Time: 12:00PM–1:30PM

The world has changed since the events of 9/11. Western democratic governments have become obsessed with internal security and have created legislation and practises that challenge both their traditional human rights legislation, international conventions, and even international court rulings. Such measures as indefinite imprisonment without trial, the use of torture, "no-fly" lists, limits on free speech, rules against group strolls in the park in Toronto, and the mandatory retention of DNA of individuals with no convictions, have all arisen within modern democracies. Unfortunately, criminologists, social scientists, and academics who are expected to be society's guardians and used to be the first to protest violations of human rights and freedoms and other undemocratic measures, have been conspicuous by their silence. Could this apathy, indifference and complacency be explained? Is there any hope for change?