Anne Mactavish
| Anne L. Mactavish | |
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| Judge Federal Court (Canada) |
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Assumed office November 19, 2003 |
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| Nominated by | Jean Chrétien |
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| Born | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Alma mater | Bishop's University, University of New Brunswick, University of Ottawa |
Anne L. Mactavish is a Canadian Federal Court trial judge. Born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, her education was at Bishop's University, University of New Brunswick and University of Ottawa. She was called to the Bar of Ontario in 1982. She became an Associate and Partner at Perley-Robertson, Panet, Hill & McDougall from 1982 to1996. She was appointed President of the Human Rights Tribunal Panel in 1995, and Chairperson of the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal in 1998. (The rules stipulate that the Chairperson of the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal be appointed for a term of not more than seven years.) Mactavish was also President of the County of Carleton Law Association.
As of January 2009, she remains President of the Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice. She was appointed Judge of the Federal Court and Member ex officio of the Federal Court of Appeal on November 19, 2003. She was appointed as a Judge of the Court Martial Appeal Court of Canada on March 23, 2004.
Justice Mactavish has taken a role in hearing at least two well publicized cases: those of Jeremy Hinzman and Robin Long. They were both Iraq War Resisters who claimed that the international law Nuremberg Principle IV put them under legal obligation to avoid participating in the invasion of Iraq and the Iraq war. In order to avoid the punishment for desertion which they would face if they returned to the United States, they applied for refugee status in Canada.
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