Swapping dialogues for monologues: Virtual gatherings bring big challenges for meaningful UN engagement
By Leila Nasr Many UN seats were left empty as the UNGA general debate moved online on September 22,…
General Comment 37: Facilitating the Right to Peaceful Assembly in 2020
By Abeni Steegstra On 23 July 2020, the United Nations Human Rights Committee (HRC) adopted General Comment 37, a…
Protecting the Mental Integrity of Family Members against Inhuman or Degrading Treatment under Article 7 of the ICCPR
Yan Wang While supporting the United Nations Human Rights Committee (the Committee) in its work during the fall of…
Designing a Future European Magnitsky Act: Lessons Learned from Past Jurisprudence
Natasha Rygnestad-Stahl Economic sanctions have long been used as a tool of foreign policy, but since the late 20th…
Climate Litigation: What is the “one” winning case we are waiting for?
Sophie Toor At the Promise Institute’s Annual Symposium on Human Rights and the Climate Crisis at UCLA, over 250…
A Short Introduction to the Law against Human Trafficking in Canada
Donna Chapman-Jones Photo credit: Missisauga.com There are approximately 4.8 million victims of sex trafficking globally, and over 99% are…
Nevsun Resources Ltd v Araya: Is establishing a new tort all in the name?
Kes Posgate Photo credit: Kin Communications On February 29, 2020, the Supreme Court of Canada issued its long-awaited decision…
Will the Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise (CORE) have the powers to do her job?
Abeni Steegstra “We expected that we might have been evicted by other people, soldiers or the federal police perhaps,…
How to Make Governments Address Climate Change?
Jina Jeong Climate change is a fast-moving and foreseeable catastrophe in the making. To avoid imminent climate catastrophe, the…
A Modern Slavery Act is before Canada’s Parliament. Where Should Legislators Go from Here?
Justin Wiebe In Eritrea, citizens 18 and over are legally required to undertake at least 18 months of national service,…
How Canada Can Make Its Magnitsky Sanctions More Effective
Karen Jantzen Introduction Human rights violations and corruption by officials in many countries are pressing problems. A globalized world, where…
Freedom of Assembly and the Internet
Amir Ghorbani Protecting the Right to Protest Online: The Freedom to Assemble Online The International Covenant on Civil and Political…
Bringing Supply Chain Transparency Legislation to Canada
Serge Grochenkov Supply chain transparency is a growing trend in global policy initiatives. With many major economies already benefiting from…
Songs vs. Guns: The Struggles of Ugandan Opposition Leader Bobi Wine
Shawn Zhang On January 29, 1986, when 4-year-old Robert Kyagulanyi was living with his nine siblings and single mother in…
Whistleblowing in British Columbia: Fighting an Uphill Battle
Chris Seo Whistleblowing can strengthen the integrity and accountability of public and private actors in our society, and has been…
Towards Corporate Accountability: financial lenders and corporate social responsibility
Kristina Draskovic The rise of capitalist economies and globalization has served to increase the prominence and influence of corporations exponentially….
Challenges to the UN Human Rights Committee Reviews: No Shows!
Ashley Ahluwalia The Human Rights Committee (the “Committee”) is the United Nations (“UN”) treaty body that monitors implementation of the…
Should the international community prohibit robotic weapons and killer robots?
Summer Ibrahim* Humankind can inflict pain on its own species through a diverse toolset, ranging from our bare hands to…
Failure to Protect: ICL and Sexual and Gender Minorities in Chechnya
Juan Pablo Mendez The LGBTQ2S+ community has won important legal and social victories around the world in the past twenty…
Corruption – A violation of international human rights?
Julia Sande Although the concrete harms caused by corruption are not always obvious, it is not a victimless crime. Corruption,…