Criminal Conviction Review Annual Reports

Under section 696.5 of the Criminal Code, the Minister of Justice is required to submit an annual report to Parliament regarding applications for ministerial review (miscarriages of justice) within six months of the end of the fiscal year. Under the Regulations Respecting Applications for Ministerial Review – Miscarriages of Justice (the Regulations), the report must address the following matters: *the number of applications for ministerial review made to the Minister; *the number of applications that have been abandoned or that are incomplete; *the number of applications that are at the preliminary assessment stage; *the number of applications that are at the investigation stage; *the number of decisions that the Minister has made; and *any other information that the Minister considers appropriate.

Publisher

Department of Justice Canada

Resources

2

Catalogue metadata updated

2025-12-22