Independent and Authoritative Advice on Law Reform
The Law Commission of Ontario researches complex legal issues and promotes public debate and access to justice.
Featured Projects
AI in Criminal Justice
Deep dive into the risks and benefits of AI use in the criminal justice system. Read our five-paper series that considers AI use at each stage of a criminal matter.
AI Regulation and Human Rights
Examining how AI can be governed to protect human rights, procedural fairness, and privacy. Check out the Human Rights Impact Assessment.
Intimate Images and Deepfakes
Examining how to protect victims of non-consensual disclosure of intimate images and deepfakes.
Protection Orders
Examining why protections orders are failing to prevent intimate partner and family violence in Ontario.
Workplace Surveillance
A look at the growing use of digital monitoring and surveillance technologies in the workplace, and their implications for privacy and human rights, employment and labour law, platform workers, and AI governance.
Latest News
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The LCO Upgrades its Website
The Law Commission of Ontario is pleased to share that its updated website is now live. This upgrade is part…
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LCO Launches Two New Projects
The LCO is launching two new projects that address emerging and evolving legal issues in Ontario. Intimate Images and Deepfakes…
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Law360: Ontario protection order regime in need of urgent reform
LCO Counsel Laura Snowdon discusses the state of Protection Orders in Ontario with Law 360 and shares some of the…