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====Minister of Justice (2007-2013)==== Nicholson was appointed as [[Minister of Justice (Canada)|Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada]] in early 2007. He replaced [[Vic Toews]] as Justice Minister during a [[Cabinet shuffle]] on January 4, 2007. [[Peter Van Loan]] replaced Nicholson as Government House Leader. On March 13, 2010, Nicholson released the terms of reference for the appointment of [[Frank Iacobucci]] as an Independent Adviser. Iacobucci will conduct an independent review of documents related to the transfer of detainees by the [[Canada's role in the Afghanistan War|Canadian Forces in Afghanistan]].<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-notebook/justice-minister-rob-nicholson-announces-full-terms-of-review/article4352235/ | location=Toronto | work=The Globe and Mail | first=Jane | last=Taber | title=Justice Minister Rob Nicholson announces full terms of review β The Globe and Mail | date=March 13, 2010 | access-date=April 21, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/nr-cp/2010/doc_32486.html |title=Minister of Justice Releases Terms of Reference for Independent Adviser to Review National Security Informatione |publisher=Justice |date=2012-08-03 |access-date=2012-10-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120323222701/http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/nr-cp/2010/doc_32486.html |archive-date=2012-03-23 }}</ref> This statement comes after [[Richard Colvin (diplomat)|Richard Colvin]] spoke before a parliamentary committee stating that he warned for a full year that detainees Canadian troops handed over to Afghan forces faced torture before the government began to monitor them. βLondon, The Hague and Canberra [Australia] are deeply concerned about the absence of solid legal protections for detainees, which β in the age of Gitmo and Abu Ghraib β imperils domestic support for the Afghanistan mission,β said the memo of December 4, 2006, written by diplomat Richard Colvin.<ref>{{cite web|last=Wherry |first=Aaron |url=http://www.macleans.ca/2010/03/12/what-might-have-been-ii/ |title=What might have been (II) - Beyond The Commons, Capital Read |publisher=Macleans |date=2010-03-12 |access-date=2012-10-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/the-buck-stopped-nowhere-at-foreign-affairs-on-colvins-warnings/article4311307/ | location=Toronto | work=The Globe and Mail | first=Campbell | last=Clark | title='The buck stopped nowhere' at Foreign Affairs on Colvin's warnings β The Globe and Mail | date=December 18, 2009 | access-date=April 21, 2021}}</ref> [[Amir Attaran]] also brought forward testimony in stark contrast to then Canadian Ambassador to Afghanistan [[David Sproule]]'s. Afgan prisoners testified that after capture by Canadians, they were subsequently handed to the custody of the [[Afghan National Army]] (ANA), claiming they were later abused by the ANA.
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