Isn’t Under Water in 10 Years a “Real Risk”? The Human Rights Committee’s Response to Climate Change “Refugees”
By Paul Van Benthem Since 1992, as the United Nations treaty body for the International Covenant on Civil and Political…
By Paul Van Benthem Since 1992, as the United Nations treaty body for the International Covenant on Civil and Political…
By Lauryn Boag November 15, 2021 was the first time Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) seized goods coming into the…
– By Letty Condon The new Bill S-211, “An Act to enact the Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour…
By Shyrose Aujla On December 7, 2020, the General Affairs Council of the European Union adopted the EU Global Human…
By Adam Snyder Many Canadians are likely familiar with “Miranda rights” from watching American movies: a police officer detains a…
By Daniel Draper Delegates from the 197 parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (“Climate Convention”) recently…
By Daniel Szeto As exposed by the “Panama Papers” data leak in 2016, international criminals have long exploited the…
By Christine Yan Content warning: This blog post contains descriptions of sexual assault, child abuse, and suicide. A protestor…
By Alex Farrant The Problem: Governance Gaps The global economy is characterized by increasingly complex supply chains, spanning multiple…
By Michelle Markell In January 2021, the United Nations Human Rights Committee (“the Committee”), an independent expert body that…
By Harkeerit Shoker The Effects of Covid-19 on Modern Slavery Covid-19 has presented an unprecedented global challenge. As the…
By Imalka Nilmalgoda In 2020, youth climate activists from Portugal filed a case, Youth for Climate Justice v. Austria,…
By Aleksandar Petrovic Canada’s Justice for Victims of Corrupt Foreign Officials Act (JVCFOA, as Canada’s Magnitsky Act is formally called)…
By Malika Dhalla The United Nations Human Rights Committee (the Committee) recently concluded its 130th session, which was conducted…
By Gillian Thiel The Federal Court of Canada recently released its decision in La Rose et al. v Canada,…
By Nick Huertas Image: Mr. Josep Borrell Fontelles, High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy…
By Leila Nasr Many UN seats were left empty as the UNGA general debate moved online on September 22,…
By Abeni Steegstra On 23 July 2020, the United Nations Human Rights Committee (HRC) adopted General Comment 37, a…
Yan Wang While supporting the United Nations Human Rights Committee (the Committee) in its work during the fall of…
Natasha Rygnestad-Stahl Economic sanctions have long been used as a tool of foreign policy, but since the late 20th…