Prof. Mendes Appears on CTV News to Discuss NATO Troop Surge

Professor Errol Mendes appeared on CTV News on December 4, 2009 to discuss NATO’s pledge to send 7,000 additional troops into Afghanistan in 2010. Read more...

Allegations by Richard Colvin of Afghan Detainee Torture Confirm Fears of Prof. Attaran

The testimony of senior diplomat Richard Colvin before a parliamentary committee on the Canadian Mission in Afghanistan has confirmed concerns that Professor Amir Attaran has been expressing for three years. Read more...

Prof. Mendes Discusses Possibility of ICC Examining Canada’s Role in Afghan Detainee Issue

Professor Errol Mendes has discussed the possibility of the International Criminal Court (ICC) addressing Canada’s actions in Afghanistan in an op-ed for the Toronto Star and on CBC Radio One’s The Current. Read more...

Prof. Mendes Discusses Possibility of ICC Examining Canada’s Role in Afghan Detainee Issue

Professor Errol Mendes has discussed the possibility of the International Criminal Court (ICC) addressing Canada’s actions in Afghanistan in an op-ed for the Toronto Star and on CBC Radio One’s The Current. Read more...

Haig Basmajian (’99) Appointed to Immigration and Refugee Board

Haig Basmajian (’99) was appointed to the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (IRB) for a three-year term in the Montreal office. Read more...

Professor Jeremy de Beer Launches "Implementing the Development Agenda" in Geneva

Professor Jeremy de Beer, editor of Implementing the Development Agenda, spoke at the launch of the new book at an event in Geneva on July 10, 2009, co-hosted by the Emerging Dynamic Global Economies (EDGE) Network and Geneva-based think tank IQsensato. Read more...

Alumnus Ajmal Pashtoonyar (’09) Selected as 2009 Gordon Global Fellow

Ajmal Pashtoonyar (’09), a recent graduate of Common Law, is one of ten Canadians selected as a 2009 Gordon Global Fellow. Read more...

Jacques Gaudreau Prize Awarded to Jessica Young (LL.M. ’09)

Each year, the Jacques Gaudreau Prize of $500 is awarded to a Faculty of Law undergraduate or graduate student with the most outstanding mark or essay in the area of international human rights law. Read more...

News from the Human Rights Research and Education Centre

The Faculty of Law (Common Law and Civil Law Sections) and the Faculty of Social Sciences are pleased to announce some updates with respect to the Human Rights Research and Education Centre (HRREC). Read more...