The Charter of Rights and Freedoms is a vital tool for challenging unfair government action, or unjust laws.  

The Criminal Code Review Board (CCRB) holds hearings to review cases where a person has been found not criminally responsible or unfit to stand trial.  

Where a person experiences discrimination due to their race, gender, ability, or other reasons, they are entitled to make a complaint to the provincial or federal Human Rights Commission.  

A firm that is intervening may become involved in a case on behalf of an organization with a genuine interest in the case’s outcome. The case must have far-reaching implications. 

Some important documents require notarization or to be sworn and affirmed before being submitted to the appropriate person or agency.  

When a person experiences or becomes aware of significant physical or mental harm, they may consider initiating legal action to seek financial compensation for the harms suffered. 

Sometimes, legal remedies are not available for issues faced in prison. In these cases, a lawyer or legal advocate can try to resolve the concern by communicating with the person who is incarcerated and/or correctional staff. 

Technology-facilitated violence involves the use of digital platforms and tools to harass, intimidate, or abuse individuals, often through non-consensual distribution of intimate images or cyber-bullying.

A class action is a type of civil lawsuit where the party that is suing encompasses a larger group of people, “the class”, who have all suffered similar harms.  

Habeas Corpus is the legal mechanism for telling the court that, while incarcerated, one’s liberty rights are being unfairly and/or unreasonably restricted.  

Institutional disciplinary hearings occur when a person who is incarcerated has been charged with violating the prison’s internal rules or regulations. 

If all possible options to resolve a concern with a government decision or action have been tried without a satisfactory result, a person may take their case to court to have a judge review the decision. 

Parole allows people in prison to serve a portion of their sentence in the community under specific conditions, rather than staying in prison for their entire sentence.

Anyone may make a complaint about police misconduct to the responsible police department. Some examples of misconduct include arrest without cause, use of unnecessary force, and racist or otherwise oppressive conduct.  

A judge may make a Section 161 Order imposing certain conditions on an individual that has been convicted of a sexual offence against children.