After five men were convicted for their role in an international organ-trafficking ring in Kosovo in 2013, the prosecutor had a stern warning for the Canadian government: Ban the purchase of organs in foreign countries. Seven years later, there is still no…
Official opposition leader Erin O’Toole endorsed Senator Salma Ataullahjan on Wednesday in her race for the presidency of the International Parliamentary Union to be the first Canadian Muslim to fill that seat and called on Prime Minister Trudeau to endorse her as…
The Canadian government is being accused of standing in the way of a popular female Conservative senator and champion of gender equality who is seeking the presidency of the prestigious Inter-Parliamentary Union, a global organization of 179 parliaments. Senator Salma Ataullahjan says…
On December 6th, 2016 the Standing Senate Committee on Human Rights released our report on Syrian refugee resettlement in Canada. As part of the release, I, as Deputy Chair, along with The Hon. Jim Munson, Chair, and committee member The Hon. Thanh…
From August 31st to September 2nd, 2015 Senator Ataullahjan attended the Fourth World Conference of Speakers of Parliament at United Nations Headquarters in New York which was convened by the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU). She attended, in her capacity as President of the Canadian…