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General Information

• Message From the Action Committee
• Overview of the Action Committee on COVID-19
• Core Principles and Perspectives

Health and Safety in the Courts (COVID-19)

• Communiqué - The Impact of Vaccination on the Courts
• Message: Keeping Our Court Environments Safe in a Pandemic
• Orienting Principles on Safe and Accessible Courts
• Protecting Court Personnel and Users and Cleaning and Disinfecting
• Court Audit Tool: Small Court Spaces and Alternative Facilities
• Courtroom Symptom Appearance
• Contact Tracing in Court Operations
• COVID-19 Testing for Court Participants
• Impact of Vaccination on Court Operations
• Inviting a Dialogue to Better Protect Court Participants

Virtual Hearings, Open Courts and Technology

Virtual Hearings

• Virtual Hearings and Services: Tools and Resources for Court Users and Personnel

Adapting Jury Processes (COVID-19)

• Jury Summons
• Jury Selection
• Jury Arrival and Departure
• In-Trial Criminal Jury Proceedings
• Sequestering, Deliberation, Release of the Jury

Newsroom

• Update from the Action Committee on Court Operations in Response to COVID-19 (November 6, 2020)
• New Key Guidance for Resumption of Criminal Jury Trials (July 2, 2020)
• Action Committee on Court Operations in Response to COVID-19 Approves Initial Guidance Documents (May 26, 2020)
• Chief Justice of Canada and Minister of Justice Launch Action Committee on Court Operations in Response to COVID-19 (May 8, 2020)
• Action Committee on Court Operations in Response to COVID-19 played a key role in maintaining safe court operations during the pandemic (July 29, 2021)