Edney lectured extensively, with emphasis on the
Rule of Law, to organizations, universities and conferences throughout North America. He served as keynote speaker on behalf of
Amnesty International at
Trinity College, Dublin, on the Rule of Law (2005); and in London, England, at the international conference on the "Global Struggle against Torture" (2005). On 25 September 2007, Edney appeared on the
CBC Radio program
As It Happens, where he claimed politics were responsible for the Crown's sudden reversal of process, abandoning the preliminary inquiry, for the
Toronto terrorism trial. He was one of the defence attorneys supporting the
publication ban on information about the trial, while others decried it. In 2008 he received the Canadian National Pro Bono Award: "The significance of his commitment is based not only on the tremendous energy, time and personal resources spent advocating on Mr. Khadr’s behalf, but also based on the complexity of the litigation, which was argued before Canadian and U.S. courts and military tribunals. His commitment in the face of potential personal repercussions of representing an unpopular case is a testament to the finest traditions of the legal profession. The fruits of [his] labour have not only increased access to justice for one individual but impacted human rights the world over." Edney was named by
Alberta Venture magazine as one of 50 Alberta's most influential people for 2008. He received the 2009 Human Rights Medal awarded by the
Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia for work that "has helped to promote and further human rights". In 2011, he was appointed a
Bencher of the
Law Society of Alberta. On 19 September 2014, when the
Canadian Museum for Human Rights, in
Winnipeg, was first opened, Edney participated in a human rights panel about Omar Khadr's case at the nearby
Manitoba Children’s Theatre. Edney was also presented with an award for his work from the
Winnipeg Peace Alliance. Dennis Edney and Patricia Edney star in the 2015 Canadian documentary
''Guantanamo's Child: Omar Khadr'', which looks at Edney's advocacy for
Omar Khadr and features interviews in Edney's home, where Khadr resided as a guest after being released on bail in 2015. Edney died of complications from dementia on 30 December 2023, at the age of 77. ==References==