Ontario is calling on the federal government to legally allow people to carry and use pepper spray for self-defence. Ontario Attorney General Doug Downey made the request in a letter to his federal ...

A SELF-defence expert has hit out at women for wearing headphones in public places, suggesting that they are making ...

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Lack of knowledge regarding legal rights often prevents people from taking the right decisions. It comes as a shock to them when they face assault charges, even though they thought what they did was ...

Tehran: Iran on Sunday declared that its right to self-defence will continue until what it described as “aggression” by the ...

The United Nations Charter prohibits the use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of another state, the only recognised exception being self-defence in response to an a ...

Sandra Cobena's first private member's bill aims to address onus of reasonable force when home invasion occurs ...

Under Article 51 the precise scope of the self-defence exception has been the subject of considerable debate in judicial interpretation. The judgment of the International Court of Justice in Military ...

Section 34 of the Criminal Code, Canada’s bizarrely-worded law on the justified use of force by someone defending themselves ...

If someone breaks into your home in the middle of the night, most Canadians believe you have the right to defend yourself and your family.

Amir-Saeid Iravani tells the emergency UN security council meeting that hundreds of civilians have been killed and injured in the US-Israeli operation ...