Experts are calling on Canada lawmakers to pass laws aimed at sanctioning the use of “human shields,” amid reports of terrorist group Hamas is using civilians as a cover for military assets in its recent crossfire with Israel. In a report (pdf) released by the Macdonald-Laurier Institute (MLI) and the Canadian Coalition Against Terror (C-CAT), the experts noted that the use of humans as shields by terrorists groups can effectively lower the efficacy of militaries from democratic and law-abiding countries. The report also included a draft legislation, suggesting Canadian lawmakers take action against the use of human shields. The draft involves sanctions and “naming and shaming,” as outlined in the Forward section of the report co-authored by MLI senior fellow Sarah Teich and David Matas, an international human rights lawyer and senior fellow at the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights. Other than Hamas, the report has named a number of terrorist entities …