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Suicide bombing bill passes Senate & heads to the House

On April 16th Bill S-210 received approval from the Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs and moved to 3^rd reading..

The ultimate crime by Reuben Bromstein and Salim Mansur

Get tough on suicide bombings by Salim Mansur

In October, 2006, the Australian parliament became the first body to pass a bipartisan motion urging, as in the Simon Wiesenthal Center 's campaign, that suicide terrorism be treated as a "crime against humanity"..... Photo: Dr. Shimon Samuels, the Center's International Relations Director with Prime Minister John Howard at the 2006 World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) is the world's largest regional security organization with 55 participating States, including Canada. An OSCE Resolution on Terrorism says terrorist acts committed by Suicide Bombers are Crimes Against Humanity. Senator Jerry S. Grafstein Q.C. is a Senior Officer and Treasurer of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (OSCE PA), Leader of the Liberal Democratic Reform Group at the OSCE PA and a Member of the Canadian Delegation to the OSCE PA.