[1] This is an application for Charter relief, mandamus, judicial review, habeas corpus, and judicial review that was most recently argued in respect of 6 Canadian women, 13 Canadian children and 4 Canadian men. However, on January 19, 2023 counsel for all the Canadian women and children discontinued proceedings. While counsel for the women and children did not appraise the Court, it is now public information that Canada has agreed to repatriate these 19 additional Canadians. Unresolved are the claims of the four Canadian male Applicants. The Court encourages and welcomes the resolution effected between the Canadian women and children and the Respondents. In this case the legal principles applicable to the Canadian men are the same as those applicable to the Canadian women and children. These Reasons are a revised version, removing references to the women and children Applicants, of draft Reasons written with respect to the previous Applicants be they women, men or children. These Reasons now address the claims of the men.
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... The status of some of the Applicants has changed since this Application was filed in September, 2021. BOLOH is an acronym to represent any given Applicant composed of a Canadian resident, their family members and a Canadian citizen currently detained in northeastern Syria. BOLOH stands for ‘Bring Our Loved Ones Home’ ...