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Spring 2018
Date | Speaker and Topic |
February 6, 2018 6:00pm J250 | PANEL DISCUSSIONDarker Side of Digital: Human Rights Implications of Technology in Canada and Abroad
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Fall 2017
Date | Speaker and Topic |
September 14, 2017 12:30-2:00pm J130 | IHRP and Globalization, Law & Justice Workshop Series present: Is ISIS a State? The Status of Statehood in the Age of TerrorProfessor Noah Novogrodsky will discuss his essay which considers the definitional challenge posed by the Islamic State’s state-like attributes and suggests a new approach to recognizing sovereignty within the meaning of international law. The dual factors proposed – respect and observance of fundamental human rights in territory controlled by the candidate state, and acceptance of the sovereign co-existence of other states – are intended to reframe traditional analyses of the Montevideo Convention. His piece draws upon on recent scholarship, judicial decisions and diplomatic practices surrounding recognition of would-be states to identify a form of human rights minimalism and acknowledgment of the international order that may usefully inform debates concerning potential future sovereigns. |
Date | Speaker and Topic |
October 27, 2016 12:30-2:00pm J125 | Umbrella Movement: Two Years OnHong Kong hasn't been the same since the mass protests of 2014 shook the former British colony to the core. The opposition has radicalized, talks of independence have gained traction, society has been split asunder. Jason Y. Ng, a Canadian-trained lawyr and Hong Kong-based news columnist and author of Umbrellas in Bloom: Hng Kong's Occupy Movement Uncovered, will give an update on Hong Kong's ever-shifting political landscape two years after history was made.
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Date | Speaker and Topic |
December 2, 2015 William Doo Auditorium 45 Willcocks St. Toronto, ON 4:00-6:00 p.m. | Free Film Screening and Expert Panel"Silence in the Courts" Screening (see poster here)Q&A featuring filmmakers Prasanna Vithanage and Rahul Roy, and human rights lawyers Samer Muscati and Carmen Cheung
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Fall 2014
Date | Speaker and Topic |
February 25, 2015 Falconer Room 3 12:30-2:00 p.m. | Professor Richard Stacey |
February 11, 2015 Victoria College, VIC215 12:30-2:00 p.m. | Alex Neve, Secretary General of Amnesty International Canada Confronting a Human Rights Scourge: Canada and the Global Struggle against Torture |
January 29, 2015 6:00-8:00 p.m.
| James Stewart (LLB75), Deputy Prosecutor, International Criminal Court Richard Dicker, Director, International Justice, Human Rights Watch International Criminal Law at the Crossroads Article: The Challenges Facing the International Criminal Court |
October 29, 2014 FA3 (Falconer Hall, Room 3) 12:30-2:00 p.m. | Jason Ng (JD/MBA 2001), The Umbrella Revolution: perspectives from the ground |
October 14, 2014 Alumni Hall 12:10-2:00 p.m.
| Movie Screening: The Case against 8 |
October 23, 2014 6:00-8:00 p.m. Alumni Hall Victoria College 73 Queen's Park Cr Faculty of Law | Topic: Report Release in Toronto: Homeless at Home: LGBT Rights and Risks in Jamaica
RSVP by Monday, October 20 to canada@hrw.org or 416.322.8448
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Winter 2014
Date | Speaker and Topic |
January 15, 2014
| Topic: Governance by Data and the Limits of Transparency Speaker: Fleur Johns, Associate Professor, University of Sydney Faculty of Law & Co-Director, Sydney Centre for International Law Click here for event poster |
February 3, 2014
| Topic: Confronting Threats to the Rights and Survival of Indigenous Peoples: The Case of Colombia Speaker: Federico Guzman Duque, Deputy Justice, Council of State, Colombia presented with the Aboriginal Law Program and Amnesty International Canada Click here for event poster |
February 13, 2014 | Speaker: Dr. Kwame McKenzie, Medical Director of Underserved Populations; Access & Transitions, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (Toronto); Professor and Co-Director of the Division of Equity, Population & Gender, University of Toronto Department of Psychiatry Click here for event poster |
March 3, 2014 | Topic: Human Trafficking, Labour Exploitation and Canada Speaker: Antonela Arhin, Centre for Diaspora and Transnational Studies and Visiting Junior Fellow at the Centre for Criminology, University of Toronto Click here for event poster |
Fall 2013
Date | Speaker and Topic |
October 3, 2013
| Topic: A Long Path to Justice: Firsthand accounts from survivors of Argentina's "Dirty War" and a 30-year search for accountability Speakers: Rosa Gomez and Antonio Savone Click here for event poster |
November 12, 2013 | Topic: Ending the War on Terror? A public roundtable of national security and international human rights experts in conversation. Speakers * David Cole, Professor of Law, Georgetown University |
November 15, 2013 | Topic: Judging Stories Speaker: Noah Novogrodsky, Professor of Law and Co-Director, Center for International Human Rights Law & Advocacy, University of Wyoming Using the case of Mugesera v. Citizenship and Immigration (Canada), Noah Novogrodsky's article explores the power of storytelling in law, distinct problems posed by transnational speech and the question of which norms apply to inflammatory publications transmitted across borders. Co-presented with the University of Toronto Centre for Ethics |
November 21, 2013 | Topic: The Ethical Basis for Excluding Unauthorized Immigrants from the Affordable Care Act Speaker: Norman Daniels, Professor of Ethics and Population Health, Harvard School of Public Health Co-presented with the Health Law, Ethics & Policy Workshop and the David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights |
Winter 2013
Date | Speaker and Topic |
January 10, 2013
| Topic: Judging Social Rights Speaker: Jeff King, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Laws, University College, London Click here for event poster |
January 15, 2013
| Topic: IHRP and the Muslim Law Association present: “Challenging America's Targeted Killings Program in U.S. Courts: Al-Aulaqi v. Panetta” Speaker: Jameel Jaffer, Director, Center for Democracy, American Civil Liberties Union Click here for event poster |
February 8, 2013 | Topic: IHRP and Munk School present: "Sexual Violence in the Recent Conflicts in Libya and Syria: Challenges to Protecting Victims and Pursuing Accountability Speaker: Various Speakers Read more and Register for Conference Read papers arising from the conference and publshed in the Journal of International Law and International Relations. |
| February 12, 2013 | Topic: Reflections on Current Challenges Facing the ICC Speaker: James Stewart, newly elected Deputy Prosecutor, International Criminal Court Click here for event poster |
| March 11, 2013 | Topic: Holding Canada to Account: Challenges to enforcing international human rights at home Speaker: Carmen Cheung, new Acting Director of the IHRP Click here for event poster |
Fall 2012
Date | Speaker and Topic |
October 3, 2012
| Topic: Military Justice Systems as a Vehicle for the Promotion of Human Rights in Operational Settings, in Peacekeeping and in Situations of Transitional Justice Speaker: Colonel Michael Gibson, Deputy Judge Advocate General Military Justice , Canadian Forces Click here for event poster |
October 17, 2012
| Topic: IHRP and Out in Law present: “LGBT Rights in International and Comparative Law” Speaker: Laurence Helfer, Duke University Click here for event poster |
October 17, 2012 | Topic: IHRP and Munk School present: Ken Roth, Executive Director of Human Rights Watch in conversation with Michael Ignatieff Speaker: Ken Roth, Executive Director of Human Rights Watch Click here for webcast |
| October 19, 2012 | Topic: IHRP CCLA and Canadian Arab Council present: “The Human Cost of War on Terror” Speaker: Various speakers Click here for event poster |
| October 29, 2012 | Topic: IHRP and Professor Patrick Macklem present: Differential protection on the right to equal treatment for religious versus ethnic minorities: international legal perspectives Speaker: Kristin Henrard, Erasmus University of Rotterdam Click here for event poster |
| October 31, 2012 | Topic: IHRP and the Muslim Law Students’ Association present: An Update on Palestine: Human Rights Concerns and the Role of International Law Speakers: Bill Van Esveld, Human Rights Watch Valentina Azarov, Al-Quds University, Abu Dis, Palestine Click here for event poster |
November 21, 2012 | Topic: OISE and IHRP present: Patricia Nyaundi, Chief Executive Officer, Kenyan Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission Speaker: Dame Nita Barrow Click here for event poster |
Winter 2012
Date | Speaker and Topic |
January 19, 2012
| Topic: The IHRP and Law & Development Society present: “Displaced for Development?" Indigenous peoples rights and extractive industries development in the Peruvian Andes and Amazonia Speaker: Dr. Manuel Glave, Catholic University of Peru, Department of Economics Click here for event photo |
January 25, 2012
| Topic: The IHRP and Aboriginal Law Program present:“The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: The Global Challenge of Implementation” Speaker: James Anaya, UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples |
| February 9. 2012 | Topic: IHRP 25th Anniversary Opening Reception Fundraiser Keynote Speaker: John Ralston Saul, President, PEN International Click here for event coverage |
| February 9-23, 2012 | Topic: Transformative Human Rights: 25 Years in the Field An exhibition profiling major developments in human rights through the lens of IHRP students at the University of Toronto Arts Centre |
| February 16, 2012 | Topic: The IHRP and CDO present: International Careers Networking Event – a chance to hear from and network with professionals with careers in international law |
| March 1, 2012 | Topic: The IHRP, PBSC and Out in Law present: A panel discussion on Envisioning Global LGBT Rights |
| March 5, 2012 | Topic: The IHRP and York University present: No More Blood: Struggles for Peace and Human Rights in Mexico – a rare chance to hear from Mexican human rights defenders on the ground |
| March 6, 2012 | Topic: Book Launch - Reducing Genocide to Law Speaker: Professor Payam Akhaven, McGill Law School |
Fall 2011
Date | Speaker and Topic |
September 26, 2011
| Topic: “Current Regulatory Developments in Relation to Private Military and Security Contractors: Moving Beyond Voluntary Codes of Conduct” Speaker: Sorcha MacLeod, Lecturer, University of Sheffield School of Law |
October 18, 2011 | Topic: Cambodian Genocide Symposium and Exhibition Launch Keynote Speaker: Robert Petit Read coverage of this event here |
| October 19, 2011 | Topic: Film Screening of the “The Reckoning,” a movie about the International Criminal Court, followed by a panel discussion Click here for event photo |
| October 31, 2011 | Topic: Human Rights in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories: A View from the Ground Speaker: Bill Van Esveld, Senior Researcher, Human Rights Watch |
| November 14, 2011 | Topic: A Conversation with Luis Moreno-Ocampo, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court in the Hague Read Andrew Max's (2L) interview with the Prosecutor here. Learn more here (pdf) |
| November 14, 2011 | Topic: Free Public Film Screening of Prosecutor Speakers: Luis Moreno-Ocampo, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court Stephen Lewis, Distinguished Visiting Professor, Ryerson University and Co-Director of AIDS-Free World |
| November 22, 2011 | Topic: “From Rhetoric to Reality - How Classifying Rape as a Weapon of War can Translate into Enhanced Accountability and Real Benefits for Survivors” Speaker: Julaine Eberhard, Global Justice Centre |
Winter 2011
Date | Speaker and Topic |
January 24, 2011 | Topic: The Equality Effect Panel Discussion - “The Legal Protection of Kenyan Girls from Rape: A Comparative Analysis of the Relevant Canadian and Kenyan Constitutional Provisions” Speakers: Mary Eberts, Ariel F. Sallows Chair in Human Rights at the College of Law, University of Saskatchewan Christine Kung'u, human rights lawyer from Nairobi, Kenya, former Project Coordinator and Legal Officer at WRAP (Women's Rights Assistance Program) Fiona Sampson, Executive Director of The Equality Effect |
January 26, 2011 | Topic: The collapse of the formal legal system during the Liberian Civil War (1980-2003) Speaker: Jim Dube, Partner Emeritus, Blake, Cassels, Graydon LLP, Legal Consultant for the UN Security Council Panel of Experts on Liberia |
February 9, 2011 | Topic: Is it Wrong or Illegal? Situating the Gaza Blockade between International Law and the UN Response Speaker: Noura Erakat |
February 15, 2011 | Topic: The Rule of Law, Development and Human Rights in Haiti: One Year after the Earthquake Speakers: Pascal Paradis, Executive Director, Lawyers Without Borders Danielle Saada. Former Head of Justice Section with the UN in Haiti Read more |
March 4-5, 2011 | Topic: Canadian Centre for International Justice and the IHRP Present a Training Session on Accountability for Genocide, Crimes against Humanity and Torture See the flyer for the course and the program outlining the panels and speakers. |
| March 4, 2011 | Topic: Symposium: Corporate Accountability for Human Rights Abuses Committed Abroad View the detailed program here |
| March 15, 2011 | Topic: Intimate Chat with Colombian Human Rights Defender: Jomary Ortegón Osorio |
Fall 2010
Date | Speaker and Topic |
September 15, 2010 | Topic: ‘The International Movement for Enforceable Human Rights” Speaker: Kirk Boyd, Executive Director, 2048 Project, Berkeley School of Law |
September 29, 2010 | Topic: US Counterterrorism Policies and Practices Speaker: Andrea Prasow, Senior Counsel, Terrorism and Counterterrorism Program, Human Rights Watch (Washington) |
October 13, 2010 | Topic: Reproductive Rights in Asia Speaker: Melissa Upreti, Senior Regional Manager and Legal Adviser for Asia, Centre for Reproductive Rights (New York) |
November 11, 2010 | Topic:The International Criminal Court (ICC) Speaker: Jennifer Khurana, External Relations Advisory to President of the International Criminal Court (2003-2009) Read More |
Conference:The UN 1267 List – Considering the Sanctions Imposed on Alleged Terrorists from a Rights Perspective Keynote Speaker: Judge Kimberly Prost, Ombudsperson to Assist the Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee |
2009-2010
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2007-2008
2006-2007
2004-2005
Date | Speaker | Topic |
October 7, 2004 | Dr. Norman Epstein | Canadians Against Slavery and Torture in Sudan (CASTS) Stopping Genocide in Darfur: What is Canada’s Role? |
October 21, 2004 | Greg Fox | The Occupation of Iraq JD/MAIR Speaker Series co-sponsored by the IHRP |
October 22, 2004 | Derek Baxter | Holding Corporations Accountable: The case of Coca-Cola in Colombia |
November 23, 2004 | Guillermo Chen Morales | Guatemala: New Hope 20 Years after the Genocide |
November 29, 2004 | The Int’l Relations Society, The Stop the Trafficking Coalition and The IHRP Working Group on Global Anti-Trafficking | Panel Discussion on: Trafficking in Women and Children: Breaking the Silence in Canada |
December 1, 2004 | Rights and Democracy public speaking event | Crimes Against Women During the Rwandan Genocide: Prospects of Justice for Women Survivors Co-sponsored by the IHRP |
December 2, 2004 | Efraim Chalamish | Credibility of Int’l legal Institutions – Israel and the Case of the Defense Wall JD/MAIR Speaker Series co-sponsored by the IHRP |
December 3, 2004 | Dr. Sein Win
| A conversation with the exiled Prime Minister of Burma. |
January 13, 2005 | Gerry Caplan and Noah Novogrodsky | A Roundtable Discussion Rwanda Then and Now: 10 Years after the Genocide |
January 27, 2005 | Marion Boyd
| Sharia and the Law Held by the IHRP Sharia Law Working Group |
March 10, 2005 | Michael Marrus, Houshang Bouzari, and Kartick Kumar | Panel Discussion Documenting Human Rights Abuses – Lessons from Iran, Cambodia, and the Holocaust |
March 24, 2005 | Rachel Kiddell-Monroe | Uncommon Liaisons: A Story of Humanitarian meets Corporation |
March 28, 2005 | IHRP, et al sponsor Dr. Jael Silliman | Lecture and Discussion: Undivided Rights: Women of Colour Organize for Reproductive Justice |
Stephen Lewis | Lecture |
2003-2004
2002-2003
| Date | Speaker and Topic | |
| September 26, 2002 | Zarizana Abdul Aziz, Salbiah Ahmad & Honey Tam of the Women's Centre for Change in Penang, Malaysia | "Women's Rights Under Islamic Law" |
| October 23, 2002 | Cheryl Milne, Justice for Children and Youth | "The International Community is Watching: Do Canadian Courts Care? Incorporating international human rights norms in Canadian cases involving children" |
| November 1, 2002 | Dr. Urs Cipolat, University of California, Berkeley | "Preventing Torture: The Long Odyssey of the Optional Protocol to the UN Torture Convention" |
| November 20, 2002 | Professor Jutta Brunnée, Gray Taylor of Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg and Albert Koehl, Sierra Legal Defence Fund | "A Discussion of the Kyoto Accord" Co-sponsored by MAPIL |
| November 14, 2002 | Paul Copeland, Toronto attorney and activist | "Careers in International Human Rights: Lawyering for human rights in Burma" |
| November 14, 2002 | Nitsana Darshan-Leitner, Israeli lawyer | "Careers in International Human Rights: transnational human rights litigation in the United States and Israel" |
| November 19, 2002 | Professor Audrey Macklin & Dr. Penelope Simons, Faculty of Law University of Toronto | "The Governance Gap: Human Rights Obligations of Transnational Corporations Operating in Conflict Zones" Co-sponsored by the J.D./MAIR program |
| November 21, 2002 | Abdul Tejan-Cole, Sierra Leone lawyer and Valerie Oosterveld, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade | "The Sierra Leone Special Court" |
| November 28, 2002 | Simon Archer and Grahame Russell, Rights Action | "Chixoy Dam Reparations Campaign: Holding the World Bank & Inter-American Development Bank Accountable" |
| December 4, 2002 | 2002 John Humphrey Freedom Award Winner Ayesha Imam, BAOBOB | "Women's Rights and Conservative Sharia Law in Nigeria" |