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Senator Kim Pate Speaks in Favour of the Frozen Assets Repurposing Act

Senator Kim Pate Senate of Canada May 1, 2019 Bill S-259, frozen assets

Watch Senator Kim Pate support the Frozen Assets Repurposing Act and highlight the importance of addressing sexual and gender-based violence causing forced displacement globally.

OPINION: Make Corrupt Foreign Officials Pay

Ratna Omidvar Policy Options April 25, 2019 Bill S-259, forced displacement, frozen assets, migration, refugees

Read Senator Omidvar's column for IRPP explaining how her Bill S-259, the Frozen Assets Repurposing Act would help to counter the forced displacement crisis.

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SPEECH: Bill S-259, Frozen Assets Repurposing Act at Second Reading

Ratna Omidvar Senate of Canada April 10, 2019 Bill S-259, frozen assets, migration, refugees

Watch Senator Omidvar deliver her second reading speech on her newest piece of legislation, Bill S-259 the Frozen Assets Repurposing Act. This bill is inspired by a proposal developed by the World Refugee Council, of which she is a member.

Senator Tables Bill with Former UN Envoy to Spend Seized Assets of Dictators

Mike Blanchfield The Canadian Press March 21, 2019 Bill S-259, frozen assets, migration, refugees

"The bill Senator Omidvar is tabling would make Canada a global leader in holding bad leaders accountable for their crimes against the forcibly displaced", said Fen Hampson of the World Refugee Council.

WATCH: Announcing the Frozen Assets Repurposing Act, Bill S-259

Ratna Omidvar Senate of Canada March 21, 2019 Bill S-259, frozen assets, internally displaced, migration, refugees

Watch Senator Ratna Omidvar announce her new legislation, the Frozen Assets Repurposing Act, in the Parliamentary Press Gallery.

ADVISORY: Senator Ratna Omidvar to Announce the Tabling of the Frozen Assets Repurposing Act to Assist the Forcibly Displaced

Ratna Omidvar Senate of Canada March 20, 2019 Bill S-259, frozen assets, migration, refugees

Senator Ratna Omidvar, joined by Allan Rock and Fen Hampson from the CIGI-sponsored World Refugee Council, will hold a press conference to announce the tabling of the Frozen Assets Repurposing Act.

WATCH: Explaining the World Refugee Council’s Recommendation on Frozen Assets

Ratna Omidvar World Refugee Council March 19, 2019 frozen assets, refugees

Learn more about the World Refugee Council's Call to Action #46 on re-purposing frozen assets to alleviate the conditions of refugees and internally-displaced persons.

WATCH: Ratna Omidvar on Using Seized Assets to Help Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons

Ratna Omidvar World Refugee Council January 1, 2019 frozen assets, migration, refugees, World Refugee Council

In this video, Canadian Senator and World Refugee Council Member Ratna Omidvar explains how countries — including Canada — can enact laws that would allow governments to repurpose corrupt foreign leaders’ the assets for the benefit of refugees, internally displaced persons and others who have been harmed by their action.