3) In my opinion, I think the Canadian government should not obligate to intervene in other countries when the rights and freedoms of Canadians are infringed because they cannot interfere in current legal proceedings in other countries unless it is requested to do so by local authorities. The legal procedures may be different from the procedures in the Canadian legal system. If the person is involved in these proceedings, the person may face long delays in the effort to resolve their case. If the person’s international human rights are known to have been violated, the Government of Canada can try to put pressure on the foreign authorities to stand for their international human rights obligations and provide the person some protection. In addition, while having dual citizenship is …show more content…
I believe that the Charter should extend beyond Canada's borders because for human rights representatives, the struggle to secure recognition of the principle that governments do indeed have very serious commitments to protect human rights beyond their own borders is demanding. It plays out in a variety of situations, for example it emerges with respect to the actions of law enforcement and security work force, which may become directly or indirectly involved in the arrest, imprisonment and interrogation of individuals in other countries, in situations where serious violations of the rights of those individuals, including torture, are a virtual certainty. Consequences of non-intervention are that if the Government of Canada does not try to help the Canadian citizen that has been detained in their second nationality; he will be staying in that country forever and he will not be released. Whereas, the consequences of intervention are that if the Government of Canada intervenes in another country, the work closure will impact on society and the