Joseph Rikhof
BCL, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands; LL.B, McGill University; Diploma in Air and Space Law, McGill University.Joseph Rikhof teaches the course International Criminal Law at the University of Ottawa. He is Senior Counsel, Manager of the Law with the Crimes against Humanity and War Crimes Section of the Department of Justice, Canada. He was a visiting professional with the International Criminal Court in 2005. He has also served as Special Counsel and Policy Advisor to the Modern War Crimes Section of the Department of Citizenship & Immigration between 1998 and 2002.
His area of expertise lies in the area of the law related to organized crime, terrorism, genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity, especially in the context of immigration and refugee law. He has written a large number of articles exploring these areas of international criminal law and immigration/refugee law and has lectured on the same topics in Canada, the United States, Europe, Africa, Australia, New Zealand and the Middle East.