Media
Opinion: COVID-19 situation in prisons requires urgent action
Montreal Gazette, April 27, 2020Print
URL: https://montrealgazette.com/opinion/opinion-covid-19-situation-in-prisons-requires-urgent-action/
Just because some inmates were sentenced to serve time does not mean they forfeited their right to health or should be left to perish in dangerous conditions. By reducing the numbers of arrests, processing bail faster, reviewing past bail decisions and releasing non-violent inmates, Quebec could mitigate the consequences of any outbreak within provincial jails.
COVID-19: Greater Police Powers Is Not the Solution
National Newswatch, April 8, 2020Online
We learned from the HIV crisis: punitive measures in these circumstances are dangerous for civil liberties, they are ineffective, and are unjustly applied.
[FR] Adoption : l’intérêt de l’enfant, considération primordiale
LaPresse, August 1, 2019Online
A look at the Quebec policy barring citizens to adopt children from countries with a kafalah system.
How RCMP job policy is undermining the careers of women within its ranks
CBC, December 11, 2019Online
URL: https://www.cbc.ca/news/opinion/opinion-rcmp-pension-supreme-court-hearing-1.5382513
As police forces try to recruit more women, a key to retaining those already in uniform is being overlooked: a look at the legal arguments in the Supreme Court case Canada v Fraser (2019)
Canada has flipped the burden of proof for bail in cases of repeated intimate partner violence
CBC, August 17, 2019Online
URL: https://www.cbc.ca/news/opinion/bail-change-1.5245986
This change won't help women. In fact, it could make their situations worse
Biography
Souhila Baba works and researches in criminal law, health law, feminism, and equity, diversity, & inclusion. She has a keen interest in mental health, access to health services, and access to justice. She holds a B.C.L./J.D. from the Faculty of Law of McGill University, and a B.Sc. with distinction in Psychology, with a minor in Political Science from Concordia University.
Baba has interned with several health institutions, including with the legal department of the CIUSSS centre-ouest-de-l’île-de-Montréal, through the Research Group in Health and Law, as well as with the McGill Observatory on Health and Social Services Reforms, through the Institute of Health and Social Policy. She was also a clerk to the Hon. Justice Sophie Bourque of the Superior Court of Québec (criminal division). She is currently a collaborator with the iMPACTS project at McGill, a partnership with law, arts, and media sectors to develop responses to sexual violence in universities and society.
Baba is an executive member of Law Needs Feminism Because, a national collective working to increase awareness of intersectional feminism in law, and a member of the board of directors of LEAF Québec.
Additional Titles and Affiliations
LEAF Québec
LEAF’s founding mothers created LEAF to defend the equality rights enshrined in the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Over its thirty years, the battles LEAF has fought in the courts have achieved many victories and advanced substantive equality for women and girls in Canada.
https://www.leaf.ca/branches/quebec/
Law Needs Feminism Because
Law Needs Feminism Because (Le droit a besoin du féminisme car) is a national collective of law students and legal professionals engaging in advocacy work to increase awareness of intersectional feminism. We facilitate dialogue on issues relating to gender, diversity and inclusivity in law schools, the legal profession and the justice system.
https://www.lawneedsfeminismbecause.ca/
iMPACTS - McGill University
A partnership with law, arts and media sectors to develop responses to sexual violence in universities and society
https://www.mcgill.ca/definetheline/impacts/about-us/collaborators