In our work, we have found that one of the most powerful and far-reaching ways to create change in the area of children’s rights is through acting as Intervenors in cases before the Supreme Court of Canada. The Supreme Court decisions create precedents not only for subsequent legal decisions in Canada but may affect other countries that are signatories to the same international Agreements.
In a recent case before Supreme Court of Canada, DCI-Canada was granted Intervener status in a case that looked at the connection between the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Hague Convention.
