial Police (OPP)
- Provincial Court of British Columbia
- Provincial Court of Manitoba
- Public Prosecution Service of Canada (PPSC)
- Quebec Ministry of Justice
- Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
- Vancouver Police Department (VPD)
- Written by the Sub-Committee on the Open Court Principle, in consultation with:[2:1]
Steering Committee Reports. (2019, August 27). International Centre for Criminal Law Reform and Criminal Justice Policy. https://icclr.org/2019/08/27/icclr-hosts-steering-committee-reports/ ↩︎
Steering Committee on Justice Efficiencies and Access to the Justice System, Sub-Committee on the Open Court Principle. (2023, November). Virtual Hearings and Virtual Access: Privacy and Security of Victims and Vulnerable Witnesses Related to Testimony in Criminal Proceedings (p. 27). International Centre for Criminal Law Reform & Criminal Justice Policy. https://icclr.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Open-Court-Sub-Committee-Final-Report-for-Publication.pdf ↩︎ ↩︎