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Charles Roach was born on 18 September, 1933 in Belmont, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, is a Canadian civil rights lawyer and activist. Discover Charles Roach's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 79 years old?

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Occupation Lawyer
Age 79 years old
Zodiac Sign Virgo
Born 18 September, 1933
Birthday 18 September
Birthplace Belmont, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Date of death 2 October, 2012
Died Place Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Nationality Spain

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1933

Charles Conliff Mende Roach (September 18, 1933 – October 2, 2012) was a Canadian civil rights lawyer and an activist in the Black community in Toronto.

1950

Roach swore allegiance to the Queen of Canada twice before: once as a reservist in the 1950s, and again when he was called to the Bar.

1955

Born in Belmont, Trinidad and Tobago, the son of a trade union organizer, Roach arrived in Canada in 1955 as an aspiring priest to study at the University of Saskatchewan.

Roach was politicized by the civil rights movement, stating: "after the '50s, I started being more political... This was the spirit of the times. I'm really from the civil-rights era."

1960

Roach worked as a staff lawyer for the city of Toronto in the 1960s, while also participating and organizing marches and demonstrations for equal rights.

1963

He then studied law at the University of Toronto and was called to the bar in 1963.

1968

He opened his own law practice in 1968, eventually becoming the firm of Roach and Schwartz Associates.

Among his clients were Black Panthers attempting to seek refuge in Canada from prosecution in the United States and other asylum seekers.

1970

He also represented domestic workers being deported in the 1970s.

He further became a vocal critic of the police, accusing them of racism.

1978

Roach further established the Movement of Minority Electors in 1978 to encourage non-caucasians to enter electoral politics and was a founding member of the Black Action Defence Committee.

Roach was a member of the executive committee of Citizens for a Canadian Republic (CCR) and commented publicly on his desire to end the Canadian monarchy.

He was a permanent resident of Canada, not obtaining Canadian citizenship because of his refusal to swear the Oath of Citizenship, as it contains a promise to bear allegiance to the Canadian monarch.

1992

In 1992, Roach argued in the Federal Court of Canada that the Canadian oath for new citizens, which includes a statement of allegiance to the Canadian monarch, was a violation of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

The court ruled against his motion to have the requirement to take the oath struck down and his appeal to the Supreme Court was dismissed.

1999

In 1999, Roach went to Rwanda to represent Hutu journalist Mathieu Ngirumpatse against human rights abuse charges before the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda.

Through his work, Roach became a leading figure in Toronto's Black community.

He was a founder of the Caribana festival, serving as its first chair.

2007

In 2007, Roach again sued, this time as a class action.

On May 17, 2007, Justice Edward Belobaba of the Ontario Superior Court ruled that Roach could proceed with the lawsuit, dismissing a Crown motion to have the action quashed as frivolous and vexatious.

2008

On February 19, 2008, the appeal by the federal government was dismissed by judges at the Court of Appeal for Ontario and the case went before the Ontario Superior Court.

2009

Roach's case was dismissed by the court in January, 2009.

2012

Roach again went to the courts in 2012 with another class action suit to argue the oath of allegiance to the sovereign is unconstitutional.

On June 18, the Ontario Superior Court permitted the case's continuance.

Roach died from malignant brain cancer on October 2, 2012, in Toronto.

2013

The case was dismissed in September, 2013.