{"id":9465,"date":"2017-03-09T16:44:49","date_gmt":"2017-03-09T21:44:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.leaf.ca\/?p=9465"},"modified":"2020-10-25T11:56:13","modified_gmt":"2020-10-25T15:56:13","slug":"canadian-judicial-council-recommends-justice-camps-removal-from-office","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.leaf.ca\/fr\/news\/canadian-judicial-council-recommends-justice-camps-removal-from-office\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian Judicial Council Recommends Justice Camp\u2019s Removal from Office"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Canadian Judicial Council Recommends Justice Camp\u2019s Removal from Office<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Women\u2019s Legal Education and Action Fund (LEAF) applauds the March 8, 2017, Report<\/a> to the Minister of Justice of the Canadian Judicial Council (CJC) recommending the removal of Justice Robin Camp from office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The CJC Report confirms the findings of the CJC Committee that conducted the Inquiry into Justice Camp\u2019s conduct in a 2014 sexual assault trial. LEAF intervened in the Inquiry as part of a national coalition<\/a> of women\u2019s organizations to ensure that a feminist voice for survivors would be heard at the inquiry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following the Inquiry, the CJC Committee concluded that:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cJustice Camp\u2019s conduct is so manifestly and profoundly destructive of the concept of the impartiality, integrity and independence of the judicial role that public confidence is sufficiently undermined to render the Judge incapable of executing the judicial office.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The March 8 CJC Report notes that the judge addressed questions to the young, Indigenous sexual assault complainant in the 2014 trial in a \u201ccondescending, humiliating and disrespectful\u201d manner. It states that he committed \u201cserious misconduct and placed himself, by his conduct, in a position incompatible with the due execution of the office of a judge\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although the Report notes that sometimes apologies and education may be able to restore the public\u2019s confidence in the judiciary, the CJC determined that Justice Camp\u2019s \u201capologies and efforts at remediation do not adequately repair the damage caused to public confidence\u201d. Indeed, the Report to the Minister confirms the CJC Committee\u2019s finding that a consequence of Justice Camp\u2019s misconduct is that it added to a \u201cpublic perception that the judicial system is fuelled by systemic bias\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although the outcome of the retrial of the 2014 case resulted in an acquittal, the Report notes that \u201cthe legal outcome of the first trial and of the retrial is of limited relevance\u201d to the question of whether Justice Camp misconducted himself. The CJC Report is important for its finding that \u201cA judge may render an impeccable legal decision and still engage in misconduct.\u201d The Report properly focuses on the allegations that Justice Camp expressed antipathy toward the legal provisions intended to protect survivors of sexual assault in the trial process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LEAF Legal Director Dr. Kim Stanton states:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLEAF has worked hard for over three decades to ensure that the law protects and promotes the equality rights of sexual assault survivors. This decision is an affirmation of the value of equality in Canadian law.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Report counters the argument of Justice Camp that \u201cpublic outrage is not a reliable barometer of the legal concept of public confidence\u201d by noting that: \u201cIn gauging public confidence, the focus should be on a reasonable member of the public\u201d. The decision clearly separates arguments of \u201cmob justice\u201d from the continued reproduction of systemic violence in the court system that Indigenous women experience at a disproportionate rate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Report states at paragraph 47:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In our view, the statements made by Justice Camp during the trial and in his decision, the values implicit in those statements and the way in which he conducted himself are so antithetical to the contemporary values of our judicial system with respect to the manner in which complainants in sexual assault case should be treated that, in our view, confidence in the system cannot be maintained unless the system disassociates itself from the image which the Judge, by his statements and approach, represents in the mind of a reasonable member of the public. In this case, that can only be accomplished by his removal from the system which, if he were not removed, he would continue to represent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LEAF is relieved that the CJC Report to the Minister sends a message that women in Canada are entitled to a fair judicial system untainted by myths about women and sexual assault. Further, the fair trial rights that we all value are underscored by equality rights, and these must also be respected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The CJC has now made its recommendation to the Justice Minister that Justice Camp should be removed from the bench.  As noted in the CJC\u2019s news release<\/a>: \u201cIn accordance with Canada\u2019s Constitution, a judge may only be removed from office through a joint resolution of Parliament.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Justice Camp has announced that he will resign effective March 10. This is an appropriate response to the determination by both the Inquiry Committee and the CJC that he is incapable of executing the judicial office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Report to the Minister is available here<\/a>. The committee decision is available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Coalition\u2019s submission to the Inquiry is available here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

About Women\u2019s Legal Education and Action Fund (LEAF)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since April 17, 1985, when equality rights were enshrined in sections 15 and 28 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms,<\/em> LEAF has worked toward equality for women and girls. LEAF intervenes in key cases to ensure that when courts interpret equality rights, there will be a systemic improvement in women\u2019s lives. For more information about LEAF, visit www.leaf.ca.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For Media Inquiries: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Kim Stanton, Legal Director
Women\u2019s Legal Education and Action Fund (LEAF)
<\/strong>k.stanton@leaf.ca<\/strong><\/a>
416-595-7170<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9465","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry","category-featured"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nCanadian Judicial Council Recommends Justice Camp\u2019s Removal from Office - LEAF<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.leaf.ca\/fr\/news\/canadian-judicial-council-recommends-justice-camps-removal-from-office\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_FR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Canadian Judicial Council Recommends Justice Camp\u2019s Removal from Office - LEAF\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Canadian Judicial Council Recommends Justice Camp\u2019s Removal from Office The Women\u2019s Legal Education and Action Fund (LEAF) applauds the March 8, 2017, Report to the Minister of Justice of the Canadian Judicial Council (CJC) recommending the removal of Justice Robin Camp from office. 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