Robert Diab

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Canada should enshrine police body cameras into law

23rd June 2020

Robert Diab - Associate Professor, Thompson Rivers University

ANALYSIS: The killing of George Floyd, caught on camera by a member of the public, has reignited the debate over whether body-worn cameras increase police accountability and transparency. Associate Professor in Law Robert Diab welcomes Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's support for the wider use of body-worn cameras, and sets out how and why that use should be enshrined in law.

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Robert Diab
Associate Professor, Thompson Rivers University
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Robert’s research is focused in the areas of criminal law, civil liberties, and human rights. He completed a PhD in law at the University of British Columbia in 2013. Over the course of his doctorate, he held the Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship and was a visiting scholar at the Yale Law School. Robert is the author of The Harbinger Theory: How the Post-9/11 Emergency Became Permanent and the Case for Reform (Oxford University Press, 2015) and Guantanamo North: Terrorism and the Administration of Justice in Canada (Fernwood, 2008). He has also published on a range of topics including police powers, sentencing, and legal theory. His publications are listed below and can be downloaded at SSRN.com Together with Professors Neudorf and Hunt, Robert is a founder and co-editor in chief of the Canadian Journal of Comparative and Contemporary Law. He is also a member of the editorial board of BarTalk, a publication of the BC branch of the Canadian Bar Association. Robert has also been a member of the Law Society of British Columbia since 2002, with practice experience in criminal and constitutional law. He currently teaches first-year criminal law and advanced criminal law in the upper year curriculum.