Terrorism

Canada has long taken a forceful stand, consistent with international standards on human rights, in the fight against terrorism. Canada has developed policies and laws that are based on the principles that terrorism must be prevented, perpetrators of terrorist acts must be brought to swift justice, and terrorists should be denied sanctuary and support.

Combatting terrorism requires international cooperation and coordination. Canada has worked in various international fora, principally the G7/8 and the United Nations, for over twenty years to develop legal tools and international standards to combat terrorism. There are twelve international conventions which address specific terrorist acts such as hostage taking, hijacking, terrorist bombings; and support activities such as terrorism financing. Canada has signed all twelve international counter-terrorism conventions and has ratified all of them. In the G8, Canada meets regularly with experts to set international standards on counter...