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Oct 17
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Conference “Lawyers Without Borders Belgium-Lawyers Without Borders Canada: Decades of Fighting for Human Rights”

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Lawyers Without Borders Canada and Lawyers Without Borders Belgium celebrate their anniversaries together! Come and listen to the executive directors of both organizations share their respective experiences in human rights advocacy, from their beginnings to the current challenges of international cooperation. The impact of shrinking democratic spaces on the missions of human rights organizations and the place of the next generation in their projects will also be discussed.

Speakers: 

  • Chantal Van Cutsem, Lawyers Without Borders Belgium executive director
  • Pascal Paradis, Lawyers Without Borders Canada executive director
  • Mathilde Doucet, PhD sutdent, Faculty of Law, Université Laval and intern at LWBC
  • Virginie Lefèbvre, research professional in charge of the Clinique de droit international pénal et humanitaire
  • Florian Manuch, PhD sutdent, Faculty of Law, Université Laval

Organized in collaboration with: 

Time: 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Location: Room 2419, Charles-De Koninck Building

For information
cdiph.admin@fd.ulaval.ca

Registration Required – Registration Form

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Oct 17
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Conference “Lawyers Without Borders Belgium-Lawyers Without Borders Canada: Decades of Fighting for Human Rights”

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Lawyers Without Borders Canada and Lawyers Without Borders Belgium celebrate their anniversaries together! Come and listen to the executive directors of both organizations share their respective experiences in human rights advocacy, from their beginnings to the current challenges of international cooperation. The impact of shrinking democratic spaces on the missions of human rights organizations and the place of the next generation in their projects will also be discussed.

Speakers: 

  • Chantal Van Cutsem, Lawyers Without Borders Belgium executive director
  • Pascal Paradis, Lawyers Without Borders Canada executive director
  • Mathilde Doucet, PhD sutdent, Faculty of Law, Université Laval and intern at LWBC
  • Virginie Lefèbvre, research professional in charge of the Clinique de droit international pénal et humanitaire
  • Florian Manuch, PhD sutdent, Faculty of Law, Université Laval

Organized in collaboration with: 

Time: 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Location: Room 2419, Charles-De Koninck Building

For information
cdiph.admin@fd.ulaval.ca

Registration Required – Registration Form

Oct 26
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LWBC Forum “Residential Schools: Truth, Justice and Healing” – International Exchanges

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Lawyers Without Borders Canada (LWBC) will host the 2021 edition of its Annual Forum on the theme of “Truth, Justice, and Healing in the Aftermath of Residential Schools – An international dialogue” online. Interpretation services will be available in French, Spanish and English.

Join us on November 3 and 4 and become an agent of change!

“Residential Schools: Truth, Justice and Healing – International Exchanges”

LWBC’s Annual Forum 2021 will focus on the challenges surrounding truth, justice and healing in the aftermath of human rights violations. Canada, like other countries in the world, has been grappling with these issues for a long time in light of the many human rights violations committed against Indigenous peoples — a topic that profoundly resonates considering the recent findings of graves linked to the country’s former residential schools.

Building on its long-lasting work with, and support for partners in various countries dealing with similar situations, LWBC wishes to promote international dialogue around the practical challenges faced by the victims of these crimes and the societies in which they were committed. The two-day Forum will comprise four sessions. Each half-day session will cover one of the four following crucial societal challenges: truth, justice, reparation, and guarantees of non-repetition.

For more information, see the complete program below.

To register, follow this link to the event’s webpage:

–       https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/lwbc-forum-truth-justice-and-healing-aftermath-of-residential-schools-registration-186244982757

* Please note there is a 10% discount on the registration fees for LWBC members

Nov 17
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Roundtable on “Exploring Justice in Extreme Cases: Criminal Law Theory and International Criminal Law”

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The Roundtable on “Exploring Justice in Extreme Cases: Criminal Law Theory and International Criminal Law” was held in Philadelphia (USA) at Temple Law and was organized by Temple Law’s Institute for International Law and Public Policy.

The roundtable discussed Darryl Robinson’s book manuscript: Exploring Justice in Extreme Cases: Criminal Law Theory and International Criminal Law. Participants contributed a 5-10 page reaction paper prior to the event in order to have a substantive (although unstructured and informal) discussion of the book. Temple’s Journal of International and Comparative Law will publish the papers. Among the participants were Mark Kersten, James Stewart and professor Darryl Robinson.

Nov 17
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In Conversation: Payam Akhavan

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This event was organized by Massey College in collaboration with the International Human Rights Program and the University of Toronto Faculty of Law.

Professor Payam Akhavan gave a presentation on “Justice for Genocide: The World Court’s Historic Decision on Myanmar’s Persecuted Rohingya Minority”.

Nov 17
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Prosecuting Evil: The Extraordinary World of Ben Ferencz

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The conference “Prosecuting Evil: The Extraordinary World of Ben Ferencz” was held in Toronto at Udocs and was organized by Hot Docs for Countinuing Professional Education in collaboration with Udocs.

Professor Fannie Lafontaine gave a presentation with Dara Solomon, Director, UJA Federation’s Ontario Jewish Archives, The Honourable Louise Arbour, The Honourable Irwin Cotler and Max Eisen, Holocaust Survivor, Author, Public Speaker and Holocaust Educator.

Nov 05
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De-carceral Futures: Bridging Prison and Immigration Justice

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The workshop “De-carceral Futures: Bridging Prison and Immigration Justice” was held in Kingston (Canada) at Queen’s University. The event was organized by the Philosophy, Cultural Studies and Law faculties of Queen’s University with a SSHRC connection grant.

Professor Sharry Aiken gave a presentation with Lisa Guenther and Stephanie J. Silverman.

Sep 22
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Community Sponsorship Champions Summit

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The Community Sponsorship Champions Summit was organized by Reset Communities and Refugees and held in London (United Kingdom). This 3 day workshop was aimed at civil society champions of community sponsorship from states that are implementing or exploring the feasibility of a community sponsorship program. Countries represented included Argentina, Australia, Canada, Germany, Ireland, New Zealand, Spain, United Kingdom, and the United States of America.

Professor Jennifer Bond took part in a panel.

Nov 19
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Discussion: Do Colonists Owe Their Former Colonies Reparations?

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The event was organized by Harvard International Law Journal and held online.

This 2018 Online Discussion asks whether colonists owe their former colonies reparations. Larissa van den Herik, Kenneth McCallion, Robert Murtfeld, Shashi Tharoor and Jo-Anne Wemmers provided responses while engaging with questions and debates of international law on topics of colonial legacy, reparations, and justice.

Professor Jo-Anne Wemmers gave a presentation on “Reparation, Decolonization and International Law: The Healing Role of Reparation” based on her paper published in Harvard ILJ.

Nov 18
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XIX ISA World Congress of Sociology

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This XIX ISA World Congress of Sociology focused on how scholars, public intellectuals, policy makers, journalists and activists from diverse fields can and do contribute to our understanding of power, violence and justice.

The event took place in Toronto and was organized by the International Sociology Association.

Professor Jo-Anne Wemmers gave a presentation on “Justice for Victims of Crime, The Justice System: Power, violence and Responsibility of Civil society” and on “Victim Support as Crime Prevention”.