{"id":1774,"date":"2020-11-20T03:05:09","date_gmt":"2020-11-20T03:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ccla.org\/?p=1774"},"modified":"2021-08-25T20:15:38","modified_gmt":"2021-08-25T20:15:38","slug":"a-victory-for-justice-and-equality-scc-finds-ontario-law-discriminates-based-on-mental-disability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.ccla.org\/fr\/justice-penale\/une-victoire-pour-la-justice-et-legalite-la-csc-estime-que-la-loi-ontarienne-est-discriminatoire-en-raison-dun-handicap-mental\/","title":{"rendered":"Une victoire pour la justice et l&#039;\u00e9galit\u00e9 : la CSC constate que la loi ontarienne fait preuve de discrimination fond\u00e9e sur la d\u00e9ficience mentale"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fws_69d6645b869e9\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69d6645b880a6\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row full-width-section\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"true\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row-bg-overlay row-bg-layer\" style=\"background: rgba(0,0,0,0.3); background: linear-gradient(to bottom,rgba(0,0,0,0.3) 0%,rgba(238,238,238,0.01) 100%);  opacity: 0.5; \"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"divider-wrap\" data-alignment=\"default\"><div style=\"height: 10px;\" class=\"divider\"><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69d6645b890ca\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\" data-top-percent=\"4%\" data-bottom-percent=\"4%\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row full-width-section post-links\"  style=\"padding-top: calc(100vw * 0.04); padding-bottom: calc(100vw * 0.04); \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"divider-wrap\" data-alignment=\"default\"><div style=\"height: 30px;\" class=\"divider\"><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t<p><strong>20 novembre 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-CA\">Dans un\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-CA\">fort<\/span><span lang=\"EN-CA\">\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-CA\">d\u00e9cision rendue aujourd&#039;hui, le\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-CA\">Cour supr\u00eame du Canada\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-CA\">a\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-CA\">a d\u00e9cid\u00e9 que le programme d&#039;enregistrement des d\u00e9linquants sexuels de l&#039;Ontario\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-CA\">discrimine contre je<\/span><span lang=\"EN-CA\">personnes atteintes d&#039;une maladie mentale. T<\/span><span lang=\"EN-CA\">il plan a \u00eatre<\/span><span lang=\"EN-CA\">et invalid\u00e9 par la Cour \u00e0 l&#039;unanimit\u00e9<\/span><span lang=\"EN-CA\">\u00a0au motif qu&#039;il viole les\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-CA\">Charte\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-CA\">garantie d&#039;\u00e9galit\u00e9 d&#039;une mani\u00e8re qui n&#039;est ni raisonnable ni justifi\u00e9e<\/span><span lang=\"EN-CA\">. C&#039;est une victoire pour des droits \u00e0 l&#039;\u00e9galit\u00e9 significatifs pour ceux qui\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-CA\">vivre avec un\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-CA\">maladie mentale<\/span><span lang=\"EN-CA\">\u00a0et\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-CA\">affirme la fondamentale\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-CA\">principe selon lequel la loi ne doit pas punir les personnes qui ne sont pas moralement responsables de leurs actes.\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-CA\">L&#039;affaire\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-CA\">adresses<\/span><span lang=\"EN-CA\">\u00a0questions importantes sur la fa\u00e7on dont notre droit p\u00e9nal aborde les questions de responsabilit\u00e9 p\u00e9nale<\/span><span lang=\"EN-CA\">\u00a0et la maladie mentale<\/span><span lang=\"EN-CA\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #1e5799;\"><b><u><span lang=\"EN-CA\">Fond<\/span>\u00a0<\/u><\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-CA\">En 1991, le Parlement canadien a r\u00e9form\u00e9 le\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-CA\">Code criminel\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-CA\">reconna\u00eetre les besoins et les circonstances uniques des personnes qui commettent des infractions criminelles en raison d&#039;un trouble mental.\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-CA\">La loi a remplac\u00e9 la d\u00e9tention pour une dur\u00e9e ind\u00e9termin\u00e9e par un traitement et a \u00e9tabli un syst\u00e8me de commissions provinciales d&#039;examen d&#039;experts pour examiner la d\u00e9cision appropri\u00e9e pour un<\/span><span lang=\"EN-CA\">\u00a0non criminellement responsable (NCR)\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-CA\">accus\u00e9s, y compris si et quand ils pourraient \u00eatre \u00ababsolument lib\u00e9r\u00e9s\u00bb et ne rel\u00e8vent plus de la comp\u00e9tence du droit p\u00e9nal. L&#039;approche reconna\u00eet que ceux qui commettent des infractions en raison d&#039;une maladie mentale ne sont pas moralement coupables et que leur besoin de traitement doit figurer en bonne place dans toutes les d\u00e9cisions qui affectent leur libert\u00e9.<\/span><span lang=\"EN-CA\">\u00a0Plusieurs ann\u00e9es plus tard, le gouvernement de l&#039;Ontario a promulgu\u00e9 sa loi sur l&#039;enregistrement des d\u00e9linquants sexuels (<\/span><span lang=\"EN-CA\">la loi de Christophe)\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-CA\">et le gouvernement f\u00e9d\u00e9ral a embo\u00eet\u00e9 le pas en 2004. Ces deux lois exigent l&#039;enregistrement des personnes qui ont commis certaines infractions sexuelles, qu&#039;elles aient \u00e9t\u00e9 condamn\u00e9es apr\u00e8s avoir \u00e9t\u00e9 reconnues coupables ou non criminellement responsables.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-CA\">Dans\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-CA\">G. c. Ontario (Procureur g\u00e9n\u00e9ral),\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-CA\">la Cour d&#039;appel de l&#039;Ontario\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-CA\">a d\u00e9cid\u00e9 que les r\u00e9gimes f\u00e9d\u00e9ral et provincial violaient les droits constitutionnels des accus\u00e9s non responsables criminellement qui avaient \u00e9t\u00e9 lib\u00e9r\u00e9s inconditionnellement par la Commission ontarienne d&#039;examen.\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-CA\">Les \u00e9l\u00e9ments de preuve pr\u00e9sent\u00e9s \u00e0 la Cour ont montr\u00e9 que, bien qu&#039;une personne trouv\u00e9e\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-CA\">coupable\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-CA\">d&#039;une infraction sexuelle a plusieurs \u00ab rampes de sortie \u00bb pour \u00e9viter l&#039;enregistrement\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-CA\">en tant que d\u00e9linquant sexuel\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-CA\">ou\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-CA\">\u00e0\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-CA\">sortir du registre<\/span><span lang=\"EN-CA\">\u00a0apr\u00e8s une p\u00e9riode de temps<\/span><span lang=\"EN-CA\">, c&#039;est beaucoup plus difficile\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-CA\">(et parfois impossible)\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-CA\">pour un accus\u00e9 non responsable criminellement de le faire<\/span><span lang=\"EN-CA\">. L&#039;absence de semblable\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-CA\">\u00ab\u00a0rampes de sortie\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-CA\">viol\u00e9 le\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-CA\">Charte\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-CA\">garantie d&#039;\u00e9galit\u00e9<\/span><span lang=\"EN-CA\">.<\/span><span lang=\"EN-CA\">\u00a0En effet, les accus\u00e9s NCR ont \u00e9t\u00e9<\/span><span lang=\"EN-CA\">e trait\u00e9s plus durement que les d\u00e9linquants condamn\u00e9s.\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-CA\">Alors que le gouvernement f\u00e9d\u00e9ral a choisi de ne pas faire appel de la d\u00e9cision, le gouvernement de l&#039;Ontario a port\u00e9 la constitutionnalit\u00e9 du syst\u00e8me provincial d&#039;enregistrement des d\u00e9linquants sexuels devant la Cour supr\u00eame.\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-CA\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #1e5799;\"><strong><span lang=\"EN-CA\"><u>D\u00e9cision de la CSC<\/u><\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-CA\">La d\u00e9cision de la Cour supr\u00eame affirme que\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-CA\">La loi de Christophe\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-CA\">discrimine les individus sur la base d&#039;un handicap mental.\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-CA\">Comme l&#039;affirme la majorit\u00e9 :\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-CA\">\u00ab la loi elle-m\u00eame invoque des points de vue pr\u00e9judiciables et st\u00e9r\u00e9otyp\u00e9s sur les personnes atteintes de maladies mentales, alimentant une stigmatisation pr\u00e9judiciable ; et la loi place les personnes trouv\u00e9es NRCTM dans un\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-CA\">travail<\/span><span lang=\"EN-CA\">se position que ceux reconnus coupables. Les deux effets perp\u00e9tuent l&#039;histoire et la fin<\/span><span lang=\"EN-CA\">d\u00e9savantage subi par les personnes atteintes de maladies mentales. (paragraphe 67)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-CA\">La Cour a \u00e9galement\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-CA\">a estim\u00e9 que la violation de la garantie d&#039;\u00e9galit\u00e9 n&#039;\u00e9tait ni raisonnable ni justifi\u00e9e<\/span><span lang=\"EN-CA\">\u00a0\u2013 la loi n&#039;a pas port\u00e9 atteinte au minimum aux droits \u00e0 l&#039;\u00e9galit\u00e9.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-CA\">En plus d&#039;avancer des arguments selon lesquels le r\u00e9gime d&#039;enregistrement violait la garantie d&#039;\u00e9galit\u00e9, l&#039;ACLC avait \u00e9galement soutenu qu&#039;il y avait eu violation de la\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-CA\">Charte\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-CA\">article 7 protection de la vie, de la libert\u00e9 et de la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 de la personne. La Cour a d\u00e9cid\u00e9 qu&#039;elle n&#039;avait pas besoin d&#039;aborder cette question, mais de mani\u00e8re significative, a laiss\u00e9 la porte ouverte \u00e0 de futurs d\u00e9fis<\/span><span lang=\"EN-CA\">\u00a0et a reconnu que la jurisprudence ontarienne qui dit que l&#039;inscription sur un registre n&#039;est qu&#039;une atteinte \u00ab modeste \u00bb \u00e0 la libert\u00e9 a \u00e9t\u00e9 contest\u00e9e<\/span><span lang=\"EN-CA\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-CA\">La d\u00e9cision de la Cour est partag\u00e9e sur la question du recours. Les juges majoritaires ont convenu avec la Cour d&#039;appel que le r\u00e9gime d&#039;inscription, tel qu&#039;il s&#039;applique aux accus\u00e9s non responsables criminellement qui ont \u00e9t\u00e9 lib\u00e9r\u00e9s inconditionnellement, est invalide<\/span><span lang=\"EN-CA\">. La Cour a admis que le\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-CA\">d\u00e9claration d&#039;invalidit\u00e9\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-CA\">pourrait \u00eatre suspendu pour une p\u00e9riode de 12 mois pour permettre \u00e0 l&#039;Assembl\u00e9e l\u00e9gislative de l&#039;Ontario de r\u00e9gler les probl\u00e8mes.\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-CA\">\u00a0L&#039;individu au c\u0153ur de l&#039;affaire \u2013 G \u2013 avait droit \u00e0 un recours imm\u00e9diat de radiation du registre.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-CA\">En plus de la d\u00e9cision majoritaire, il existe un jugement concordant et un jugement dissident en partie. Ces d\u00e9cisions montrent des divisions int\u00e9ressantes sur le tribunal en ce qui concerne les recours en cas de violation de la Constitution<\/span><span lang=\"EN-CA\">\u00a0et peut \u00eatre important \u00e0 l&#039;avenir\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-CA\">Charte\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-CA\">cas.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69d6645b8a0e5\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69d6645b8af23\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\" data-top-percent=\"1%\" data-bottom-percent=\"1%\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: calc(100vw * 0.01); padding-bottom: calc(100vw * 0.01); \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 style=\"color: #ef770e;text-align: left\" class=\"vc_custom_heading vc_do_custom_heading\" >\u00c0 propos de l\u2019association canadienne sur les libert\u00e9s civiles<\/h3>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t<p class=\"translation-block\">L\u2019ACLC est un organisme ind\u00e9pendant \u00e0 but non lucratif qui compte des sympathisant.e.s dans tout le pays. Fond\u00e9 en 1964, c\u2019est un organisme qui \u0153uvre \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9chelle du Canada \u00e0 la protection des droits et des libert\u00e9s civiles de toute sa population.<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 style=\"color: #ef770e;text-align: left\" class=\"vc_custom_heading vc_do_custom_heading\" >Pour les m\u00e9dias<\/h3>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t<p>Pour d&#039;autres commentaires, veuillez nous contacter \u00e0\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:media@ccla.org\"><u>media@ccla.org<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 style=\"color: #ef770e;text-align: left\" class=\"vc_custom_heading vc_do_custom_heading\" >Pour les mises \u00e0 jour en direct<\/h3>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t<p>Veuillez continuer \u00e0 vous r\u00e9f\u00e9rer \u00e0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dev.ccla.org\/fr\/the-latest\/\" rel=\"noopener\">cette page<\/a>\u00a0et \u00e0 nos plateformes de m\u00e9dias sociaux. 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Le r\u00e9gime a \u00e9t\u00e9 annul\u00e9 par la Cour \u00e0 l&#039;unanimit\u00e9 au motif qu&#039;il viole la garantie d&#039;\u00e9galit\u00e9 de la Charte d&#039;une mani\u00e8re qui n&#039;est ni raisonnable ni justifi\u00e9e.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":1862,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,86,73,6,124,83,126,134],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1774","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-criminal-justice","8":"category-criminal-records-collateral-consequences","9":"category-disability","10":"category-equality","11":"category-fair-trial-rights","12":"category-fair-trial-due-process-sentencing","13":"category-not-criminally-responsible","14":"category-sex-offender-registries"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>A Victory for Justice and Equality: SCC Finds Ontario Law Discriminates Based on Mental Disability - CCLA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_CA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A Victory for Justice and Equality: SCC Finds Ontario Law Discriminates Based on Mental Disability - CCLA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In a strong decision released today, the Supreme Court of Canada has decided that Ontario\u2019s sex offender registration scheme discriminates against individuals with a mental illness. 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