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"Spreading the Word": Statements, Interviews and Oral Histories
by Shayna Plaut 08 Nov '21

08 Nov '21

As part of the ongoing, bi-monthly workshop series “Methods and Mediums” the Centre for Human Rights Research will be hosting “Spreading the Word”: Statements, Interviews and Oral Histories on Wednesday, November 17th from 12-130pm. The workshop will be moderated by Dr. Chantal Fiola (Red River Metis), University of Winnipeg. Please preregister at: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZctduispzgjGNeGm-T4MRPCTdYJC9HdCa… [cid:17cb3602-3be7-4fd7-bb89-63c030c0d879] Shayna Plaut, PhD Acting Manager for the Centre for Human Rights Research Working Days: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday 930am-330pm Office number: 204 474 6156 Cell number: 604 817 0311

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Public consultation - Inter-American Principles on Academic Freedom and University Autonomy
by Viviana Fernandez 05 Nov '21

05 Nov '21

Dear colleagues, I hope this note finds you well. I am writing to invite you to participate in a consultation organized by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) in the context of adopting Inter-American Principles on Academic Freedom and University Autonomy. Our Human Rights Research and Education Centre (HRREC) at uOttawa is a member of the Academic Network of the IACHR and has worked on the promotion and advocacy of academic freedom in the Americas for a few years now. Since mid-Summer, HRREC and SAR NYC have supported the research, drafting and organization of workshops to inform a proposal that was submitted to the IACHR in early September. A few days ago, the IACHR released the final draft of the principles for public consultation. On this link, you will find the text and a form to submit your comments: http://www.oas.org/en/iachr/jsForm/?File=/en/iachr/reports/questionnaires.a…. The deadline for this consultation is Friday, November 12th. In addition, if you would like to sign a letter supporting the Principles, please let Salvador Herencia (shere045(a)uottawa.ca<mailto:shere045@uottawa.ca>), Director of our Human Rights Clinic, know by Tuesday, November 9th. Thank you in advance for your participation and/or for sharing this message with potential contributors in your campuses. Best wishes, Viviana Viviana A. Fernandez Directrice adjointe / Assistant Director Centre de recherche et d'enseignement sur les droits de la personne / Human Rights Research and Education Centre Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa Twitter: @vafi1217 Fêtons le 40e anniversaire du CREDP<https://cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca/en/CREDP40HRREC> / Celebrate the 40th anniversary of HRREC<https://cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca/fr/CREDP40HRREC> Hors du bureau | Travail à distance : Je suis joignable par courriel ou sur Team (uOttawa). Out of the office | Working from home: You can contact me by email or on Team (uOttawa).

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Fw: RWCHR Weekly Digest - Bulletin hebdomadaire du CRWDP
by Shayna Plaut 03 Nov '21

03 Nov '21

Read our recent work and upcoming events in this week's newsletter [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/9e0f7803-8e95-4c…] Le Français suivra RWCHR Weekly Digest A Message from RWCHR International Chair Irwin Cotler [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/eb493fac-d2dc-f5…] I write on the occasion of four major concurrent international initiatives taking place at the same time: First, the gathering of the co-chairs of the Inter-Parliamentary alliance on China on the occasion of the G20 in Rome, in which we called for Magnitsky Sanctions targeting CCP leaders for their mass atrocities targeting the Uyghurs and their frontal assault on democracy in Hong Kong, repression of Tibet and menacing of Taiwan; Second, a global summit of world leaders and environmental advocates, in which RWCHR partner Liberal International will share their Ten Principles for Climate Justice<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…>; Third, the commencement of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance meetings in Thessaloniki, Greece, where I serve as head of an exemplary Canadian Delegation; and fourth the mass demonstrations in Sudan seeking restoration of democracy following the military coup. In each and all of these, I have been engaged-along with the RWCHR-to advance the pursuit of justice and better the human condition. Best, Irwin Cotler, International Chair of the RWCHR [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/e6553959-2019-7b…] Our Work Allan Zysblat Memorial Lectureship features RWCHR International Chair Irwin Cotler and Senior Fellow Adam Dodek Professor Cotler headlined an event hosted by the Canadian Friends of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (CFHU) titled “Global Political Pandemic: Political Prisoners as a Looking Glass”<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…>, in remembrance of, and in tribute to, Professor Allan Zysblatwhich, focused on resurgent global authoritarianism, the backsliding of democracies, and assaults on human rights and political prisoners, the whole underpinned by a growing culture of impunity against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic. RWCHR Senior Fellow Adam Dodek moderated the discussion and delivered opening remarks. [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/b8065b38-6438-7e…] Photo: Irwin Cotler & Adam Dodek [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/427c9ec8-9787-8b…] Panel Discussion on Antisemitism in Ontario and Quebec Featuring RWCHR International Chair and Special Envoy Irwin Cotler RWCHR International Chair Irwin Cotler, also in his capacity as Special Envoy, delivered opening remarks at a recent panel discussion hosted by Ontario Tech University’s Centre on Hate, Bias and Extremism<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…>. The conversation, featuring Dr. Barbara Perry, Dr. Matthew Stein, and Irina Levit, showcased the Centre’s groundbreaking recent report on antisemitic hate crimes in Quebec and Ontario. [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/fb9bcedd-5164-27… Week’s In Conversation with a Survivor Hosted Alongside the FSWC The Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies (FSWC), in partnership with the RWCHR, hosted “In a Conversation With a Survivor”<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…>, featuring this week’s guest speaker, “Sixties Scoop” survivor Bill Groat and his son Cody, Assistant Professor in the Department of History and the Indigenous Studies Program at Western University. Join us every two weeks to listen to the testimony of, and speak with, Holocaust survivors. Special Envoy Cotler’s Statement on the Anniversary of Tree of Life Synagogue Massacre Special Envoy Irwin Cotler published a statement<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> this week on the anniversary of the “murderous antisemitic attack” on the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, which, as President Joe Biden put it, “stole the lives of eleven souls in prayer”. May their memories serve always as a blessing. [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/3575a470-c3d6-4f… Statement Commemorating Women’s History Month The RWCHR released a statement<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> to commemorate Women’s History Month, an important moment of remembrance and reminder - remembrance of the valiant women’s rights struggles for justice, equality and peace - and reminder of how far we have to go to fulfill the clarion call of “women’s rights as human rights”- and that there are no human rights if they do not include the rights of women. Statement by RWCHR International Chair and Special Envoy Irwin Cotler on International Religious Freedom Day RWCHR International Chair and Special Envoy Cotler also published a statement<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> this week on International Religious Freedom Day, affirming our commitment to promote and protect freedom of religion or belief, which, “finds expression in Canada's efforts to facilitate interfaith and intercultural dialogue, the establishment of an International Contact Group on Freedom of Religion or Belief, and our efforts to function as a haven for refugees seeking the freedom to practice their religion free from fear.” Venezuelan Accountability Project Advances historic Justice Work In a historic partnership spearheaded by the RWCHR, the Venezuela Accountability Project - a consortium of leading international prosecutors, law professors and students - launched the next phase of its groundbreaking work in creating individualized international criminal dossiers on perpetrators of mass atrocity, to be used in advancing justice for victims and accountability for violators. [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/d0a0fe05-ab60-bf… leads Afghan Humanitarian Efforts Since the fall of Kabul on August 15, the RWCHR has been engaged in relief and rescue in Afghanistan, making appropriate representations to government leaders, and intergovernmental bodies, to protect and facilitate resettlement in Canada of targeted religious minorities like the Hazaras, judges, journalists, lawyers and human rights defenders. Through these efforts, the RWCHR successfully arranged the safe exfiltration and resettlement of some of the most vulnerable Afghans, and assisted with Government evacuation efforts. In particular, an entire school of minority children and their families - targeted by the Taliban not only for their ethnic background, but for their human rights activism and women's rights leadership - was saved thanks to the efforts of the Centre. RWCHR Partners and Senior Fellows [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/e87f2cba-defe-af…] IPAC G20 in Rome The Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC), where Professor Cotler’s serves as Canadian co-chair, held a “G20 counter-meeting”<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> this week in Rome, during which Parliamentary co-chairs from ten countries delivered a pre-recorded address. They called on G20 democracies to “impose targeted Magnitsky-style human rights sanctions against senior PRC officials responsible for gross violations of human rights in China and in Hong Kong.” [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/2ae6e1b3-92af-8d… “Global Showcase” Featured Baroness Helena Kennedy The International Bar Association (IBA) “Global Showcase” featured IBAHRI Director and RWCHR International Legal Advisory Board Member Baroness Helena Kennedy, who spoke with the World Bank Group’s Dr. Sandie Okoro<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> and also participated in a discussion on “law and lawyers under attack”<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…>. [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/7d7066a5-68a8-09… Statement Denouncing Coup in Sudan The National Endowment for Democracy (NED), a close partner of the RWCHR, released a statement denouncing the recent coup in Sudan<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…>. “The Endowment is deeply troubled by and rejects the detention of Prime Minister Hamdok and other civilian transitional authorities, excessive use of force against peaceful protestors, and the disruption of the country’s communications infrastructure,” the NED said in its statement. A Looking Glass at Global News: The RWCHR Connection Afghan Women Who Once Presided Over Abuse Cases Now Fear for Their Lives<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> - New York Times RWCHR Senior Fellow Kim Motley quoted saying that “Afghanistan is an open-air prison for these women”. ________________________________ Iranian women journalists, imprisoned journalist’s mother jailed arbitrarily<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> - Reporters Without Borders (RSF) The RWCHR has been involved in the case and cause of Narges Mohammadi, who continues to be prosecuted, on trumped-up charges, for her work as a human rights advocate. ________________________________ Remembering Rabbi Jonathan Sacks a year after his death<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> - The Jerusalem Post Lord Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, of Blessed Memory, was a leading global public intellectual and RWCHR Senior Fellow. ________________________________ Legislators to press G20 leaders in Rome to take tougher stance on China<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> - The Globe and Mail RWCHR International Chair Irwin Cotler is a co-chair of the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC). ________________________________ Sudan’s military takes power in coup, arrests prime minister<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> - Associated Press Professor Cotler founded and chaired the Save Darfur Parliamentary Coalition, and has been engaged with the democracy movement in Sudan, including with its Minister of Justice. Upcoming Events November 3, 2021 - The Rise of Antisemitism in Canada<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…>, hosted by McCarthy Tétrault, headlined by RWCHR International Chair and Special Envoy Irwin Cotler. November 2-10, 2021 - The International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance & The Thessaloniki Plenary, Professor Cotler Heads of the Canadian Delegation, hosted virtually under the leadership of the Greek Presidency and Ambassador Christopher Lazaris. November 9, 2021 - Holocaust Education Month: Opening Night in Commemoration of Kristallnacht<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…>, hosted by the Centre for Holocaust Education and Scholarship (CHES). November 10, 2021 - In Conversation with a Survivor: Bruce Stewart<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…>, hosted by the Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies (FSWC) in partnership with the RWCHR. November 14, 2021 - Antisemitism: A Clear and Present Danger<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…>, hosted by Doctors Against Racism and Antisemitism (DARA), headlined by RWCHR International Chair and Special Envoy Irwin Cotler. This is a brief snapshot of the domestic and global reach of the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights. For ongoing updates and special alerts, follow us on social media! [Facebook]<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> [Twitter]<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> [LinkedIn]<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> [YouTube]<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> [Instagram]<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> Click Here to Support the Pursuit of Justice<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/9e0f7803-8e95-4c…] Bulletin hebdomadaire du CRWDP Message du professeur Irwin Cotler, Président international du CRWDP [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/eb493fac-d2dc-f5…] J'écris à l'occasion de quatre grandes initiatives internationales concurrentes qui se déroulent en même temps : premièrement, le rassemblement des coprésidents de l'Alliance interparlementaire sur la Chine à l'occasion du G20 à Rome, au cours duquel nous avons appelé à des sanctions Magnitsky contre les dirigeants du PCC pour leurs atrocités de masse contre les Ouïghours, leur assaut frontal contre la démocratie à Hong Kong, répression du Tibet et menace de Taiwan ; deuxièmement, un sommet mondial des dirigeants mondiaux et des défenseurs de l'environnement, au cours duquel le partenaire du CRWDP, Liberal International, partagera ses dix principes pour la justice climatique ; troisièmement, le début des réunions de l'Alliance internationale pour la mémoire de l'Holocauste à Thessaloniki, en Grèce, où je dirige une délégation canadienne exemplaire ; et quatrièmement, les manifestations de masse au Soudan visant à restaurer la démocratie à la suite du coup d'État militaire. Dans chacun d'entre eux, je me suis engagé, avec le CRWDP, à faire avancer la recherche de la justice et à améliorer la condition humaine. Cordialement. Irwin Cotler, Président international du CRWDP [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/e6553959-2019-7b…] Notre travail La conférence commémorative Allan Zysblat comprend le président international du CRWDP, Irwin Cotler, et le Collaborateur émérite Adam Dodek Le professeur Cotler a titré un événement organisé par les Amis canadiens de l'Université hébraïque de Jérusalem (CFHU) intitulé « Pandémie politique mondiale : les prisonniers politiques en tant que miroir », en mémoire et en hommage au professeur Alan Zysblat, qui s'est concentré sur la résurgence de l'autoritarisme mondial, le recul des démocraties et les atteintes aux droits humains et aux prisonniers politiques, le tout sous-tendu par une culture croissante de l'impunité sur fond de pandémie de la COVID-19. Le Collaborateur émérite du CRWDP, Adam Dodek, a animé la discussion et prononcé les remarques d’ouverture. [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/b8065b38-6438-7e…] Photo: Irwin Cotler & Adam Dodek [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/427c9ec8-9787-8b… ronde sur l'antisémitisme en Ontario et au Québec avec Irwin Cotler, Président international du CRWDP et Envoyé spécial Le Président international du CRWDP, Irwin Cotler, également en sa qualité d'Envoyé spécial, a prononcé un discours d'ouverture lors d'une récente table ronde organisée par le Centre on Hate, Bias and Extremism de l'Ontario Tech University. La conversation, mettant en vedette le Dr Barbara Perry, le Dr Matthew Stein et Irina Levit, a présenté le récent rapport révolutionnaire du Centre sur les crimes haineux antisémites au Québec et en Ontario. [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/fb9bcedd-5164-27… semaine, en conversation avec un survivant hébergé aux côtés du FSWC Les Amis du Centre Simon Wiesenthal pour les études sur l'Holocauste (FSWC), en partenariat avec le CRWDP, ont organisé « En conversation avec un survivant », avec le conférencier invité de cette semaine, Bill Groat, survivant de la « rafle des années soixantes », et son fils Cody, professeur adjoint du Département d'histoire et le programme d'études autochtones de l'Université Western. Rejoignez-nous toutes les deux semaines pour écouter le témoignage des survivants de l'Holocauste et discuter avec eux. Déclaration de l'Envoyé spécial Cotler à l'occasion de l'anniversaire du massacre de la synagogue Tree of Life L'Envoyé spécial Irwin Cotler a publié cette semaine une déclaration à l'occasion de l'anniversaire de "l'attaque antisémite meurtrière" contre la synagogue Tree of Life à Pittsburgh, qui, comme l'a dit le président Joe Biden, "a volé la vie d’onze âmes dans la prière". Que leurs souvenirs soient toujours une bénédiction. [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/7b9c7a15-0eee-79… du CRWDP commémorant le Mois de l'histoire des femmes Le CRWDP a publié une déclaration pour commémorer le Mois de l'histoire des femmes, un moment important de commémoration des vaillantes luttes des femmes pour la justice, l'égalité et la paix et de rappel du chemin que nous devons parcourir pour répondre à l'appel du clairon que « les droits des femmes sont des droits humains » et qu'il n'y a pas de droits humains s'ils n'incluent pas les droits des femmes. Déclaration du Président international du CRWDP et de l'Envoyé spécial Irwin Cotler à l'occasion de la Journée internationale de la liberté de religion Le président international du CRWDP et Envoyé spécial, Cotler, a également publié une déclaration cette semaine à l'occasion de la Journée internationale de la liberté de religion, affirmant notre engagement à promouvoir et à protéger la liberté de religion ou de conviction, qui « trouve son expression dans les efforts du Canada pour faciliter le dialogue interreligieux et interculturel, l'établissement d’un groupe de contact international sur la liberté de religion ou de conviction, et nos efforts pour agir en tant que refuge pour les réfugiés cherchant la liberté de pratiquer leur religion sans crainte ». Le Projet d’ imputabilité vénézuélien fait avancer le travail historique de justice Dans le cadre d'un partenariat historique dirigé par le CRWDP, le Projet d’imputabilité vénézuélien -- un consortium d'éminents procureurs internationaux, professeurs de droit et étudiants -- a lancé la prochaine phase de son travail révolutionnaire en créant des dossiers criminels internationaux individualisés sur les auteurs d'atrocités de masse, à utiliser pour faire progresser la justice pour les victimes et l’imputabilité des contrevenants. [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/d0a0fe05-ab60-bf… dirige les efforts humanitaires afghans Depuis la chute de Kaboul le 15 août, le CRWDP s'est engagé dans des opérations de secours et de sauvetage en Afghanistan, faisant des représentations appropriées auprès des dirigeants gouvernementaux et des organismes intergouvernementaux, pour protéger et faciliter la réinstallation au Canada de minorités religieuses ciblées comme les Hazaras, les juges, les journalistes, les avocats et défenseurs des droits humains. Grâce à ces efforts, le CRWDP a organisé avec succès l'exfiltration et la réinstallation en toute sécurité de certains des Afghans les plus vulnérables, et a contribué aux efforts d'évacuation du gouvernement. En particulier, une école entière d'enfants issus de minorités et de leurs familles - ciblés par les talibans non seulement pour leur origine ethnique, mais pour leur activisme en faveur des droits humains et leur leadership en matière de droits des femmes - ont été sauvés grâce aux efforts du Centre. Partenaires et Collaborateurs émérites [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/e87f2cba-defe-af…] G20 du IPAC à Rome L'Alliance interparlementaire sur la Chine (IPAC), dont le professeur Cotler est Coprésident canadien, a tenu une « contre-réunion du G20 » cette semaine à Rome, au cours de laquelle des Coprésidents parlementaires de dix pays ont prononcé un discours préenregistré. Ils ont appelé les démocraties du G20 à « imposer des sanctions Magnitsky -- axées sur les droits humains -- contre des hauts responsables de la RPC responsables de violations flagrantes des droits humains en Chine et à Hong Kong ». [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/2ae6e1b3-92af-8d… « Vitrine mondiale » de l’Association internationale du barreau met en vedette la baronne Helena Kennedy La « Vitrine mondiale » de l'Association internationale du barreau (IBA) a présenté la directrice de l'IBAHRI et Membre du conseil consultatif juridique international du CRWDP, la baronne Helena Kennedy, qui s'est entretenue avec le Dr Sandie Okoro du Groupe de la Banque mondiale et a également participé à une discussion intitulé « le droit et les avocats sous attaque ». [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/7d7066a5-68a8-09…] Déclaration de NED dénonçant le coup d'État au Soudan Le « National Endowment for Democracy » (NED), un partenaire proche du CRWDP, a publié une déclaration dénonçant le récent coup d'État au Soudan. « La Fondation est profondément troublée et rejette la détention du Premier ministre Hamdok et d'autres autorités civiles de transition, le recours excessif à la force contre des manifestants pacifiques et la perturbation des infrastructures de communication du pays », a déclaré NED dans son communiqué. Aperçu de l'actualité mondiale : la connexion CRWDP Les femmes afghanes qui présidaient autrefois des affaires d'abus craignent maintenant pour leur vie<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> - New York Times. RWCHR Senior Fellow Kim Motley quoted saying that “Afghanistan is an open-air prison for these women”. ________________________________ Femmes journalistes iraniennes, mère de journaliste emprisonnée arbitrairement<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> - Reporters sans frontières (RSF). The RWCHR has been involved in the case and cause of Narges Mohammadi, who continues to be prosecuted, on trumped-up charges, for her work as a human rights advocate. ________________________________ Souvenir du rabbin Jonathan Sacks un an après sa mort<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> - The Jerusalem Post. Lord Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, of Blessed Memory, was a leading global public intellectual and RWCHR Senior Fellow. ________________________________ Les législateurs exhorteront les dirigeants du G20 à Rome à adopter une position plus ferme sur la Chine<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> - The Globe and Mail. RWCHR International Chair Irwin Cotler is a co-chair of the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC). Évènements à venir 3 novembre 2021 - « La montée de l'antisémitisme au Canada »<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…>, organisé par McCarthy Tétrault, avec en vedette le président international et envoyé spécial du CRWDP, Irwin Cotler. 2-10 novembre 2021 - L'Alliance internationale pour la mémoire de l'Holocauste et la Plénière de Thessalonique, Professeur Cotler, Chef de la délégation canadienne, hébergé virtuellement sous la direction de la Présidence grecque et de l'Ambassadeur Christopher Lazaris. 9 novembre 2021 - « Mois de l'éducation sur l'Holocauste: Soirée d'ouverture en commémoration de Kristallnacht »<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…>, organisée par le « Centre for Holocaust Education and Scholarship » 10 novembre 2021 - En conversation avec un survivant : Bruce Stewart, organisé par le Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies (FSWC) en partenariat avec le CRWDP. 14 novembre 2021 - Antisémitisme : un danger clair et présent, organisé par Médecins contre le racisme et l'antisémitisme (DARA), dirigé par le président international du CRWDP et Envoyé spécial Irwin Cotler. 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McGill Centre for Human Rights & Legal Pluralism Newsletter - November 2021
by Sharon Webb, Ms 02 Nov '21

02 Nov '21

McGill Centre for Human Rights & Legal Pluralism November 2021 Newsletter [https://gallery.mailchimp.com/876a0fb07443c2ba7a644f4f3/images/2bdd8823-324…] Upcoming events: * Nov 4: Crip Camp Film Screening and Panel Discussion * Nov 9: What Happens to the Rule of Law During a Pandemic? with Michael Bryant and Pearl Eliadis * Nov 11: A Right of Peoples and Individuals to International Solidarity - Humphrey Lecture with Obiora C. Okafor * Nov 23: O'Brien Fellow Seminar with Andrey Shcherbovich and Alejandro Lorite Escorihuela * Nov 24: AML Patricia Allen Memorial Lecture with Radhika Coomaraswamy Upcoming Events [Move poster for Netflix film Crip Camp] Crip Camp Film Sceening and Panel Discussion with Melissa Graham, Ravi Malhotra, and Catherine Roy Moderated by Amanda Bowie-Edwards and Elise Mallette, McGill B.C.L./J.D. candidates. Thursday, November 4, 4:00 PM-7:00 PM (ET) Zoom: click here<https://mcgill.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=876a0fb07443c2ba7a644f4f3&…> to access the event. About the speakers Melissa Graham is a disability rights activist and PhD candidate for Social Work at York University. Read more about Melissa Graham here<https://mcgill.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=876a0fb07443c2ba7a644f4f3&…>. Ravi Malhotra is a Full Professor of the Faculty of Law, Common Law Section at the University of Ottawa and is cross-appointed to the School of Rehabilitation Sciences and to the Critical Disability Theory Program at York University. Read more about Ravi Malhotra here<https://mcgill.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=876a0fb07443c2ba7a644f4f3&…>. Catherine Roy has been active in the not-for-profit sector for over 30 years. She is presently Accessibility Advisor at McGill University. Read more about Catherine Roy here<https://mcgill.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=876a0fb07443c2ba7a644f4f3&…>. Zoom Nov 4: https://mcgill.zoom.us/j/84096739637<https://mcgill.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=876a0fb07443c2ba7a644f4f3&…>. [Man dressed in a black suit and grey tie standing in front of the court house] What Happens to the Rule of Law During a Pandemic? How COVID Exposes Canada's Precarious System of Judicial Review and Public Interest Litigation with Michael Bryant Moderated by Pearl Eliadis Support by Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg SENCRL srl Tuesday, November 9, 1:00-2:30 PM (ET) Zoom: click here<https://mcgill.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=876a0fb07443c2ba7a644f4f3&…> to access the event. About the speaker Michael Bryant was Attorney General of Ontario when that province passed its emergency management legislation that initially applied during the COVID19 pandemic. Since 2018 he has led the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, a premier watchdog of domestic laws and regulations, and a frequent litigator before the Supreme Court of Canada. Read more about Michael Bryant here<https://mcgill.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=876a0fb07443c2ba7a644f4f3&…>. Zoom Nov 9: https://mcgill.zoom.us/j/83223079813<https://mcgill.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=876a0fb07443c2ba7a644f4f3&…>. [Man with glasses, wearing a black blazer and red turtleneck] A Right of Peoples and Individuals to International Solidarity John P. Humphrey Lectureship in Human Rights with Obiora C. Okafor Moderated by Frédéric Mégret Thursday, November 11, 4:00-5:30 PM (ET) Please note: Time correction from previous announcement Zoom: click here<https://mcgill.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=876a0fb07443c2ba7a644f4f3&…> to access the event. Event description here<https://mcgill.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=876a0fb07443c2ba7a644f4f3&…>. About the speaker Obiora C. Okafor is the Inaugural York Research Chair in International and Transnational Legal Studies at Osgoode Hall Law School. Professor Okafor has published extensively in the fields of international human rights law and immigration/refugee law, as well as general public international law (especially with regard to third world approaches to international law). Read more about Obiora C. Okafor here<https://mcgill.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=876a0fb07443c2ba7a644f4f3&…>. Zoom Nov 11: https://mcgill.zoom.us/j/83897438474.<https://mcgill.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=876a0fb07443c2ba7a644f4f3&…> [Portrait of man with glasses, wearing a grey suit, looking down] The Long Road Towards Human Rights on the Internet O'Brien Fellow-in-Residence Seminar with Andrey Shcherbovich and Alejandro Lorite Escorihuela Tuesday, November 23, 1:00-2:30 PM (ET) Registration required: chrlp.law(a)mcgill.ca<mailto:chrlp.law@mcgill.ca>. In-person event only. Spaces limited. Reference, for discussion, the website of the Charter for Human Rights and Principles for the Internet: https://internetrightsandprinciples.org/charter/<https://mcgill.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=876a0fb07443c2ba7a644f4f3&…>. About the speaker Dr. Andrey Shcherbovich graduated from the National Research University Higher School of Economics, Faculty of Law (Department of International Law), Moscow, Russia, in 2008. In 2019 he was a CyberBRICS research fellow and visiting professor at FGV, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Dr. Shcherbovich’s professional interests are related to Russian public law (constitutional and human rights law) with special regard to international principles of Internet Governance. Read more about Andrey Shcherbovich here<https://mcgill.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=876a0fb07443c2ba7a644f4f3&…>. [Portrait of woman with short hair wearing a red and yellow sari with the blue UN flag in the background] "Mothers-in-law": Confronting Violence Patricia Allen Memorial Lecture Annie Macdonald Langstaff seminar series with Radhika Coomaraswamy In conversation with Vishakha Wijenayake and Luisa Castaneda-Quintana, McGill Law PhD candidates Moderated by Shauna Van Praagh Wednesday, November 24, 10:00-11:30 AM (ET) Zoom: click here<https://mcgill.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=876a0fb07443c2ba7a644f4f3&…> to access the event. About the speaker Radhika Coomaraswamy is a lawyer, diplomat, and human rights advocate. She is a graduate of the United Nations International School in New York. Radhika served as the Chairperson of the Sri Lanka Human Rights Commission (2003-2006). She was the first Special Rapporteur on violence against women (1994-2003). Read more about Radhika Coomaraswamy here<https://mcgill.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=876a0fb07443c2ba7a644f4f3&…>. Zoom Nov 24: https://mcgill.zoom.us/j/84246217798<https://mcgill.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=876a0fb07443c2ba7a644f4f3&…>. Call for Applications [McGill's logo] The call for applications for the 2022 O’Brien Graduate Fellowships in the Faculty of Law, McGill University, remains open. O’Brien Fellows become members of the Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism, a focal point for innovative legal and interdisciplinary research, dialogue, and outreach on human rights and legal pluralism. This Fellowship Program is an entrance scholarship. Applicants for this scholarship must also simultaneously submit an application for admission, by the stipulated deadline, to one of McGill Law's graduate programs. Deadline to apply: December 19, 2021. Email here<mailto:obrienfellows.law@mcgill.ca> for more information. Please share this opportunity widely! 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Fw: RWCHR Weekly Digest - Bulletin hebdomadaire du CRWDP
by Shayna Plaut 28 Oct '21

28 Oct '21

________________________________ From: The Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights <info(a)rwchr.org> Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2021 8:28 AM To: Centre for Human Rights Research Manager <chrrman(a)umanitoba.ca> Subject: RWCHR Weekly Digest - Bulletin hebdomadaire du CRWDP Read our recent work and upcoming events in this week's newsletter [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/9e0f7803-8e95-4c…] Le Français suivra RWCHR Weekly Digest A Message from RWCHR International Chair Irwin Cotler [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/eb493fac-d2dc-f5…] Fifty-five years ago, as a Graduate student at Yale Law School, I was very much influenced by Professor Charlie Reich’s “Greening of America”, Rachel Carson’s “Silent Spring” and Tom Lehrer’s lyrics<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…>. Accordingly, as Special Advisor to then Justice Minister John Turner-with his commitment to environmental protection-the “right to a clean environment” was one of our priorities and even advanced in early preparatory drafts for a Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedom, which never came to pass. Fifty-five years later, the UN Human Rights Council has declared the “right to a clean environment” as a fundamental human right. Liberal International Human Rights Committee, on which I sit, and its Climate Justice Committee, have been long-time advocates for this, including that “the right to a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment” be added as a protocol to the European Convention on Human Rights. But, there is a dark side for those advocating for environmental protection. Iran is continuing its relentless assault on Human Rights lawyers-including those involved with environmental protection-with the recent report by the Centre for Human Rights in Iran<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> of the imprisonment and torture of Payam Derafshan. He had represented Iranian Canadian Kavous Saeed-Imami, who died under mysterious circumstances while under arrest, while the rest of his environmental protection group were subsequently themselves arbitrarily detained, imprisoned and tortured in detention. It includes also Nasrin Sotoudeh, the iconic Iranian woman human rights lawyer, who also defended rights of environmentalists; and Reza Eslami, a dual Iranian-Canadian, Professor of Environmental Law at Beheshti University in Iran. Eslami holds a PhD in law from McGill University and was sentenced on February 7, 2021 to seven years imprisonment on false and spurious charges. I have been engaged, along with the RWCHR, in these cases and causes for some time, and the RWCHR joined together in an open letter<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> to Iranian authorities calling for the release of Dr. Reza Eslami, co-signed by the International Bar Association, The Centre for Human Rights in Iran and the International Commission of Jurists. As I write, Iranian authorities have reduced Dr. Eslami’s sentence from seven to five years, and the matter is now under appeal to Iran’s highest court. The case has taken on particular importance since Canada led the international community in adopting the Declaration Against Arbitrary Detention, involving dual nationals, now signed by 65 states. Best, Irwin Cotler, International Chair of the RWCHR [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/e6553959-2019-7b…] Our Work RWCHR International Chair Irwin Cotler at Forefront of Advocacy for Human Rights in China Irwin Cotler, as Canadian Co-Chair of the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China, has been engaged in imposing Magnitsky Sanctions on CCP senior officials for gross human rights violations in China and in Hong Kong; supported the 43 country resolution at the UNHRC condemning China’s human rights abuses; and was featured in media commentary on this issue including a long interview in the Epoch Times regarding China’s “retaliatory and vile hostage diplomacy<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…>, including the case and cause of Canadian Uyghur Huseyin Celil and Falun Gong practitioner Sun Qian, which have been taken up by the RWCHR and spearheaded by RWCHR Legal Counsel Yonah Diamond. [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/e5f9ada9-d5e8-63… Webinar Headlined by RWCHR International Chair and Special Envoy Irwin Cotler RWCHR International Chair and Special Envoy Irwin Cotler was the headline speaker at “The Durban Legacy of Hate: 20 Years Later - What Needs to Be Done”<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…>, a webinar hosted by The National Council of Jewish Women of Canada (NCJWC). Professor Cotler spoke about the “pandemics” of systemic racism and antisemitism, resurgent global authoritarianism, and the culture of impunity, among other pressing human rights issues. [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/8abb733d-59bc-05… International Chair Irwin Cotler Engaged in Important Initiatives by the Organization of American States Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS) Luis Almagro appointed Brazilian lawyer Fernando Lottenberg as the first-ever OAS Commissioner for Monitoring and Combatting Antisemitism. Professor Cotler, in his capacity as Special Envoy, met with Mr. Lottenberg and agreed on shared cooperation and involvement moving forward on these issues. Canada is also a member of the OAS. [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/fb35223b-25ed-a4… Cotler, member of the Independent Panel of Legal Experts for the OAS regarding possible Crimes Against Humanity in Venezuela, joined his fellow members, Justices Santiago Canton of Argentina and Manuel Robles Ventura of Costa Rica, in following up on their landmark report of May 2018, which found “reasonable grounds to believe that crimes against humanity are being committed in Venezuela. Canada then initiated the first-ever collective referral of a State Party, Venezuela, to the ICC. Cotler, and his fellow independent panelists, renewed calls for the Special Prosecutor to initiate an investigation of such crimes. Brandon Silver, RWCHR Director of Policy and Projects, has been deeply engaged in writing and advocating for this issue. [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/bed39656-c0c2-90… Between Professor Irwin Cotler and Senator Ratna Omidvar Regarding Senate Work on Human Rights Issues. RWCHR International Chair Irwin Cotler met with Senator Ratna Omidvar, leading member of the RWCHR All-Party Parliamentary Caucus on Human Rights. They discussed the case and cause of Swedish Eritrean journalist Dawit Issak, who with his colleagues are the longest imprisoned journalists in the world, as a case study on the assault on press freedom and safety and security of journalists., Senator Omidvar will explore the convening of a Senate Committee to discuss these human rights concerns with the convening of a new Parliament. RWCHR UN Day Statement The RWCHR published a statement on United Nations (UN) Day<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…>, a historic moment of remembrance and reminder commemorating the establishment of the UN Charter<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…>, which is symbol and substance, source and inspiration of international law and the values of human rights. RWCHR Partners and Senior Fellows [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/ea71905a-e355-0f… Endowment for Democracy’s “Gershman Fund for Democrats at Risk” The National Endowment for Democracy (NED), a close partner of the RWCHR, recently introduced the “Gershman Fund for Democrats at Risk”<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…>, named after Carl Gershman, NED founding President and RWCHR Senior Fellow. “The new fund will be a multiyear effort to address critical, unmet needs and expand NED’s ability to support democracy advocates worldwide”, said NED in its announcement. [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/ba2bd41e-b471-fc… by the Canadian Society for Yad Vashem on the Malmö International Forum The Canadian Society for Yad Vashem published a statement following the Malmö International Forum<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…>, in which they highlighted Canada’s “Country Pledges” to the combatting of hatred and antisemitism, and also noted the importance of working in common cause, alongside Special Envoy Cotler, to fulfill these objectives. [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/e5420976-2966-7e… International’s “Don’t Forget” Campaign Touched on the Case and Cause of Raif Badawi Liberal International, a close partner of the RWCHR, published a statement on the case and cause of Raif Badawi<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> as part of its “Don’t Forget” initiative. “It is of utmost importance that the international community does not forget the situation of Raif Badawi and other political prisoners in Saudi Arabia”, the statement said. “We must continue to call attention to these cases, defend the rights of these champions of freedom, and hold the Saudi leadership accountable for their acts.” Liberal International Statement on UN Day Liberal International also published a statement commemorating UN Day<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…>, writing that the “UNHRC resolution formally declaring clean environment a human right is an important step in the right direction”. Further, “Liberal International celebrates these new developments which recognise how environmental degradation seriously impacts the enjoyment of human rights.” [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/e87f2cba-defe-af… Statement on Recent ASPI Report on the “Repression of Uyghurs” The Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC) published a statement on the release of a recent Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) report<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…>. The statement “calls on democratic states to take urgent, coordinated action to protect Uyghurs and other ethnic and religious minorities in the Uyghur Region.” [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/1edca815-a941-20… with Cindy Blackstock on CBC’s Power and Politics Executive Director of the First Nations Child & Family Caring Society and RWCHR Senior Fellow Cindy Blackstock was interviewed on CBC’s “Power and Politics”<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> regarding the recent “Federal Court ruling on compensation for Indigenous children” in Canada. Canadian Lawyer Magazine’s “Top 25 Most Influential Lawyers 2021” Last month, Canadian Lawyer Magazine released its list of the “Top 25 Most Influential Lawyers 2021”<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…>, including RWCHR Honorary Co-Chair Justice Rosalie Abella and RWCHR Senior Fellow Fannie Lafontaine. We join in congratulating them for this important accomplishment, among many others in their distinguished careers. Commemorative Carving of Elie Wiesel by Washington National Cathedral The Washington National Cathedral unveiled a commemorative carving of Elie Wiesel last week<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> in its “Human Rights Porch”. Professor Wiesel was Honorary Chair and co-founder of the RWCHR with Professor Irwin Cotler, who has referred to him as his “teacher, mentor, colleague, friend and soulmate for fifty years”. [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/60292d3a-9202-65…] AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster A Looking Glass at Global News: The RWCHR Connection Appetite for Obstruction: How Autocrats Subvert Democracy’s Infrastructure<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> - Just Security Written by Christopher Walker, Vice President of Studies and Analysis of the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), a close partner organization of the RWCHR. ________________________________ Russia’s Navalny awarded prestigious European human rights Sakharov Prize<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> - Washington Post The RWCHR is actively involved in efforts to free Russian political prisoners, including Alexei Navalny, Alexei Pichugin, one of the longest serving political prisoners in Russia, and Anastasia Shevchenko, the first arrested under Russia’s “Foreign Registration” law. ________________________________ How Canada can help fight online anti-Semitism<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> - Ottawa Citizen Co-authored by Lauren Salim and Kyle Matthews from the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies (MIGS). Upcoming Events October 24, 2021 - Global Political Pandemic: Political Prisoners as a Looking Glass, with The Hon. Irwin Cotler<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…>, hosted by Canadian Friends of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (CFHU), featuring RWCHR International Chair Irwin Cotler. October 26, 2021 - Contours & Consequences: Anti-Semitism & Anti Semitic Hate Crime in Ontario and Quebec<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…>, hosted by the Centre on Hate, Bias & Extremism - Ontario Tech University, featuring RWCHR International Chair and Special Envoy Irwin Cotler October 27, 2021 - In Conversation with a Survivor: Bill and Cody Groat<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…>, hosted by the Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies (FSWC) in partnership with the RWCHR. November 3, 2021 - The Rise of Antisemitism in Canada, hosted by McCarthy Tétrault, headlined by RWCHR International Chair and Special Envoy Irwin Cotler. November 9, 2021 - Holocaust Education Month: Opening Night in Commemoration of Kristallnacht<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…>, hosted by the Centre for Holocaust Education and Scholarship (CHES). This is a brief snapshot of the domestic and global reach of the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights. For ongoing updates and special alerts, follow us on social media! [Facebook]<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> [Twitter]<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> [LinkedIn]<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> [YouTube]<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> [Instagram]<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> Click Here to Support the Pursuit of Justice<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/9e0f7803-8e95-4c…] Bulletin hebdomadaire du CRWDP Message du professeur Irwin Cotler, Président international du CRWDP [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/eb493fac-d2dc-f5…] Il y a cinquante-cinq ans, alors que j’étais étudiant diplômé à la faculté de droit de Yale, j’ai été très influencé par “Greening of America” du professeur Charlie Reich, “Silent Spring” de Rachel Carson, et les paroles de Tom Lehrer. En conséquence, en tant que conseiller spécial du ministre de la Justice de l'époque, John Turner - qui s'était engagé à protéger l'environnement - le "droit à un environnement propre" était l'une de nos priorités et était même avancé dans les premiers projets préparatoires d'une Charte canadienne des droits et libertés, qui n'a jamais vu le jour. Cinquante-cinq ans plus tard, le Conseil des droits de l'homme des Nations Unies a déclaré le "droit à un environnement propre" comme un droit humain fondamental. Le Comité des droits de la personne de “Liberal International”, dont je fais partie, et son Comité pour la justice climatique, défendent cette cause depuis longtemps, notamment en demandant que le " droit à un environnement sûr, propre, sain et durable " soit ajouté comme protocole à la Convention européenne des droits de la personne. Mais il y a un côté sombre pour ceux qui défendent la protection de l'environnement. L'Iran poursuit son assaut incessant contre les avocats spécialisés dans les droits de la personne - y compris ceux qui s'occupent de protection de l'environnement - avec le rapport récent du Centre pour les droits de l'homme en Iran<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> sur l'emprisonnement et la torture de Payam Derafshan. Il avait représenté le Canadien iranien Kavous Saeed-Imami, qui est mort dans des circonstances mystérieuses alors qu'il était en état d'arrestation, tandis que le reste de son groupe de protection de l'environnement a ensuite été lui-même détenu arbitrairement, emprisonné et torturé en détention. Il comprend également Nasrin Sotoudeh, l’avocate iranienne emblématique des droits de la personne, qui a également défendu les droits des écologistes, et Reza Eslami, qui possède la double nationalité irano-canadienne, professeur de droit de l'environnement à l'Université Beheshti en Iran. Eslami est titulaire d'un doctorat en droit de l'Université McGill et a été condamné le 7 février 2021 à sept ans d'emprisonnement sur la base d'accusations fausses et fallacieuses. Je suis engagé, avec le CRWDP, dans ces affaires et ces causes depuis un certain temps, et le CRWDP s'est associé à une lettre ouverte<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> aux autorités iraniennes demandant la libération du Dr. Reza Eslami, cosignée par l'Association internationale du barreau, le Centre pour les droits de l'homme en Iran et la Commission internationale des juristes. Au moment où j'écris ces lignes, les autorités iraniennes ont réduit la peine du Dr. Eslami de sept à cinq ans, et l'affaire est maintenant en appel devant la plus haute juridiction iranienne. L'affaire revêt une importance particulière depuis que le Canada a mené la communauté internationale en adoptant la Déclaration contre la détention arbitraire, qui concerne les personnes ayant une double nationalité et qui est maintenant signée par 65 États. Cordialement. Irwin Cotler, Président international du CRWDP [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/e6553959-2019-7b…] Notre travail Irwin Cotler, président international du CRWDP, à l'avant-garde du plaidoyer pour les droits de la personne en Chine Irwin Cotler, en tant que coprésident canadien de l'Alliance interparlementaire sur la Chine, s'est engagé à imposer des sanctions Magnitsky aux hauts responsables du PCC pour des violations flagrantes des droits de la personne en Chine et à Hong Kong; il a soutenu la résolution de 43 pays au Conseil des droits de l’homme des Nations unies condamnant les violations des droits de la personne en Chine; et a fait l'objet de commentaires dans les médias sur cette question, y compris une interview longue dans l'Epoch Times concernant la "diplomatie des otages de représailles et vil <https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> de la Chine, y compris le cas et la cause de l'Ouïghour canadien Huseyin Celil et du pratiquant de Falun Gong, Sun Qian, qui ont été repris par le CRWDP et dirigés par le conseiller juridique du CRWDP Yonah Diamond. ” [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/e5f9ada9-d5e8-63…] Webinaire du Conseil national des femmes juives du Canada en vedette Irwin Cotler, président international et envoyé spécial du CRWDP Le président international et envoyé spécial du CRWDP, Irwin Cotler, était l’orateur principal de “The Durban Legacy of Hate: 20 Years Later - What Needs to Be Done”<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…>, un webinaire organisé par le Conseil national des femmes juives du Canada. Le professeur Cotler a parlé des "pandémies" de racisme et d'antisémitisme systémiques, de la résurgence de l'autoritarisme mondial et de l'impunité, entre autres questions urgentes liées aux droits de la personne. [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/8abb733d-59bc-05…] Le président international du CRWDP, Irwin Cotler, participe à des initiatives importantes de l'Organisation des États américains. Le Secrétaire général de l'Organisation des États américains (OEA), Luis Almagro, a nommé l'avocat brésilien Fernando Lottenberg en tant que tout premier commissaire de l'OEA pour la surveillance et la lutte contre l'antisémitisme. Le professeur Cotler, en sa qualité d'envoyé spécial, a rencontré M. Lottenberg et a convenu d'une coopération et d'une participation commune pour avancer sur ces questions. Le Canada est également membre de l'OEA. [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/fb35223b-25ed-a4… professeur Cotler, membre du Groupe indépendant d'experts juridiques pour l'OEA concernant de crimes contre l'humanité au Venezuela possibles, s'est joint à ses collègues, les juges Santiago Canton de l'Argentine et Manuel Robles Ventura du Costa Rica, pour donner suite à leur rapport historique de mai 2018, qui concluait à des " motifs raisonnables de croire que des crimes contre l'humanité sont commis au Venezuela ". Le Canada a alors initié le tout premier renvoi collectif d'un État partie, le Venezuela, à la CPI. Cotler, et ses collègues panélistes indépendants, ont renouvelé les appels pour que le Procureur spécial ouvre une enquête sur ces crimes. Brandon Silver, directeur des politiques et des projets du CRWDP, s'est beaucoup investi dans la rédaction et la défense de cette question. [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/bed39656-c0c2-90… entre le professeur Irwin Cotler et la sénatrice Ratna Omidvar concernant le travail du Sénat sur les questions de droits de la personne Le président international du CRWDP Irwin Cotler, a rencontré la sénatrice Ratna Omidvar, membre principal du Caucus parlementaire multipartite sur les droits de la personne du CRWDP. Ils ont discuté du cas et de la cause du journaliste suédois érythréen Dawit Issak, qui, avec ses collègues, est le journaliste emprisonné depuis le plus longtemps au monde, comme une étude de cas sur l'assaut contre la liberté de la presse et la sûreté et la sécurité des journalistes. Le sénateur Omidvar étudiera la convocation d'un comité du Sénat pour discuter de ces problèmes de droits de la personne avec la convocation d'un nouveau Parlement. Déclaration du CRWDP sur la Journée de l'ONU Le CRWDP a publié une déclaration sur la Journée des Nations Unies (ONU)<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…>, un moment historique de souvenir et de rappel commémorant l'établissement de la Charte des Nations Unies<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…>, qui est le symbole et la substance, la source et l'inspiration du droit international et des valeurs des droits de la personne. Partenaires et Collaborateurs émérites [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/ea71905a-e355-0f…] Le Fonds Gershman pour les démocrates en danger de la “National Endowment for Democracy” La “National Endowment for Democracy”, un partenaire proche du CRWDP, a récemment introduit le Fonds Gershman pour les démocrates en danger<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…>, nommé après Carl Gershman, président fondateur de La “National Endowment for Democracy”, et collaborateur émérite du CRWDP. "Le nouveau fonds sera un effort pluriannuel pour répondre à des besoins critiques et non satisfaits et étendre la capacité de la ‘National Endowment for Democracy’ à soutenir les défenseurs de la démocratie dans le monde entier", a déclaré la “National Endowment for Democracy” dans son annonce. [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/ba2bd41e-b471-fc… de la Société canadienne pour Yad Vashem sur le Forum international de Malmö La Société canadienne pour Yad Vashem a publié une déclaration à la suite du Forum international de Malmö<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…>, dans laquelle elle souligne les "engagements nationaux" du Canada en matière de lutte contre la haine et l'antisémitisme, et note également l'importance de travailler en cause commun, à coté de l'envoyé spécial Cotler, pour atteindre ces objectifs. [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/e5420976-2966-7e… Campagne “N’oubliez pas” de “Liberal International” a abordé le cas et la cause de Raif Badawi “Liberal International”, un partenaire proche du CRWDP, a publié une déclaration sur le cas et la cause de Raif Badawi<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> dans le cadre de son initiative " N'oubliez pas ". "Il est de la plus haute importance que la communauté internationale n'oublie pas la situation de Raif Badawi et des autres prisonniers politiques en Arabie Saoudite", indique la déclaration. "Nous devons continuer à attirer l'attention sur ces cas, à défendre les droits de ces champions de la liberté et à tenir les dirigeants saoudiens responsables de leurs actes." Déclaration de "Liberal International" sur la Journée de l'ONU "Liberal International" a également publié une déclaration commémorant la Journée de l'ONU, écrivant que " la résolution du CDH déclarant officiellement qu'un environnement propre est un droit de la personne est un pas important dans la bonne direction ". De plus, "Liberal International se félicite de ces nouveaux développements qui reconnaissent que la dégradation de l'environnement a un impact sérieux sur la jouissance des droits de la personne”. [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/e87f2cba-defe-af… de l'Alliance Interparlementaire sur la Chine sur le rapport récent de “The Australian Strategic Policy Institute” sur la “répression des Ouïghours". L'Alliance interparlementaire sur la Chine a récemment publié une déclaration sur la publication d'un rapport de “The Australian Strategic Policy Institute”<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…>. La déclaration "appelle les États démocratiques à prendre des mesures urgentes et coordonnées pour protéger les Ouïghours et les autres minorités ethniques et religieuses de la région ouïghoure." [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/1edca815-a941-20… de Cindy Blackstock à l'émission "Power and Politics" de la CBC La directrice générale de la Société de soutien à l'enfance et à la famille des Premières Nations du Canada et membre senior du CRWDP, Cindy Blackstock, a été interviewée dans l'émission "Power and Politics" de la CBC <https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> au sujet de la récente "décision de la Cour fédérale sur la compensation pour les enfants indigènes" au Canada. Les "25 avocats les plus influents en 2021" du magazine Canadian Lawyer Le mois dernier, le magazine Canadian Lawyer a publié sa liste des "25 avocats les plus influents en 2021",<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> dans laquelle figuraient la coprésidente honoraire du CRWDP, la juge Rosalie Abella, et la collaboratrice émérite du CRWDP, Fannie Lafontaine. Joignez-vous à nous pour les féliciter pour cet accomplissement important, parmi beaucoup d'autres dans leurs carrières distinguées. La cathédrale nationale de Washington dévoile une sculpture commémorative d'Elie Wiesel La cathédrale nationale de Washington a dévoilé la semaine dernière une sculpture commémorative d'Elie Wiesel dans son "Porche des droits de la personne<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…>". Le professeur Wiesel était président honoraire et cofondateur du CRWDP avec le professeur Irwin Cotler, qui l'a qualifié de "professeur, mentor, collègue, ami et âme sœur pendant cinquante ans". Aperçu de l'actualité mondiale : la connexion CRWDP Appétit pour l'obstruction: Comment les autocrates subvertissent l'infrastructure de la démocratie <https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> - "Just Security" Écrit par Christopher Walker, vice-président des études et de l'analyse de la "National Endowment for Democracy", une organisation partenaire proche du CRWDP. ________________________________ Le Russe Navalny reçoit le prestigieux prix Sakharov européen des droits de la personne <https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> - “Washington Post” Le CRWDP participe activement aux efforts visant à libérer les prisonniers politiques russes, notamment Alexei Navalny, Alexei Pichugin, l'un des plus anciens prisonniers politiques de Russie, et Anastasia Shevchenko, la première personne arrêtée en vertu de la loi russe sur "l'enregistrement des étrangers". ________________________________ Comment le Canada peut aider à combattre l'antisémitisme en ligne<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> - “Ottawa Citizen” Co-écrit par Lauren Salim et Kyle Matthews de l'Institut montréalais d'études sur le génocide et les droits de la personne (MIGS). Évènements à venir 24 octobre 2021 - « Pandémie politique mondiale : les prisonniers politiques en tant que miroir »<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…>, avec l'hon. Irwin Cotler, animé par les Amis canadiens de l'Université hébraïque de Jérusalem (CFHU). 26 octobre 2021 - « Contours & Consequences : Antisémitisme et crimes haineux antisémites en Ontario et au Québec »<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…>, organisé par le « Centre on Hate, Bias & Extremism - Ontario Tech University », avec le Président international du CRWDP et l'Envoyé spécial Irwin Cotler. 27 octobre 2021 - « Conversation avec un survivant : Bill et Cody Groat »<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…>, organisée par les Amis du Centre Simon Wiesenthal pour les études sur l'Holocauste (FSWC) en partenariat avec le CRWDP. 3 novembre 2021 - « La montée de l'antisémitisme au Canada », organisé par McCarthy Tétrault, avec en vedette le président international et envoyé spécial du CRWDP, Irwin Cotler. 9 novembre 2021 - « Mois de l'éducation sur l'Holocauste: Soirée d'ouverture en commémoration de Kristallnacht »<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…>, organisée par le « Centre for Holocaust Education and Scholarship » Le présent message contient un aperçu des principales activités du CRWDP au Canada et à l’étranger. 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Nouvelles & événements du CREDP | HRREC News & Events ---> 19.10.2021
by Viviana Fernandez 19 Oct '21

19 Oct '21

English follows. [Dark and pale blue green and off-white circles for the 40th anniversary of the uOttawa Human Rights Research and Education Centre. Cercles vert foncé, vert pâle et blanc cassé pour le 40e anniversaire du Centre de recherche et d'enseignement sur les droits de la personne de l'Université d'Ottawa.] #CREDP40HRREC Le CREDP a 40 ans! Depuis des mois, nous préparons le programme des activités qui marqueront le 40e anniversaire de notre Centre de recherche et d'enseignement sur les droits de la personne. Pour en savoir davantage, visitez la page de l’anniversaire!<https://cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca/fr/CREDP40HRREC> Événements 21 OCTOBRE | Rencontre virtuelle 15 h à 16 h | Inscription requise pour recevoir le lien vers la rencontre virtuelle. * Travailler pour les droits de la personne<https://cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca/fr/21-octobre-2021-serie-travailler-droits-perso…> – avec Marie-Claude Landry, Ad.E., Présidente de la Commission canadienne des droits de la personne depuis mars 2015. Cette série, organisée par le Centre de recherche et d’enseignement sur les droits de la personne (CREDP), est une occasion pour les étudiants, les diplômés et toutes autres personnes intéressées par le domaine des droits de la personne de rencontrer des praticiens notoires qui viendront partager leur expérience professionnelle avec eux. 16 NOVEMBRE | Événement virtuel 14 h à 15 h | Inscription requise pour recevoir le lien vers l’événement. * Non-religion, changements sociaux et droits de la personne<https://nonreligionproject.ca/event/human-rights-centre/> – avec les membres du CREDP, les professeurs Lori G. Beaman (titulaire de la Chaire de recherche du Canada en diversité religieuse et changement social, Faculté des arts, uOttawa) et André Laliberté (co-titulaire de la Chaire de recherche en études taïwanaises, Faculté des sciences sociales), ainsi que Juan Marco Vaggione (Professeur de sociologie, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba). Événement organisé par le Projet Nonreligion in a Complex Future (Non-religion dans un avenir complexe) sous la direction de la professeure Beaman. ******************** 15 FÉVRIER 2022 | Rencontre virtuelle 12 h à 13 h | Plus de détails pour s’inscrire bientôt. * Notre prochain événement dans le cadre de la série Travailler pour les droits de la personne sera avec Alex Neve, militant canadien des droits de la personne et ancien secrétaire général d'Amnesty International Canada! Cette série, organisée par le Centre de recherche et d’enseignement sur les droits de la personne (CREDP), est une occasion pour les étudiants, les diplômés et toutes autres personnes intéressées par le domaine des droits de la personne de rencontrer des praticiens notoires qui viendront partager leur expérience professionnelle avec eux. 12 & 13 MAI 2022 | Conférence Les coûts pour les participants sont détaillés sur le site web. | Les inscriptions sont ouvertes. * L'Honorable Rosalie Silberman Abella - Une vie d'avant-garde<https://ciaj-icaj.ca/fr/programmes-a-venir/conference-juge-rosalie-abella-2…> – Conférence pour souligner le départ à la retraite de l'Honorable juge Rosalie Silberman Abella de la Cour Suprême du Canada. Programme à venir. Le Centre de recherche et d’enseignement sur les droits de la personne (CREDP) est un fier partenaire du Centre de droit public de l'Université d'Ottawa, de l'Institut canadien pour l'administration de la justice et de La Société des plaideurs. Lisez l’article sur notre membre Emilie Di Grazia | Rapprocher les gens grâce aux droits de la personne Dire qu’Emilie Di Grazia, diplômée du Programme spécialisé en études des conflits et droits humains de la Faculté des sciences sociales (B. Sc. Soc. 2017) et membre de longue date du Centre de recherche et d’enseignement sur les droits de la personne (CREDP), est passionnée par les droits de la personne n’est pas un euphémisme! Lisez la suite de l’article sur notre site web.<https://cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca/fr/rapprocher-gens-grace-aux-droits-personne> IMAGES de la JUSTICE: Le droit au logement | APPEL aux DESSINATEURS Le CREDP est heureux de participer, en partenariat avec CONTEKST, The SHIFT, la Faculté de droit, Section de Common Law, l'École de droit Lincoln Alexander (Ryerson) et la Fondation du droit de l'Ontario à la troisième édition d’IMAGES de la JUSTICE<https://cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca/fr/images-justice-2021-droit-au-logement-appel-a…>, dont le thème porte sur Le droit au logement! Cette édition exposera des dessins satiriques et critiques qui exploreront les diverses facettes et les défis du droit humain à un logement adéquat. Les images de cette série mettront en lumière les défis, les incohérences et les failles du cadre actuel du droit humain au logement et de sa pleine réalisation. Nous invitons les dessinateurs et les illustrateurs à soumettre leur œuvre avant le 1er NOVEMBRE 2021 à info(a)contekst.education<mailto:info@contekst.education>. Nouvelles * Conférence | Oonagh Fitzgerald, chercheuse associée du CREDP, organise un panel lors du 50e Congrès annuel du CCDI<https://cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca/fr/conference-oonagh-fitzgerald-chercheuse-assoc…> * Viviana Fernandez interviewée sur la réponse canadienne à la crise des réfugiés afghans dans Affaires universitaires<https://www.affairesuniversitaires.ca/actualites/actualites-article/les-uni…> * Article | Jeremy Wildemann, chercheur associé du CREDP, dans le Canada's Journal of Global Policy Analysis : Le Moyen-Orient dans la politique étrangère canadienne et la formation de l'identité nationale (en anglais)<https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00207020211049326> * Un nouveau carrefour pour protéger la liberté académique dans les Amériques<https://cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca/fr/nouveau-carrefour-proteger-liberte-academique…> * Article | Slava Balan, membre du CREDP dans La Conversation : Nous parlons beaucoup de langues au Canada — les élections devraient refléter notre diversité (également repris dans le National Post) — en anglais<https://theconversation.com/we-speak-a-lot-of-languages-in-canada-elections…> * Le CREDP signe un protocole d’accord avec la Commission interaméricaine des droits de l'homme<https://cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca/fr/credp-signe-protocole-daccord-commission-inte…> * Bourse | Une bourse spéciale de mérite pour notre membre étudiante Amira Maameri<https://cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca/fr/bourse-bourse-speciale-merite-notre-membre-et…> * Article | Penelope Simons, Chaire Gordon Henderson, dans Legal Ethics : Responsabilité professionnelle et défense des sociétés extractives dans les litiges transnationaux en matière de droits de la personne et d'environnement (en anglais)<https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1460728x.2021.1979730?journalC…> * Lisez le rapport 2014-2021 de la Clinique sur les droits de la personne (PDF en français)<https://cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca/sites/cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca/files/hrclinic_rapport_…> * La Clinique sur les droits de la personne à uOttawa : Offrir aux étudiant l'opportunité de faire la différence grâce à une véritable expérience immersive dans le domaine des droits humains<https://cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca/fr/faire-difference-au-niveau-national-internati…> Soutenez le CREDP Nous vous invitons à visiter la page Soutenez le CREDP<https://cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca/fr/give> qui permet aux donateurs et aux partenaires de contribuer aux importantes initiatives du Centre, telles que : * Le Programme Scholars at Risk uOttawa qui fait la promotion des droits de la personne et de la liberté universitaire en accueillant des chercheurs en danger sur notre campus et en rendant possible notre participation au Academic Monitoring Project<https://www.scholarsatrisk.org/actions/academic-freedom-monitoring-project/> du Réseau SAR à travers notre Clinique sur les droits de la personne<https://cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca/fr/courses/human_rights>; * La Bourse d'études supérieures Jacques-Gaudreau en droit international de la personne; et, * Le fonds du Centre de recherche et d’enseignement sur les droits de la personne. Suivez-nous sur les médias sociaux! TWITTER @uOttawaHRREC<https://twitter.com/uottawahrrec?lang=en> | FACEBOOK @uOttawaHRREC<https://www.facebook.com/uOttawaHRREC/> | LINKEDIN HRREC - Human Rights Research and Education Centre<https://ca.linkedin.com/company/human-rights-research-and-education-centre> | YOUTUBE HRREC uOttawa<https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCfldcVEEMX09Yg4x5HsaTA> ________________________________ #CREDP40HRREC HRREC hits 40! For months, we have been preparing the program of activities that will mark the 40th anniversary of our Human Rights Research and Education Centre. To learn more, visit the anniversary’s webpage.<https://cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca/en/CREDP40HRREC> Events OCTOBER 21 | Virtual meeting 3 to 4 p.m. | Registration required to receive the link to the webinar. * Working for Human Rights<https://cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca/en/october-21-2021-working-human-rights-series-m…> – with Marie-Claude Landry, Ad.E., Chief Commissioner of the Canadian Human Rights Commission since March 2015. This series, organized by the Human Rights Research and Education Centre (HRREC), is an opportunity for students, alumni and any other person interested in Human Rights to hear about notable practitioners who will share their professional experience with them. NOVEMBER 16 | Virtual event 2 to 3 p.m. | Registration required to receive the link to the event. * Nonreligion, Social Change and Human Rights<https://nonreligionproject.ca/event/human-rights-centre/> – with HRREC members, Professors Lori G. Beaman (Canada Research Chair in Religious Diversity and Social Change, Faculty of Arts, uOttawa) and André Laliberté (Co-holder of the Research Chair in Taiwan Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, uOttawa) tulaire de la Chaire de recherche en études taïwanaises, Faculté des sciences sociales), with Juan Marco Vaggione (Professor of sociology, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba). Event organized by the Nonreligion in a Complex Future Project (NCF) under the direction of professor Beaman. ******************** FEBRUARY 15, 2022 | Virtual meeting 12 to 1 p.m. | More details about the registration soon. * Our next event in the Working for Human Rights series will be with Alex Neve, human rights activist and former Secretary-general of Amnesty International Canada! This series, organized by the Human Rights Research and Education Centre (HRREC), is an opportunity for students, alumni and any other person interested in Human Rights to hear about notable practitioners who will share their professional experience with them. MAY 12 & 13, 2022 | Conference Costs for participants are detailed on the website. | Registration is open. * The Honourable Rosalie Silberman Abella – A Life of Firsts<https://ciaj-icaj.ca/en/upcoming-programs/justice-rosalie-abella-conference…> – Conference to celebrate the retirement of the Honourable Justice Rosalie Silberman Abella from the Supreme Court of Canada. Program to come. The Human Rights Research and Education Centre (HRREC) is a proud partner with the uOttawa Public Law Centre, the Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice and The Advocates' Society. Read the article on our member Emilie Di Grazia | Bringing People Together through Human Rights To say that Emilie Di Grazia, a graduate of the Faculty of Social Sciences in Conflict Studies and Human Rights (B. Sc. Soc. 2017) and a long-time member of the University of Ottawa's Human Rights Research and Education Centre (HRREC), has a passion for human rights is no understatement! Read the rest of the article on our website.<https://cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca/en/bringing-people-together-through-human-rights> IMAGES of JUSTICE 2021: The Right to Housing | CALL for ARTISTS HRREC is pleased to participate, in partnership with CONTEKST and The SHIFT, the Faculty of Law, Common Law Section, the Ryerson Lincoln Alexander School of Law, and The Law Foundation of Ontario in the third edition of IMAGES of JUSTICE<https://cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca/en/images-justice-2021-right-housing-call-artists> under the theme The Right to Housing! This edition will exhibit satirical and comic visualization of various facets and challenges of the human right to adequate housing. The images of this series will shed light upon challenges, inconsistencies, and flaws within the current framework of the human right to housing and its full realization. We invite cartoonists and illustrators to submit their work by NOVEMBER 1st, 2021 to info(a)contekst.education<mailto:info@contekst.education>. News * Conference | HRREC Senior Fellow Oonagh Fitzgerald’s Panel for the 50th CCIL Annual Conference<https://cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca/en/conference-hrrec-senior-fellow-oonagh-fitzger…> * Viviana Fernandez Interviewed about the Canadian Response to Afghan Refugee Crisis in University Affairs<https://www.universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/universities-faculty-gea…> * Article | HRREC Fellow Jeremy Wildeman in Canada's Journal of Global Policy Analysis: The Middle East in Canadian Foreign Policy and National Identity Formation<https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00207020211049326> * A New Hub to Protect Academic Freedom in the Americas<https://cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca/en/new-hub-protect-academic-freedom-americas> * Article | HRREC Member Slava Balan in The Conversation: We Speak a Lot of Languages in Canada — Elections Should Reflect Our Diversity (also covered in the National Post)<https://theconversation.com/we-speak-a-lot-of-languages-in-canada-elections…> * HRREC Signs MOU with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights<https://cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca/en/hrrec-signs-mou-inter-american-commission-hum…> * Scholarship | Special Merit Scholarship for Our Student Member Amira Maameri<https://cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca/en/scholarship-special-merit-scholarship-our-stu…> * Article | Penelope Simons, Gordon Henderson Chair, in Legal Ethics: Professional Responsibility and the Defence of Extractive Corporations in Transnational Human Rights and Environmental Litigation in Canadian Courts<https://cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca/sites/cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca/files/hrclinic_report_2…> * Read the Human Rights Clinic's Report 2014-2021 (PDF in English)<https://cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca/sites/cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca/files/hrclinic_report_2…> * The uOttawa Human Rights Clinic: Offering Students the Opportunity to Make a Difference Through a Truly Immersive Experience in the Field of Human Rights<https://cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca/en/making-difference-nationally-and-internationa…> Support HRREC We invite you to visit the Support HRREC<https://cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca/en/give> page which allows donors and partners to contribute to the Centre’s important initiatives such as: * The Scholars at Risk Ottawa Program which promotes human rights and academic freedom by welcoming scholars at risk in our campus and by making possible our participation in the Academic Monitoring Project<https://www.scholarsatrisk.org/actions/academic-freedom-monitoring-project/> of SAR Network through our Human Rights Clinic<https://cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca/en/courses/human_rights>; * The Jacques Gaudreau Graduate Scholarship in International Human Rights Law; and, * The Human Rights Research and Education Centre’s Fund. 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RWCHR Weekly Digest - Bulletin hebdomadaire du CRWDP
by Shayna Plaut 18 Oct '21

18 Oct '21

Read our recent work and upcoming events in this week's newsletter [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/9e0f7803-8e95-4c…] Le Français suivra RWCHR Weekly Digest A Message from RWCHR International Chair Irwin Cotler [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/eb493fac-d2dc-f5…] The Malmö Conference on Holocaust Remembrance and Combatting Antisemitism-which brought together government leaders from over fifty countries and intergovernmental organizations-and commemorated the Stockholm Declaration on the Holocaust- was as inspiring as it was timely. In particular, the “Country Pledges” by participating countries are an Agenda for Global Action, just as Canada’s “Country Pledges” constitute a National Action Plan for Holocaust Remembrance and the combatting of hatred and antisemitism. It will now be followed by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance Plenary Conference in Thessaloniki, beginning on November 7, where I am pleased to head an excellent Canadian delegation; and where, appropriately enough, Sweden will be assuming the Presidency of IHRA for 2022, the year in which “Country Pledges” are to be acted upon. I am pleased that one of Canada’s Country Pledges is to make the role of Special Envoy a permanent one-signifying the importance Canada attaches to these responsibilities-and providing dedicated resources for that purpose. While I will continue to serve as Special Envoy in a pro-bono capacity, I am delighted that the Special Envoy role, with its compelling mandates, will have a central place in Canada’s promotion and protection of democracy and human rights. Best, Irwin Cotler, International Chair of the RWCHR [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/e6553959-2019-7b…] Our Work [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/7fd17225-a7e8-1a… Fifty Government Leaders Participate in Historical Swedish Malmö Forum on Holocaust Remembrance and Combatting Antisemitism Prime Minister Justin Trudeau led the Canadian Delegation joined by The Honourable Stéphane Dion, Ambassador to Germany and Special Envoy of the Prime Minister to the European Union and Europe, and The Honourable Irwin Cotler, Canada’s Special Envoy for Preserving Holocaust Remembrance and Combatting Antisemitism. Canada committed to a series of “Country Pledges” that Special Envoy Cotler said <https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> were “express” and “exemplary”. [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/3548e871-f02c-78… Minister Justin Trudeau Announces that the Special Envoy on Preserving Holocaust Remembrance and Combatting AntisemitismWill Be A Permanent Position Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced, in his keynote address at<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> Malmö, <https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> a permanent office for the Special Envoy on Preserving Holocaust Remembrance and Combatting Antisemitism. “Antisemitism isn't a problem for the Jewish community to solve alone”, said PM Trudeau in his Malmö address. “It's everyone's challenge to take on, especially governments.” PM Trudeau, quoting Special Envoy Cotler, added “antisemitism is the canary in the mineshaft of global evil”. M[https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/5c78cbbf-2e18-… of Special Envoys in Malmö Following the historic Malmö International Forum, Special Envoys from around the world, including SE Cotler, shared their “Country Pledges” and discussed individual action re Holocaust Remembrance and combatting antisemitism. The meeting was organized by the World Jewish Congress and moderated by Katharina von Schnurbein, EC Coordinator on combatting antisemitism and fostering Jewish Life. Media Coverage of Global Forum in Malmo: A Selection Special Envoy Irwin Cotler was interviewed this week<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> both in print and electronic media<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> regarding the significance of the Malmö International Forum and the “Country Pledges”. Special envoy on antisemitism will be permanent role, Trudeau says<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> - CBC News Le poste d’envoyé pour la lutte contre l’antisémitisme sera permanent<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> - La Presse Canada to make Special Envoy on antisemtism a permanent post <https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> - National Post [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/4552ebc2-f69d-36… and FSWC “In Conversation With a Survivor” Speaker Series The Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies (FSWC), in partnership with the RWCHR, hosted “In a Conversation With a Survivor”<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…>, featuring this week’s guest speaker, Holocaust survivor Israel Unger. Join us every two weeks for our speaker series to listen to the testimony of, and speak with, Holocaust survivors. RWCHR Partners and Senior Fellows [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/a485c634-6c34-cf… Event on Multiculturalism, Diversity, Inclusion and Eliminating Racism Senior Fellow and McGill Professor Emeritus Charles Taylor participated in this important forum alongside former Cabinet Minister Jean Augustine, Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi, and Peter Flegel, executive director of the Antiracism Secretariat. Professor Taylor also addressed a webinar on “How Democracies Degenerate” hosted by Ryerson University and the Toronto Public Library. Major Forum on Journalists Defending Human Rights: A Global Challenge The National Council of Jewish Women Canada (NCJWC) hosted an event, co-sponsored by the RWCHR, titled “Journalists Defending Human Rights: A Global Challenge”. The distinguished panelists included journalists Susan Chira, David Shribman, and Doug Saunders. [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/7a3ab785-fec3-2a… 2000 Conference on “Building Back Democratically” The Forum 2000 conference held this week<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…>, in Prague emphasizes the importance of democratic resilience and renewal. Carl Gershman, RWCHR Senior Fellow, was a featured participant, and organizer, of this year’s Forum 2000 which included distinguished international representation of government leaders, parliamentarians, leaders of civil society as well as the International Coalition for Democratic Renewal. Senior Fellow Vladimir Kara-Murza and RWCHR International Chair Irwin Cotler also addressed the forum. Importantly, the Forum was founded<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> by RWCHR U.S. Honorary Co-Chair (in memoriam) Elie Wiesel along with Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Vaclav Havel. Carl Gershman and Irwin Cotler are both members of the Vaclav Havel Circle that meets annually at the Forum 2000 Conference. High Level Panel of Legal Experts on Media Freedom Statement on Nobel Peace Prize Laureates Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov The High Level Panel of Legal Experts on Media Freedom, of which RWCHR International Chair Irwin Cotler is a member, published a statement<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> on Nobel Peace Prize Laureates Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov. They said: “The award is a tribute to both journalists’ formidable courage and to their steadfast commitment to fact-based independent journalism; it serves as recognition of the critical importance of safeguarding freedom of expression and press freedom at a time when both are under threat in many places across the world.” [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/7b2ecf54-0420-77…] [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/e5420976-2966-7e… International Human Rights Committee Statement on Egyptian Political Prisoners RWCHR International Chair Irwin Cotler is also a member of Liberal International’s Human Rights Committee, which recently published a statement<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> calling for “the release of political prisoners in [Egypt]”, where “there have been upwards of 2700 enforced disappearances and counting in the past five years, and the country continues to enforce travel bans on some human rights defenders.” A Looking Glass at Global News: The RWCHR Connection Memorial for Babi Yar victims inaugurated in Ukraine<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> - AP News Keynote speaker Natan Sharansky is Chair of the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy and an RWCHR Senior Fellow. ________________________________ Robert Badinter, the lawyer who fought to end the death penalty in France<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> - France 24 Robert Badinter, former Minister of Justice in France, is a member of the RWCHR Legal Advisory Board. ________________________________ Outlook for Iran’s Longest-Held Americans Echoes Broader Relationship: Dismal<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> - Washington Post Jared Genser, RWCHR U.S. Co-Chair, serves as legal counsel to American political prisoners. ________________________________ >From Jail, Leila de Lima files Candidacy for senator<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> - Rappler The RWCHR serves as International Legal Counsel to Senator Leila De Lima. Upcoming Events October 17, 2021 - The Durban Legacy of Hate: 20 Years Later - What Needs to Be Done<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…>, hosted by the National Council of Jewish Women of Canada (NCJWC), featuring RWCHR International Chair and Special Envoy Irwin Cotler. October 24, 2021 - Global Political Pandemic: Political Prisoners as a Looking Glass, with The Hon. Irwin Cotler<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…>, hosted by Canadian Friends of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (CFHU) October 26, 2021 - Contours & Consequences: Anti-Semitism & Anti Semitic Hate Crime in Ontario and Quebec<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…>, hosted by the Centre on Hate, Bias & Extremism - Ontario Tech University, featuring RWCHR International Chair and Special Envoy Irwin Cotler This is a brief snapshot of the domestic and global reach of the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights. For ongoing updates and special alerts, follow us on social media! [Facebook]<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> [Twitter]<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> [LinkedIn]<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> [YouTube]<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> [Instagram]<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> Click Here to Support the Pursuit of Justice<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/9e0f7803-8e95-4c…] Bulletin hebdomadaire du CRWDP Message du professeur Irwin Cotler, Président international du CRWDP [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/eb493fac-d2dc-f5… Conférence de Malmö sur la mémoire de l'Holocauste et la lutte contre l'antisémitisme, qui a réuni des chefs de gouvernement de plus de cinquante pays et des organisations intergouvernementales, et commémorant la Déclaration de Stockholm sur l'Holocauste, a été aussi inspirante qu’opportune. En particulier, les « Engagements nationaux » des pays participants constituent un Programme d'action mondial, tout comme les « Engagements nationaux » du Canada constituent un Plan d'action national pour la mémoire de l'Holocauste et la lutte contre la haine et l'antisémitisme. Elle sera maintenant suivie par la Conférence plénière de l’Alliance Internationale pour la mémoire de l’Holocauste (IHRA – International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance) à Thessalonique, qui débutera le 7 novembre, où j'aurai le plaisir de diriger une excellente délégation canadienne; et où, à juste titre, la Suède assumera la présidence de l'IHRA pour 2022, l'année au cours de laquelle les « Engagements nationaux » doivent être mis en œuvre. Je suis heureux que l'un des Engagements nationaux du Canada soit de faire du rôle d'Envoyé spécial un rôle permanent, ce qui signifie l'importance que le Canada attache à ces responsabilités et de fournir des ressources dédiées à cette fin. Bien que je continuerai d'agir en qualité d'Envoyé spécial à titre bénévole, je suis ravi que le rôle d'Envoyé spécial, avec ses mandats impérieux, occupe une place centrale dans la promotion et la protection de la démocratie et des droits de la personne au Canada. Cordialement. Irwin Cotler, Président international du CRWDP [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/e6553959-2019-7b…] Notre travail [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/7fd17225-a7e8-1a…] Plus de cinquante chefs de gouvernement participent au Forum historique suédois de Malmö sur la mémoire de l'Holocauste et la lutte contre l'antisémitisme Le Premier ministre Justin Trudeau a dirigé la délégation canadienne à laquelle se sont joints l'honorable Stéphane Dion, ambassadeur en Allemagne et Envoyé spécial du Premier ministre auprès de l'Union européenne et de l'Europe, et l'honorable Irwin Cotler, Envoyé spécial du Canada pour la préservation de la mémoire de l'Holocauste et la lutte contre l'antisémitisme. Le Canada s'est engagé à respecter une série d’« Engagements de pays » que l'Envoyé spécial Cotler<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> a qualifié comme étant « explicites » et « exemplaires ». [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/3548e871-f02c-78… Premier ministre Justin Trudeau annonce que l'Envoyé spécial pour la préservation de la mémoire de l'Holocauste et la lutte contre l'antisémitisme occupera un poste permanent Le Premier ministre Justin Trudeau a annoncé<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…>, lors de son discours d'ouverture à Malmö, un Bureau permanent pour l'Envoyé spécial pour la préservation de la mémoire de l'Holocauste et la lutte contre l'antisémitisme. « L'antisémitisme n'est pas un problème que la communauté juive doit résoudre seule », a déclaré le Premier ministre Trudeau lors de son discours à Malmö. « C'est le défi de tous à relever, en particulier des gouvernements ». Le Premier ministre Trudeau, citant l'Envoyé spécial Cotler, a ajouté que « l'antisémitisme est le canari dans le puits de la mine du mal mondial ». [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/5c78cbbf-2e18-6f… des Envoyés spéciaux à Malmö À la suite du Forum international historique de Malmö, des Envoyés spéciaux du monde entier, dont l’Envoyé spécial Cotler, ont partagé leurs « Engagements nationaux » et ont discuté des actions individuelles concernant la mémoire de l'Holocauste et la lutte contre l'antisémitisme. La réunion était organisée par le Congrès juif mondial et animée par Katharina von Schnurbein, Coordinatrice de la Commission européenne pour la lutte contre l'antisémitisme et la promotion de la vie juive. Couverture médiatique du Forum mondial à Malmö : extraits L'Envoyé spécial Irwin Cotler a été interviewé cette semaine<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> dans les médias imprimés et électroniques<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> concernant l'importance du Forum international de Malmö et des « Engagements des pays ». L'Envoyé spécial sur l'antisémitisme jouera un rôle permanent<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…>, selon Trudeau - CBC News Le poste d'Envoyé pour la lutte contre l'antisémitisme sera permanent<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> - La Presse Le Canada fera de l’Envoyé spécial sur l'antisémitisme un poste permanent<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> - National Post [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/4552ebc2-f69d-36… de conférences « En conversation avec un survivant » du CRWDP et du FSWC Le Centre d'études sur l'Holocauste des Amis de Simon Wiesenthal (FSWC), en partenariat avec le CRWDP, a organisé « En conversation avec un survivant<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> », mettant en vedette le conférencier invité de cette semaine, Israel Unger, survivant de l'Holocauste. Rejoignez-nous toutes les deux semaines pour notre série de conférences pour écouter le témoignage des survivants de l'Holocauste et discuter avec eux. Partenaires et Collaborateurs émérites [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/a485c634-6c34-cf… récent sur le multiculturalisme, la diversité, l'inclusion et l'élimination du racisme Le Collaborateur émérite et professeur émérite de McGill, Charles Taylor, a participé à cet important forum aux côtés de l'ancien Ministre, Jean Augustine, du Maire de Calgary, Naheed Nenshi, et de Peter Flegel, Directeur général du Secrétariat antiracisme. Le professeur Taylor a également pris la parole lors d'un webinaire sur « Comment les démocraties dégénèrent » organisé par l'Université Ryerson et la Bibliothèque publique de Toronto. Grand forum les « Journalistes défendant les droits humains : un défi mondial » Le Conseil national des femmes juives du Canada (NCJWC) a organisé un événement, coparrainé par le CRWDP, intitulé « Journalistes défendant les droits humains : un défi mondial ». Les panélistes distingués comprenaient les journalistes Susan Chira, David Shribman et Doug Saunders. [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/7a3ab785-fec3-2a… Forum 2000 sur « Reconstruire démocratiquement » La conférence Forum 2000<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> qui s'est tenue cette semaine à Prague souligne l'importance de la résilience et du renouveau démocratique. Carl Gershman, Collaborateur émérite du CRWDP, était un participant vedette et organisateur du Forum 2000 de cette année, qui comprenait une représentation internationale distinguée de chefs de gouvernement, de parlementaires, de dirigeants de la société civile ainsi que de la Coalition internationale pour le renouveau démocratique. Le collaborateur émérite, Vladimir Kara-Murza, et le Président international du CRWDP, Irwin Cotler, se sont également adressés au forum. Il est important de noter que le Forum a été fondé<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> par le Coprésident honoraire américain du CRWDP (in memoriam) Elie Wiesel et le lauréat du Prix Nobel de la paix Vaclav Havel. Carl Gershman et Irwin Cotler sont tous deux membres du cercle Vaclav Havel qui se réunit chaque année lors de la conférence Forum 2000. Déclaration sur les lauréats du Prix Nobel de la paix Maria Ressa et Dmitry Muratov par le Groupe d'experts juridiques de haut niveau sur la liberté des médias Le Groupe d'experts juridiques de haut niveau sur la liberté des médias, dont le Président international du CRWDP, Irwin Cotler, est membre, a publié une déclaration<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> sur les lauréats du Prix Nobel de la paix Maria Ressa et Dmitry Muratov. Ils ont déclaré : « Le prix est un hommage à la fois au courage formidable des journalistes et à leur engagement indéfectible en faveur d'un journalisme indépendant basé sur des faits; il sert à reconnaître l'importance cruciale de la sauvegarde de la liberté d'expression et de la liberté de la presse à un moment où les deux sont menacées dans de nombreux endroits à travers le monde ». [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/7b2ecf54-0420-77…] [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/e5420976-2966-7e… du Comité libéral international des droits humains sur les prisonniers politiques égyptiens Le Président international du CRWDP, Irwin Cotler, est également membre du Comité des droits humains de l'Internationale libérale, qui a récemment publié une déclaration<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> appelant à « la libération des prisonniers politiques en [Égypte] », où « il y a eu plus de 2700 disparitions forcées dans les derniers cinq ans, et le pays continue d'imposer des interdictions de voyager à certains défenseurs des droits humains ». Aperçu de l'actualité mondiale : la connexion CRWDP Mémorial pour les victimes de Babi Yar inauguré en Ukraine<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> – AP News Le conférencier principal Natan Sharansky est président de l'Institut pour l'étude de l'antisémitisme et des politiques mondiales et membre principal du CRWDP. ________________________________ Robert Badinter, l'avocat qui s'est battu pour mettre fin à la peine de mort en France<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> –France 24 Robert Badinter, ancien Ministre de la Justice en France, est membre du Conseil consultatif juridique international du CRWDP. ________________________________ Les perspectives pour les Américains les plus anciens d'Iran font écho à une relation sombre<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> –Washington Post Jared Genser, Coprésident américain du CRWDP, est le Conseiller juridique des prisonniers politiques américains. ________________________________ De prison, Leila de Lima dépose une candidature pour le sénateur<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> –Rappler The RWCHR serves as International Legal Counsel to Senator Leila De Lima. Évènements à venir 17 octobre 2021: « L'héritage de la haine à Durban : 20 ans plus tard - ce qui doit être fait<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> », organisé par le Conseil national des femmes juives du Canada (NCJWC), mettant en vedette le Président international du CRWDP et l'Envoyé spécial Irwin Cotler. 24 octobre 2021: « Pandémie politique mondiale : les prisonniers politiques en tant que miroir<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> », avec l'hon. Irwin Cotler, animé par les Amis canadiens de l'Université hébraïque de Jérusalem (CFHU). 26 octobre 2021: « Contours & Consequences : Antisémitisme et crimes haineux antisémites en Ontario et au Québec<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> », organisé par le « Centre on Hate, Bias & Extremism - Ontario Tech University », avec le Président international du CRWDP et l'Envoyé spécial Irwin Cotler. 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Reminder - Tomorrow - Vigod Memorial Lecture in Human Rights - The Transformative Right to a Healthy Environment - David Boyd, UN Special Rapporteur
by Shannonbrooke Murphy 13 Oct '21

13 Oct '21

Dear CAHRI Colleagues, You are most welcome to join us for tomorrow's Vigod Memorial Lecture in Human Rights, where we will hear firsthand about the recent developments at the UN Human Rights Council meeting in Geneva that resulted in formal endorsement of the right to a healthy environment as a human right: The Atlantic Human Rights Centre presents the Annual Vigod Memorial Lecture in Human Rights: The Transformative Potential of the Human Right to a Healthy Environment Delivered by Dr. David Boyd, UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment Thursday, October 14, 2021 ONLINE 7.00 p.m. ADT (6.00 p.m. EDT, 5.00 p.m. CDT, 4.00 p.m. MDT, 3.00 p.m. PDT) Event in English. Free and open to all. Please spread the word to others who may be interested. To attend you must register in advance at www/stu.ca/vigod<https://www.stu.ca/events/all-events/-vigod-memorial-lecture-in-human-right…> All the best, Shannonbrooke Dr Shannonbrooke Murphy Endowed Chair in Human Rights Assistant Professor, Human Rights Department Acting Director, Atlantic Human Rights Centre St Thomas University 51 Dineen Drive, Fredericton NB E3B 5G3 Office: Holy Cross House Room 108 (+1) 506-452-9653 We recognize and respectfully acknowledge that the land on which St. Thomas University is situated is the unsurrendered and unceded traditional territory of the Wolastoqiyik.

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Fw: RWCHR Weekly Digest - Bulletin hebdomadaire du CRWDP
by Shayna Plaut 12 Oct '21

12 Oct '21

Read our recent work and upcoming events in this week's newsletter [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/9e0f7803-8e95-4c…] Le Français suivra RWCHR Weekly Digest A Message from Professor Irwin Cotler [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/eb493fac-d2dc-f5… these troubled times I am reminded of the words of the poet William Butler Yeats who said “The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity”. Accordingly, the RWCHR seeks to be at the forefront of global human rights advocacy, including: * Since the fall of Kabul on August 15, we have been engaged in relief and rescue in Afghanistan, making appropriate representations to government leaders, and intergovernmental bodies, to protect and facilitate resettlement in Canada of targeted religious minorities like the Hazaras, judges, journalists, lawyers and human rights defenders. * Invoking the Declaration Against Arbitrary Detention-which Canada led in 2021 and now has sixty signatories-to combat Hostage Diplomacy and unjust imprisonment * Taking up the case and cause of political prisoners, and championing the cause of media freedom, including the longest imprisoned journalist in the world, Swedish-Eritrean Dawit Isaaks as referenced below. * Combating antisemitism, systemic racism and all forms of hate as an assault on our common humanity and toxic to democracies. As Robert Kennedy, quoting George Bernard Shaw, would say “some see things as they are and say, why; I dream things that never were and say, why not.” Let us all have both the capacity to dream and the conviction to make it happen. Best, Irwin Cotler, International Chair of the RWCHR [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/e6553959-2019-7b…] Our Work [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/cd003d17-4c7c-0f… Press Release Calling for Targeted Magnitsky Sanctions Against Senior Eritrean Officials The RWCHR led an international coalition calling for targeted Magnitsky sanctions<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> against senior Eritrean officials involved in gross human rights violations against Dawit Isaak and his colleagues, the longest detained journalists in the world. Along with our partners, we called on the Canadian government to impose sanctions against senior Eritrean officials involved in acts of corruption and rights violations, and on the Eritrean government to immediately and unconditionally release Mr. Isaak and his colleagues. [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/1f387ace-b3fa-38… Documentary on RWCHR Canadian Co-Chair Professor Payam Akhavan RWCHR Canadian Co-Chair Professor Payam Akhavan was featured in a documentary, “In Search of a Better World”<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…>, focusing on his life and distinguished career as “one of the world’s leading human rights lawyers and his fight for justice for the Rohingya.” We urge you to watch and to learn more about Professor Akhavan’s important work. [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/3d5369f5-d513-43… Legal Counsel Yonah Diamond Quoted in Radio Free Asia on the Case and Cause of Huseyin Celil RWCHR Legal Counsel Yonah Diamond was quoted in an article in Radio Free Asia<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> on the case and cause of Huseyin Celil, which has been taken up by the RWCHR. Yonah said that “Huseyin Celil’s case, because he’s Canadian, should be raised at every level, both publicly and in private, at high-level meetings, at every opportunity, so that he remains on all Canadians’ minds until he’s released”. AIJAC Conference Headlined by Professor Irwin Cotler RWCHR International Chair Irwin Cotler was the headline speaker together with Dr. Karen Mock at an online event, “The Infamous 2001 Durban World Conference Against Racisms and the Ongoing Challenge of Antisemitism”<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…>, hosted by the Australia/Israel and Jewish Affairs Council. They discussed the Durban legacy of hate twenty years later, and how the first World Conference against racism and hate turned into a conference of racism and hate against Jews and served as a launching pad for the resurgent global antisemitism. RWCHR Statement Congratulating Nobel Peace Prize Laureates Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov The RWCHR is delighted that Maria Ressa and Dimitry Muratov have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…>, a reminder of the profound importance of freedom of expression, and media freedom, which underpins the promotion and protection of democracy and human rights. [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/a669003c-a279-9c…] Photo: The Guardian Minister Marc Garneau’s Statement on Babyn Yar Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Marc Garneau, released a statement commemorating Babyn Yar<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> on the same day of the official ceremony in Ukraine that took place this week in the presence of Canadian officials. Also in attendance at the ceremony was RWCHR Political Prisoner advisory group member Natan Sharansky. RWCHR Partners and Senior Fellows [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/c6833a52-2b96-71… Asat at the Oslo Freedom Forum RWCHR Senior Fellow Rayhan Asat spoke at the Oslo Freedom Forum<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> on a panel titled “Business Model of a Genocide”<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…>, during which she discussed the ongoing genocide of the Uyghurs and the case and cause of her brother, Ekpar Asat<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…>. [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/e5420976-2966-7e… Policy Initiatives and Urgent Resolutions Adopted by Liberal International Liberal International Executive Committee concluded its session - in which Professor Cotler participated - with the adoption of ten principles for combating digital authoritarianism; a comprehensive climate justice agenda; and urgent resolutions on Afghanistan et al. High Level Panel of International Legal Experts for Media Freedom Meets with Senior Canadian Government Officials Members of the High Level Panel - including its Deputy Chair Can Yeginsu and Canadian member Professor Irwin Cotler - met with GAC, IRCC and Minister of Immigration Marco Mendecino to discuss the enhancement of the Emergency Visa Program for Journalists at Risk. [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/779e7a5c-8303-3f… Ceremony Unveiling Plaque in Honor of Elie Wiesel Professor Irwin Cotler joined MP Anthony Housefather, Cote St Luc Mayor Mitchell Brownstein and city councillors to unveil a plaque in Elie Wiesel Park in Cote St Luc honoring the life and legacy of Nobel Peace Laureate Professor Elie Wiesel. Professor Wiesel was Honorary Chair and co-founder of the RWCHR with Professor Cotler, who referred to him at the ceremony as his “teacher, mentor, colleague, friend and soulmate for fifty years”. A Looking Glass at Global News: The RWCHR Connection Jamal Khashoggi was murdered three years ago. These Saudis are still being silenced.<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> - Washington Post RWCHR represents Raif Badawi, one of the imprisoned, and silenced, Saudis. ________________________________ In the face of despair and apathy, we are still working to save vulnerable Afghans. Do not look away<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> - The Globe and Mail RWCHR is involved with Journalists for Human Rights and other groups in relief and rescue efforts. ________________________________ The two Michaels were just new characters in a Sino-Canadian drama whose decades-long plot is as twisted as ever<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> - The Globe and Mail The combating of the CCP’s multi-pronged assault on the rules-based international order - mass atrocities against the Uyghurs as one example - has been a focal point of RWCHR’s work, along with the arbitrary detention of Canadians. Upcoming Events October 12-13, 2021 - Malmo International Forum on Holocaust Remembrance and Combating Antisemitism<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> - Special Envoy Cotler will participate as a member of the Canadian Delegation, as States convene to mark the 20th Anniversary of the Stockholm Declaration and reaffirm their commitment to preserving Holocaust remembrance and combating the rise of antisemitism. Special Envoy Cotler headed the Canadian delegation, and was a keynote speaker, at the Stockholm Conference in 2000, which led to the founding of the International Holoaust Remembrance Alliance. October 12, 2021 - Journalists Defending Human Rights: a Global Challenge<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> - Hosted by the National Council of Jewish Women Canada (NCJWC) and co-sponsored by the RWCHR. October 13, 2021 - In Conversation With a Survivor Speaker Series: Israel Unger<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> - Hosted by the Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies (FSWC) in partnership with the RWCHR. October 14, 2021 - Meeting of Special Envoys - Special Envoy Cotler will participate in a meeting of Special Envoys from around the world convening after the Malmo Conference. This is a brief snapshot of the domestic and global reach of the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights. For ongoing updates and special alerts, follow us on social media! [Facebook]<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> [Twitter]<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> [LinkedIn]<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> [YouTube]<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> [Instagram]<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> Click Here to Support the Pursuit of Justice<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/9e0f7803-8e95-4c…] Bulletin hebdomadaire du CRWDP Message du professeur Irwin Cotler, Président international du CRWDP [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/eb493fac-d2dc-f5…] En cette période difficile, je me souviens des mots du poète William Butler Yeats qui disait « les meilleurs manquent de conviction, tandis que les pires sont pleins d'intensité passionnée ». En conséquence, le CRWDP cherche à être à l'avant-garde du plaidoyer mondial en faveur des droits humains, notamment : * Depuis la chute de Kaboul le 15 août, nous nous sommes engagés dans des opérations de secours et de sauvetage en Afghanistan, faisant des représentations appropriées auprès des dirigeants gouvernementaux et des organismes intergouvernementaux, pour protéger et faciliter la réinstallation au Canada de minorités religieuses ciblées comme les Hazaras, les juges, les journalistes, les avocats et les défenseurs des droits humains. * Invoquer la Déclaration contre la détention arbitraire, que le Canada a lancé en 2021 et qui compte maintenant soixante signataires, pour lutter contre la diplomatie des otages et l'emprisonnement injuste. * S'occuper du cas et de la cause des prisonniers politiques et défendre la cause de la liberté de la presse, y compris le journaliste emprisonné le plus longtemps au monde, le suédo-érythréen Dawit Isaak, comme indiqué ci-dessous. * Combattre l'antisémitisme, le racisme systémique et toutes les formes de haine, qui représentent une attaque contre notre humanité commune et qui est toxique pour les démocraties. * Comme le dirait Robert Kennedy, citant George Bernard Shaw, « certains voient les choses telles qu'elles sont et se demandent pourquoi; je rêve de choses qui n'ont jamais existées et je me demande, pourquoi pas ». Ayons tous à la fois la capacité de rêver et la conviction de réaliser ces rêves. Cordialement. Irwin Cotler, la chaire Internationale du CRWDP [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/e6553959-2019-7b…] Notre travail [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/cd003d17-4c7c-0f… de presse conjoint appelant à des sanctions ciblées Magnitski contre des hauts fonctionnaires érythréens Le CRWDP a dirigé une coalition internationale appelant à des sanctions ciblées Magnitski<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> contre des hauts fonctionnaires érythréens impliqués dans des violations flagrantes des droits humains contre Dawit Isaak et ses collègues, les journalistes les plus longtemps détenus au monde. Avec nos partenaires, nous avons demandé au gouvernement canadien d'imposer des sanctions contre les hauts fonctionnaires érythréens impliqués dans des actes de corruption et des violations des droits, et au gouvernement érythréen de libérer immédiatement et sans condition M. Isaak et ses collègues. [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/1f387ace-b3fa-38… de la CBC sur le coprésident canadien du CRWDP, le professeur Payam Akhavan Le Coprésident canadien du CRWDP, le professeur Payam Akhavan, a été présenté dans un documentaire intitulé « À la recherche d'un monde meilleur<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> », mettant l'accent sur sa vie et sa carrière distinguée en tant que « l'un des principaux avocats des droits humains au monde et son combat pour la justice pour les Rohingyas ». Nous vous invitons à regarder ce documentaire et à en apprendre davantage sur les travaux importants du professeur Akhavan. [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/3d5369f5-d513-43… conseiller juridique du CRWDP, Yonah Diamond, cité dans « Radio Free Asia » sur le cas et la cause de Huseyin Celil Le conseiller juridique du CRWDP, Yonah Diamond, a été cité dans un article de « Radio Free Asia<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> » sur le cas et la cause de Huseyin Celil, qui est représenté par le CRWDP. Yonah a déclaré que « le cas de Huseyin Celil, puisqu'il est Canadien, devrait être soulevé à tous les niveaux, tant en public qu'en privé, lors de réunions de haut niveau, à chaque occasion, afin qu'il reste dans l'esprit de tous les Canadiens et les Canadiennes jusqu'à sa libération ». Conférence du « Australia/Isarël & Jewish Affairs Council » (AIJAC) animée par le professeur Irwin Cotler Le président international du CRWDP, Irwin Cotler, était le conférencier principal avec la Dr Karen Mock lors d'un événement en ligne intitulé « L'infâme conférence mondiale de Durban 2001 contre le racisme et le défi permanent de l'antisémitisme<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> », organisé par l’AIJAC. Ils ont discuté de l'héritage de la haine de Durban vingt ans plus tard, et de la façon dont la première conférence mondiale contre le racisme et la haine s'est transformée en une conférence sur le racisme et la haine contre les Juifs et a servi de rampe de lancement à la résurgence de l'antisémitisme mondial. Déclaration du CRWDP félicitant les lauréats du prix Nobel de la paix Maria Ressa et Dmitry Muratov Le CRWDP est ravi que Maria Ressa et Dimitry Muratov aient reçu le prix Nobel de la paix<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…>, un rappel de l'importance profonde de la liberté d'expression et de la liberté de la presse, qui sous-tend la promotion et la protection de la démocratie et des droits humains. [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/a669003c-a279-9c…] Photo: The Guardian Déclaration du Ministre Marc Garneau sur Babyn Yar Le Ministre canadien des Affaires étrangères, Marc Garneau, a publié une déclaration commémorant Babyn Yar<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> le même jour de la cérémonie officielle en Ukraine qui a eu lieu cette semaine en présence de responsables canadiens. Natan Sharansky, membre du groupe consultatif sur les prisonniers politiques du CRWDP, était également présent à la cérémonie. Partenaires et Collaborateurs émérites [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/c6833a52-2b96-71… Asat au Forum de la liberté d'Oslo La collaboratrice émérite du CRWDP, Rayhan Asat, a pris la parole lors du Forum sur la liberté d'Oslo<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> lors d'un panel intitulé « Modèle commercial d'un génocide<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> », au cours duquel elle a discuté du génocide en cours des Ouïghours et du cas et de la cause de son frère, Ekpar Asat. [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/e5420976-2966-7e… politiques majeures et résolutions urgentes adoptées par Liberal International Le Comité exécutif de Liberal International a conclu sa session, à laquelle le professeur Cotler a participé, par l'adoption de dix principes pour lutter contre l'autoritarisme numérique; un programme global de justice climatique; et des résolutions urgentes sur l'Afghanistan et al. Le Panel de haut niveau d’experts juridiques indépendants sur la liberté des médias rencontre des hauts fonctionnaires du gouvernement canadien Les membres du Panel de haut niveau d’experts juridiques indépendants sur la liberté des médias, y compris son Vice-président Can Yeginsu et le membre canadien, le professeur Irwin Cotler, ont rencontré des fonctionnaires d’Affaires mondiales Canada et d’Immigration Réfugiés et Citoyenneté Canada et le Ministre de l'Immigration Marco Mendicino pour discuter de l'amélioration du Programme de visa d'urgence pour les journalistes à risque. [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/779e7a5c-8303-3f… commémorative de dévoilement d'une plaque en l'honneur d'Elie Wiesel Le professeur Irwin Cotler s'est joint au député fédéral Anthony Housefather, au maire de Côte Saint-Luc Mitchell Brownstein et aux conseillers municipaux pour dévoiler une plaque dans le parc Elie Wiesel à Côte Saint-Luc en l'honneur de la vie et de l'héritage du professeur Elie Wiesel, lauréat du prix Nobel de la paix. Le professeur Wiesel était Président honoraire et co-fondateur du CRWDP avec le professeur Cotler, qui, lors de la cérémonie, l'a qualifié de « professeur, mentor, collègue, ami et âme sœur pendant cinquante ans ». Aperçu de l'actualité mondiale : la connexion CRWDP Jamal Khashoggi a été assassiné il y a trois ans. Ces Saoudiens sont toujours réduits au silence.<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> – Washington Post Le CRWDP représente Raif Badawi, l'un des Saoudiens emprisonnés et réduit au silence. ________________________________ Face au désespoir et à l'apathie, nous travaillons toujours pour sauver les Afghans vulnérables. Ne détournez pas le regard<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> – The Globe and Mail Le CRWDP est impliqué avec les journalistes pour les droits de la personne et d'autres groupes dans les efforts de secours et de sauvetage. ________________________________ Les deux Michaels n'étaient que de nouveaux personnages dans un drame sino-canadien dont l'intrigue de plusieurs décennies est plus tordue que jamais<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> – The Globe and Mail La lutte contre l'assaut, à plusieurs volets, du PCC contre l'ordre international fondé sur des règles, par exemple, les atrocités de masse contre les Ouïghours, a été au centre du travail du CRWDP, y compris la détention arbitraire de Canadiens. Évènements à venir 12-13 octobre 2021 : Forum international de Malmö sur la mémoire de l'Holocauste et la lutte contre l'antisémitisme<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> - l'Envoyé spécial Cotler participera en tant que membre de la délégation canadienne, alors que les États se réunissent pour marquer le 20e anniversaire de la Déclaration de Stockholm et pour réaffirmer leur engagement à préserver la mémoire de l'Holocauste et lutter contre la montée de l'antisémitisme. L'Envoyé spécial Cotler a dirigé la délégation canadienne et a été conférencier d'honneur à la Conférence de Stockholm en 2000, qui a mené à la fondation de l'Alliance internationale pour la mémoire de l'Holocauste. 12 octobre 2021 : Journalistes défendant les droits humains : un défi mondial<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…>, organisé par le Conseil national des femmes juives du Canada (NCJWC) et coparrainé par le CRWDP. 13 octobre 2021 : Série de conférences « In Conversation With a Survivor : Israel Unger<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> », Organisées par le « Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies » (FSWC) en partenariat avec le CRWDP. 14 octobre 2021 : Réunion des Envoyés spéciaux - L'Envoyé spécial Cotler participera à une réunion des Envoyés spéciaux du monde entier après la Conférence de Malmö. 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Fw: RWCHR Weekly Digest - Bulletin hebdomadaire du CRWDP
by Shayna Plaut 04 Oct '21

04 Oct '21

Read our recent work and upcoming events in this week's newsletter [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/9e0f7803-8e95-4c…] Le Français suivra RWCHR Weekly Digest RWCHR Statement on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation The RWCHR released a statement to commemorate the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, standing in solidarity with Indigenous Peoples in Canada in the struggle for healing, truth, justice and reconciliation - as set forth in the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) recommendations. Read the full statement here<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…>. [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/8c0587b0-5800-98…] Photo: The Globe and Mail Release of Burundi Political Prisoner and Former Member of Parliament Fabien Banciryanino Delighted that Burundi political prisoner and former MP Fabien Banciryanino has been released approximately one year after his arbitrary detention and unjust imprisonment. The RWCHR, in partnership with the Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA), advocated internationally on behalf of Mr. Baciryanino, and urged the Burundi government to “conduct all the necessary institutional reforms and take the appropriate measures to make sure that human rights are safeguarded and respected at all times”. Read more about his case and cause here<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…>. RWCHR High-Level Conference on 20 Years of Dictatorship in Eritrea: A Case Study of the Global Assault on Media Freedom by Authoritarian Regimes [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/cd003d17-4c7c-0f…] The RWCHR spearheaded a high-level conference, in partnership with an international coalition of leading NGOs and human rights organizations -- which promote and protect media freedom and defend the rights of journalists -- on the Eritrean government’s suppression of fundamental rights and freedoms, including media freedom and the persecution of journalists, and the widespread and systematic gross human rights violations in relation to the case of Dawit Isaak and his colleagues - the longest imprisoned journalists in the world. The highly impactful conversation was led by a series of international experts. Thank you to our distinguished panelists and co-sponsors for making the event a success. Watch it here<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…>. Click Here to Support the Pursuit of Justice<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> Professor Irwin Cotler Interview on the Release of Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor RWCHR International Chair Irwin Cotler was featured on CBC News discussing China’s “Hostage Diplomacy” and the recent release of Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor. Professor Cotler’s interview with the Canadian Press also appeared in media across the country. Watch the interview here<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> and read more here<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…>. Commemoration of Nobel Peace Laureate Professor Elie Wiesel’s Birthday The RWCHR published a statement commemorating Elie Wiesel’s birthday, the RWCHR Honorary U.S. Co-Chair (in memoriam). As Irwin Cotler once said, “Elie has always been my teacher, mentor, role model, inspiration, and friend of 50 years - in a word, the most remarkable human being I have ever encountered and had the honour to work with in common cause.” Read the full statement here<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…>. [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/2025f8cf-4402-ae…] 80th Anniversary of the Mass Murder in Babi Yar Last week marked the 80th anniversary of the mass murder of 33,771 in Babi Yar on Yom Kippur on September 28th and 29th, 1941. Special Envoy Irwin Cotler published a statement on the anniversary of this horrific mass atrocity, “which serves as a reminder of our individual and collective responsibilities to remember, to bear witness, to shatter walls of indifference, to prevent and act against antisemitism and mass atrocity - lest we be complicit by our silence”. Read the full statement here<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…>. Pursuing Justice for Downing of Flight PS752 Irwin Cotler joined Amanda Ghahremani, Research Associate at the Simone de Beauvoir Institute at Concordia University, and Alex Neve, Senior Fellow at the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Ottawa, in publishing an op-ed in The Globe and Mail calling for “concrete and determined action in pursuit of justice” for Flight PS752. Read it here<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…>. Upcoming Events This week — High-Level Panel of Independent Legal Experts on Media Freedom, of which Professor Irwin Cotler is a member, will convene to discuss the assault on media freedom and the forthcoming World Press Freedom conference that Canada co-chairs. October 4-5, 2021 — Rayhan Asat, RWCHR Senior Fellow, will be speaking at the Oslo Freedom Forum<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> regarding the ongoing genocide of the Uyghurs. October 5, 2021 — Naomi Kikoler, RWCHR Senior Fellow, will be moderating a Special Forum on the 100,000 disappeared in Syria<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…>. October 8, 2021 — 80th Anniversary Commemoration of Babi Yar, in the presence of President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, and RWCHR political prisoner advisory group member Natan Sharansky. This is a brief snapshot of the domestic and global reach of the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights. For ongoing updates and special alerts, follow us on social media! 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Lisez la déclaration complète ici<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…>. [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/8c0587b0-5800-98…] Photo: The Globe and Mail Libération du prisonnier politique burundais et ancien député Fabien Banciryanino Nous sommes ravis que le prisonnier politique burundais et ancien député Fabien Banciryanino ait été libéré environ un an après sa détention arbitraire et son emprisonnement injuste. Le CRWDP, en partenariat avec l'Action mondiale des parlementaires (PGA), a plaidé à l’échelle internationale au nom de M. Baciryanino, et a exhorté le gouvernement burundais à « mener toutes les réformes institutionnelles nécessaires et à prendre les mesures appropriées pour s'assurer que les droits de la personne sont protégés et respectés à tout moment ». En savoir plus sur son cas et sa cause ici<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…>. Conférence de haut niveau du CRWDP : « 20 ans de dictature en Érythrée : une étude de cas sur l'atteinte mondiale à la liberté des médias par les régimes autoritaires » [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/cd003d17-4c7c-0f… CRWDP a dirigé une conférence de haut niveau, en partenariat avec une coalition internationale d'ONGs et d'organisations de défense des droits de la personne de premier plan qui promeuvent et protègent la liberté des médias et défendent les droits des journalistes. La table ronde portait sur la suppression, par le gouvernement érythréen, des droits et libertés fondamentaux, y compris la liberté des médias et la persécution des journalistes, et les violations flagrantes généralisées et systématiques des droits de la personne dans le cas de Dawit Isaak et de ses collègues, les journalistes emprisonnés le plus longtemps au monde. La conversation très percutante a été menée par une série d'experts internationaux. Merci à nos distingués panélistes et co-commanditaires d'avoir fait de l'événement un succès. Regardez la conférence ici<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…>. Faites un don pour soutenir la poursuite de la justice ! <https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> Entretien du professeur Irwin Cotler sur la libération de Michael Kovrig et Michael Spavor Le Président international du CRWDP, Irwin Cotler, s’est entretenu avec « CBC News » pour discuter de la « diplomatie des otages » de la Chine et de la récente libération de Michael Kovrig et Michael Spavor. L'entrevue du professeur Cotler avec la Presse canadienne a également été publiée dans les médias à travers le pays. Regardez l'entrevue ici<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> et lisez-en plus ici<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…>. Commémoration de l'anniversaire du professeur Elie Wiesel, lauréat du prix Nobel de la paix Le CRWDP a publié une déclaration commémorant l'anniversaire d'Elie Wiesel, le co-président honoraire américain du CRWDP (in memoriam). Comme Irwin Cotler l'a déjà dit, « Elie a toujours été mon professeur, mentor, modèle, source d'inspiration et ami depuis 50 ans - en un mot, l'être humain le plus remarquable que j'ai jamais rencontré et avec qui j'ai eu l'honneur de travailler dans notre cause commune… ». Lisez la déclaration complète ici<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…>. [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/2025f8cf-4402-ae…] 80e anniversaire du meurtre de masse à Babi Yar La semaine dernière a marqué le 80e anniversaire du meurtre de masse de 33 771 personnes à Babi Yar à Yom Kippour les 28 et 29 septembre 1941. L'Envoyé spécial Irwin Cotler a publié une déclaration à l'occasion de l'anniversaire de cette horrible atrocité de masse, « qui sert de rappel à nos responsabilités individuelles et collectives de se souvenir, de témoigner, de briser les murs de l'indifférence, de prévenir et d'agir contre l'antisémitisme et les atrocités de masse, de peur que nous ne soyons complices de notre silence ». Lisez la déclaration complète ici<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…>. Poursuite de la justice pour la destruction du vol PS752 Irwin Cotler s'est joint à Amanda Ghahremani, Associée de recherche à l'Institut Simone de Beauvoir de l'Université Concordia, et Alex Neve, Chercheur principal à l'École supérieure d'affaires publiques et internationales de l'Université d'Ottawa, pour publier un article d’opinion dans le Globe and Mail appelant à « une action concrète et déterminée en quête de justice » pour le vol PS752. Lisez-le ici<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…>. Événements à venir Le Panel de haut niveau d’experts juridiques indépendants sur la liberté des médias, dont le professeur Irwin Cotler est membre, se réunira pour discuter de l’atteinte à la liberté des médias et de la prochaine conférence mondiale sur la liberté de la presse que le Canada co-présidera. 4 au 5 octobre : Rayhan Asat, collaboratrice émérite du CRWDP, prononcera un discours au « Oslo Freedom Forum<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> » concernant le génocide en cours des Ouïghours. 5 octobre : Naomi Kikoler, collaboratrice émérite du CRWDP, animera un forum spécial sur les 100 000 personnes disparues en Syrie<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…>. 8 octobre : Commémoration du 80e anniversaire de Babi Yar, en présence du Président ukrainien Volodymyr Zelensky et du membre du groupe consultatif sur les prisonniers politiques du CRWDP, Natan Sharansky. Le présent message contient un aperçu des principales activités du CRWDP au Canada et à l’étranger. Pour une mise-à-jour continue des activités et pour recevoir des avis importants, suivez le CRWDP dans les réseaux sociaux ! [Facebook]<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> [Twitter]<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> [LinkedIn]<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> [YouTube]<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> [Instagram]<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> Faites un don pour soutenir la poursuite de la justice ! <https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights | 4770 Avenue Kent , Montreal, Quebec H3W 1H2 Canada Want to change how you receive these emails? 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Vigod Memorial Lecture in Human Rights 2021 - UN Special Rapporteur Dr David R Boyd - The Transformative Potential of the Human Right to a Healthy Environment
by Shannonbrooke Murphy 01 Oct '21

01 Oct '21

The Atlantic Human Rights Centre presents the Annual Vigod Memorial Lecture in Human Rights: The Transformative Potential of the Human Right to a Healthy Environment Delivered by Dr. David Boyd, UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment Thursday, October 14, 2021 ONLINE 7.00 p.m. ADT (6.00 p.m. EDT, 5.00 p.m. CDT, 4.00 p.m. MDT, 3.00 p.m. PDT) Event in English. Free and open to all. Please spread the word to others who may be interested. To attend you must register in advance at www/stu.ca/vigod<https://www.stu.ca/events/all-events/-vigod-memorial-lecture-in-human-right…> Dr Shannonbrooke Murphy Endowed Chair in Human Rights Assistant Professor, Human Rights Department Acting Director, Atlantic Human Rights Centre St Thomas University 51 Dineen Drive, Fredericton NB E3B 5G3 Office: Holy Cross House Room 108 (+1) 506-452-9653 We recognize and respectfully acknowledge that the land on which St. Thomas University is situated is the unsurrendered and unceded traditional territory of the Wolastoqiyik.

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CHRLP Newsletter - October 2021
by Sharon Webb, Ms 29 Sep '21

29 Sep '21

Hello Shayna, For sharing with the HR-Rsch network, please. Thank you! Sharon [cid:image001.gif@01D7B55A.DF51E7D0] McGill Centre for Human Rights & Legal Pluralism October 2021 Newsletter Upcoming events: * Oct 4/5: Nuremberg 75th anniversary: Mass Trials for Mass Violence * Oct 15: AML seminar with Isabel Jaramillo-Sierra * Oct 25: Treatment of Prisoners in Canada with Vicki Prais * Oct 28: Rebel Courts: Book Launch with René Provost Save the date: * Nov 11: A Right of Peoples and Individuals to International Solidarity - Humphrey Lecture with Obiora C. Okafor Other events of interest: * Oct 11/12: Fundamental Rights Forum 2021 Upcoming Events [Image removed by sender. Black and white image of Nazi soldiers on trial at Nuremberg] Mass Trials for Mass Violence Nuremberg 75th anniversary international symposium between Brussels and Montréal Monday, October 4, 8:00 AM – 1:30 PM (ET) and Tuesday, October 5, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM (ET) Event description here<https://mcgill.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=876a0fb07443c2ba7a644f4f3&…>. Monday’s sessions moderated by Marie-Laurence Hébert-Dolbec (ULB) and Frédéric Mégret (McGill); Tuesday’s session moderated by Laurent Kennes (ULB). Registration required: masstrial(a)ulb.be<mailto:masstrial@ulb.be>. In-person location and Zoom link to follow upon registration. [Image removed by sender. Woman standing with arms crossed with short hair and wearing a purple shirt] “Mothers-in-law”: Intergenerational Dialogues on Women and Human Rights Margot E. Halpenny Memorial Lecture Annie Macdonald Langstaff seminar series with Isabel Jaramillo-Sierra In conversation with Maria Adelaida Ceballos-Bedoya Moderated by Shauna Van Praagh Friday, October 15, 1:00-2:30 PM (ET) Zoom: click here<https://mcgill.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=876a0fb07443c2ba7a644f4f3&…> to access the event. About the speaker Professor Jaramillo-Sierra holds a law degree from Universidad de los Andes (Cum Laude) and an SJD from Harvard Law School. She is currently a full professor at Universidad de los Andes, Faculty of Law. She is the co-founder of Red Alas, a network of scholars interested in the inclusion of sexual and gender perspectives in Latin American legal education. She has also been consultant to the Colombian government on issues of transitional justice, and sexual and reproductive rights. In 2017, former President Juan Manuel Santos nominated Professor Jaramillo-Sierra as a Constitutional Court justice. Read more about Professor Jaramillo-Sierra here<https://mcgill.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=876a0fb07443c2ba7a644f4f3&…>. Zoom Oct 15: https://mcgill.zoom.us/j/84246217798.<https://mcgill.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=876a0fb07443c2ba7a644f4f3&…> [Image removed by sender. Black and white portrait of woman] Treatment of Prisoners in Canada International Human Rights Law and the Treatment of Prisoners in Canada: A Practitioner's Perspective with Vicki Prais Moderated by Frédéric Mégret Monday, October 25, 1:00-2:30 PM (ET) Zoom: click here<https://mcgill.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=876a0fb07443c2ba7a644f4f3&…> to access the event. About the speaker Vicki Prais is an internationally experienced human rights lawyer with recognised expertise in the protection of prisoners’ rights, prison reform, dignity behind bars, the prohibition of torture and ill-treatment and fair trial issues. Vicki is a former O'Brien Fellow in Residence. Read Vicki's article, The Implementation in Canada of the UN Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners: A Practitioner's Perspective<https://mcgill.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=876a0fb07443c2ba7a644f4f3&…>. Read more about Vicki Prais here<https://mcgill.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=876a0fb07443c2ba7a644f4f3&…>. Zoom Oct 25: https://mcgill.zoom.us/j/88448654996.<https://mcgill.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=876a0fb07443c2ba7a644f4f3&…> [Image removed by sender. Book cover with yellow text "Rebel Courts: The Administration of Justice by Armed Insurgents" on a black background, image of the upper body of a woman, half her face cut off, wearing soldiers' green uniform] Rebel Courts: the Administration of Justice by Armed Insurgents Book launch with René Provost Thursday, October 28, 4:00-5:30 PM (ET) Zoom: Click here<https://mcgill.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=876a0fb07443c2ba7a644f4f3&…> to access the event Warzones are sometimes described as lawless, but this is rarely the case. Armed insurgents often replace the state as the provider of law and justice in areas under their authority. Based on extensive fieldwork, Rebel Courts offers a compelling and unique insight into the judicial governance of armed groups, a phenomenon never studied comprehensively until now. Zoom Oct 28: https://mcgill.zoom.us/j/81493964697<https://mcgill.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=876a0fb07443c2ba7a644f4f3&…> Save the Date [Image removed by sender. Man with glasses, wearing a black blazer and red turtleneck] A Right of Peoples and Individuals to International Solidarity John P. Humphrey Lectureship in Human Rights with Obiora C. Okafor Thursday, November 11, 1:00-2:30 PM (ET) Zoom: click here<https://mcgill.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=876a0fb07443c2ba7a644f4f3&…> to access the event. Event description here<https://mcgill.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=876a0fb07443c2ba7a644f4f3&…>. About the speaker Obiora C. Okafor is the Inagural York Research Chair in International and Transnational Legal Studies at Osgoode Hall Law School. Professor Okafor has published extensively in the fields of international human rights law and immigration/refugee law, as well as general public international law (especially with regard to third world approaches to international law). Read more about Obiora C. Okafor here<https://mcgill.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=876a0fb07443c2ba7a644f4f3&…>. Zoom Nov 11: https://mcgill.zoom.us/j/83897438474.<https://mcgill.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=876a0fb07443c2ba7a644f4f3&…> Other Events of Interest [Image removed by sender. Text "Fundamental Rights Forum" on a white background, against the blue sky] Fundamental Rights Forum 2021 The Fundamental Rights Forum 2021 is a unique platform for dialogue about the most pressing human rights challenges that Europe faces today. Monday, October 11 and Tuesday, October 12 Registration required here<https://mcgill.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=876a0fb07443c2ba7a644f4f3&…>, and full program here<https://mcgill.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=876a0fb07443c2ba7a644f4f3&…>. Calls for Applications [Image removed by sender. McGill's logo] CHRLP is proud to open the call for applications for the 2022 O’Brien Graduate Fellowships in the Faculty of Law, McGill University. O’Brien Fellows become members of the Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism, a focal point for innovative legal and interdisciplinary research, dialogue, and outreach on human rights and legal pluralism. This Fellowship Program is an entrance scholarship. Applicants for this scholarship must also simultaneously submit an application for admission to one of our graduate programs by the stipulated deadline. Deadline to apply: December 19, 2021. Email here<mailto:obrienfellows.law@mcgill.ca> for more information. Calls for Papers [Image removed by sender. Hands holding a copy of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms] Constitutional Rights and Freedoms in Canada: Critical Reflections & Engagement (conference on April 8, 2022) As we approach the 40th anniversary of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and the constitutional recognition of Indigenous rights, it is timely to reflect upon the impact of these constitutional reforms. This workshop is aimed at mobilizing and sharing critical reflections regarding the meaning and application of diverse constitutional rights and freedoms, including theoretical, comparative, and interdisciplinary perspectives. It will provide an occasion to share past research and explore potential future research collaborations. Participation in the workshop (for those presenting) would involve preparing a short think piece (1,000-2,000 words) on a topic related to the constitutional rights entrenched in 1982. Others may simply be interested in attending. We would greatly appreciate hearing from you about your interest in participating by September 30th, including the issue/question you would likely explore in your short think piece. Email: human.rights(a)mcill.ca<mailto:human.rights@mcill.ca>. Calls for Submissions [Image removed by sender. Generic image of computer screen with written text on it] Do you have an upcoming article you would like to publicize? A blog post you would like to write? The CHRLP is also proud to launch the fourth year of its Blog with an open call for blog posts. Interested authors are encouraged to draw inspiration from the theme "Solidarity in an Interconnected World". More information, including editorial guidelines, can be found in the following call for submissions<https://mcgill.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=876a0fb07443c2ba7a644f4f3&…>. Submissions (in English, French, or Spanish) can be sent to human.rights(a)mcgill.ca<mailto:human.rights@mcgill.ca>. O'Brien Fellows: In Their Own Words [Image removed by sender. Woman with long hair against a backdrop of trees] Jeanne Pérès, LLM (Montreal) Après avoir complété un baccalauréat en droit à l’Université de Montréal (UdeM) et son examen du Barreau à l’hiver 2021, je suis heureuse d’entamer une maîtrise en droit autochtone à l’Université McGill. Mon implication au sein du comité en droit autochtone de l’UdeM, ma participation au Kawaskimhon Moot, de même que mes expériences de travail dans des régions éloignées du Nord et du Grand Nord québécois aux côtés d’Innus ont contribué à faire de la cause autochtone ma vocation. C'est à travers mon parcours universitaire que j’ai pris goût à la recherche et à la rédaction juridique, notamment à titre d’assistante de recherche, d’étudiante en droit au sein d’un cabinet privé, mais également dans le cadre de concours de rédaction et de séminaires de recherche. Ces apprentissages ont renforcé ma volonté de faire du droit un moyen efficace de rendre justice. Soutenue par le Conseil de recherches en sciences humaines (CRSH) du Canada grâce à la bourse Joseph Armand-Bombardier et par le Centre pour les droits de la personne & le pluralisme juridique de l’Université Mc Gill avec la bourse O’Brien, je souhaite rédiger une thèse qui reflète la collision entre notre régime juridique et les traditions juridiques autochtones et leur possible réconciliation. [Image removed by sender. Portrait of woman with an afro wearing a black tank top] Amanda Nutakor, LLM (Ghana) My name is April Amanda Nutakor - I don't mind being called April or Amanda, although Amanda is my official name. I am currently an LLM candidate at McGill University’s Faculty of Law. In 2020, I graduated from the University of Ghana School of Law as the Valedictorian of the 2020-year group, with a First-Class Honours and a 3.84 FGPA. From September 2019 to May 2021, I was a participant of an intercultural human rights project organized by the Harvard Law School in collaboration with the University of Ghana School of Law. The project focused on the right of the girl child to education in the Northern region of Ghana. Previously, I also worked at the Legal Resources Centre (the ‘LRC’), a non-governmental organization in Ghana, which focuses on development work and provides legal aid services. During my time at the LRC, I participated in human rights trainings and worked on the Prisons’ Project which was designed to increase awareness of the rights of prisoners and to provide legal aid to indigent persons in prisons awaiting trial or appealing against wrongful conviction. I am currently working part-time and remotely at an international UK-Ghana based law firm 'Egality Law'. The firm serves a range of clients from multinationals to non-profits and I support the team with legal research and analysis with a particular interest in human rights, criminal justice and defamation matters. My areas of research at McGill include juvenile and criminal justice, and human rights. [Image removed by sender. Woman in a barrister robe against a brown backdrop] Cynthia Kelechi Eboson, LLM (Nigeria) Barrister Cynthia Kelechi Eboson is a poised legal professional and researcher with a successful academic and career record. Barrister Cynthia graduated from the University of Exeter, Faculty of Law in England, United Kingdom in 2018. She was called to the Nigerian Bar in 2019 after completion of studies at the Nigerian Law School. A member of the Nigerian Bar Association, she has worked as a Lawyer and Human Rights Activist with various law firms and NGOs in Nigeria. Barrister Cynthia is a young professional whose primary interests are related to Human Rights with special regard to Gender equality and promotion of Women’s rights. This led to the establishment of her own NGO targeted at sensitizing communities in Nigeria on the importance of gender equality and promotion of human rights among communities in Nigeria. Her proposed research topic which is titled “Navigating Entrenched Customary Law and Human Rights: A case study of Inheritance rules and Gender rights in Nigeria” aims to add to the body of literature on the promotion of gender equality. Barrister Cynthia hopes to build a community of professionals with similar interests and set to impact knowledge and influence around the International Community. [Image removed by sender. 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This tribunal was tasked with the responsibility to investigate, prosecute, and try the most serious crimes committed in the context of the more than 50-year armed conflict in Colombia. Previously, I worked for more than five years as a Human Rights Specialist at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights based in Washington D.C.I have also done research, taught, and written about different human rights-related topics such as transitional justice, structural racism, and standards of due process guarantees under International Human Rights Law. My doctoral research topic focuses on the need to strengthen Colombia’s transitional justice reparation structures to effectively compensate and restore the rights of Afro-Colombian communities who have been victims of the armed conflict. I am Afro-Colombian, and a very enthusiastic soccer aficiando. 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Fw: INVITATION- 06.10.2021 - VOICES: Militants en exil. Agents de changement | VOICES: Activists in Exile. Agents of Change.
by Shayna Plaut 29 Sep '21

29 Sep '21

Dear colleagues, I am delighted to share with you information about an event we are organizing next week to launch the project Voices: Activists in Exile. We hope that some of you will be able to join us. Feel free to share widely! Very best wishes, Viviana Viviana A. Fernandez Directrice adjointe / Assistant Director Centre de recherche et d’enseignement sur les droits de la personne / Human Rights Research and Education Centre Université d’Ottawa / University of Ottawa Twitter: @vafi1217 Fêtons le 40e anniversaire du CREDP<https://cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca/en/CREDP40HRREC> / Celebrate the 40th anniversary of HRREC<https://cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca/fr/CREDP40HRREC> ________________________________ English follows. Le Centre de recherche et d'enseignement sur les droits de la personne (CREDP) est heureux de s'associer à la professeure agrégée Nadia Abu-Zahra, titulaire de la Chaire conjointe en études des femmes - Université d'Ottawa et Université Carleton, et au Professeur Neuberger-Jesin John Packer, directeur du CREDP, pour le lancement de l'initiative VOICES. VOICES : Militants en exil. Agents de changement. VOICES soutient les militants en exil qui tentent de faire du pays qu'ils ont quitté un endroit meilleur. Ces voix sont importantes pour les perspectives qu'elles offrent et pour les idées qu'elles génèrent. Voices fournira des plates-formes à ceux qui ne seraient pas entendus autrement, dans des situations de conflit violent. Rejoignez-nous pour le lancement virtuel de cette initiative, nous en apprendrons plus sur elle et écouterons la voix du militant pour les droits de la personne Ali Mirzad. Mercredi le 6 octobre 2021 13 h à 15 h EN LIGNE | Webinaire ZOOM Événement en anglais. | Gratuit et ouvert à toutes et à tous. RSVP obligatoire pour recevoir le lien.<https://cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca/fr/6-octobre-2021-voices-militants-exil-agents-c…> Cet événement s'inscrit dans le cadre d'un programme riche et varié élaboré pour souligner le 40e anniversaire du CREDP! #CREDP40HRREC ________________________________ The Human Rights Research and Education Centre (HRREC) is pleased to partner with Associate Professor Nadia Abu-Zahra, Joint Chair in Women's Studies - University of Ottawa and Carleton University, and Neuberger-Jesin Professor John Packer, HRREC Director, in the launch of the initiative VOICES. VOICES: Activists in Exile. Agents of Change. VOICES supports activists in exile who are trying to make the home they left a better place. Those voices are important for the perspectives they offer and for the ideas they generate. Voices will provide platforms for those who would otherwise not be heard, in situations of violent conflict. Join us in the virtual launch of this initiative as we will learn more about it and listen to the voice of human rights activist Ali Mirzad. Wednesday, October 6, 2021 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. ONLINE | ZOOM Webinar Event in English. | Free and open to all. RSVP required to receive the link.<https://cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca/en/october-6-2021-voices-activists-exile-agents-…> This event is part of a diverse and rich programme developed to highlight the 40th Anniversary of HRREC! #CREDP40HRREC Centre de recherche et d’enseignement sur les droits de la personne | Human Rights Research and Education Centre Université d’Ottawa | University of Ottawa Fêtons le 40e anniversaire du CREDP<https://cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca/fr/CREDP40HRREC> | Celebrate the 40th anniversary of HRREC<https://cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca/en/CREDP40HRREC>

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INVITATION- 06.10.2021 - VOICES: Militants en exil. Agents de changement | VOICES: Activists in Exile. Agents of Change.
by Viviana Fernandez 29 Sep '21

29 Sep '21

Dear colleagues, I am delighted to share with you information about an event we are organizing next week to launch the project Voices: Activists in Exile. We hope that some of you will be able to join us. Feel free to share widely! Very best wishes, Viviana Viviana A. Fernandez Directrice adjointe / Assistant Director Centre de recherche et d'enseignement sur les droits de la personne / Human Rights Research and Education Centre Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa Twitter: @vafi1217 Fêtons le 40e anniversaire du CREDP<https://cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca/en/CREDP40HRREC> / Celebrate the 40th anniversary of HRREC<https://cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca/fr/CREDP40HRREC> ________________________________ English follows. Le Centre de recherche et d'enseignement sur les droits de la personne (CREDP) est heureux de s'associer à la professeure agrégée Nadia Abu-Zahra, titulaire de la Chaire conjointe en études des femmes - Université d'Ottawa et Université Carleton, et au Professeur Neuberger-Jesin John Packer, directeur du CREDP, pour le lancement de l'initiative VOICES. VOICES : Militants en exil. Agents de changement. VOICES soutient les militants en exil qui tentent de faire du pays qu'ils ont quitté un endroit meilleur. Ces voix sont importantes pour les perspectives qu'elles offrent et pour les idées qu'elles génèrent. Voices fournira des plates-formes à ceux qui ne seraient pas entendus autrement, dans des situations de conflit violent. Rejoignez-nous pour le lancement virtuel de cette initiative, nous en apprendrons plus sur elle et écouterons la voix du militant pour les droits de la personne Ali Mirzad. Mercredi le 6 octobre 2021 13 h à 15 h EN LIGNE | Webinaire ZOOM Événement en anglais. | Gratuit et ouvert à toutes et à tous. RSVP obligatoire pour recevoir le lien.<https://cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca/fr/6-octobre-2021-voices-militants-exil-agents-c…> Cet événement s'inscrit dans le cadre d'un programme riche et varié élaboré pour souligner le 40e anniversaire du CREDP! #CREDP40HRREC ________________________________ The Human Rights Research and Education Centre (HRREC) is pleased to partner with Associate Professor Nadia Abu-Zahra, Joint Chair in Women's Studies - University of Ottawa and Carleton University, and Neuberger-Jesin Professor John Packer, HRREC Director, in the launch of the initiative VOICES. VOICES: Activists in Exile. Agents of Change. VOICES supports activists in exile who are trying to make the home they left a better place. Those voices are important for the perspectives they offer and for the ideas they generate. Voices will provide platforms for those who would otherwise not be heard, in situations of violent conflict. Join us in the virtual launch of this initiative as we will learn more about it and listen to the voice of human rights activist Ali Mirzad. Wednesday, October 6, 2021 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. ONLINE | ZOOM Webinar Event in English. | Free and open to all. RSVP required to receive the link.<https://cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca/en/october-6-2021-voices-activists-exile-agents-…> This event is part of a diverse and rich programme developed to highlight the 40th Anniversary of HRREC! #CREDP40HRREC Centre de recherche et d'enseignement sur les droits de la personne | Human Rights Research and Education Centre Université d'Ottawa | University of Ottawa Fêtons le 40e anniversaire du CREDP<https://cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca/fr/CREDP40HRREC> | Celebrate the 40th anniversary of HRREC<https://cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca/en/CREDP40HRREC>

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Atlantic Human Rights Centre - Human Rights News Fall 2021 edition
by Shannonbrooke Murphy 29 Sep '21

29 Sep '21

Dear CAHRI Colleagues, I hope this finds you well. Attached for your information is our most recent edition of the Human Rights News for Fall 2021. Stay safe and healthy! All the best, Shannonbrooke Dr Shannonbrooke Murphy Endowed Chair in Human Rights Assistant Professor, Human Rights Department Acting Director, Atlantic Human Rights Centre St Thomas University 51 Dineen Drive, Fredericton NB E3B 5G3 Office: Holy Cross House Room 108 (+1) 506-452-9653 We recognize and respectfully acknowledge that the land on which St. Thomas University is situated is the unsurrendered and unceded traditional territory of the Wolastoqiyik.

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Human Rights, Media and the Environment
by Shayna Plaut 28 Sep '21

28 Sep '21

Kaixo! Eskura Centro de Recursos Pedagógicos en Derechos Humanos celebrará su III. Seminario Internacional de Recursos Pedagógicos en Derechos Humanos. Este año se centrará en el Medio Ambiente y los Derechos Humanos. Será los días 6 y 7 de octubre de 2021 en el Kursaal, Donostia-San Sebastian, en formato trilingüe (Euskara-Español-Inglés) y tanto presencial como virtual. Diferentes referentes presentarán recursos vinculados al ecofeminismo, el ecopacifismo, la educación ecosocial, la coproducción de políticas ambientales y de inclusión social, la realidad de los y las defensoras del territorio, la situación de los océanos y la criosfera, el consumo responsable, el ecoliderazgo... Abordándolos desde una perspectiva de estrategias pedagógicas. Como podrás apreciar en el programa adjunto participarán ponentes de la talla de Mr. David Boyd, Relator Especial de Derechos Humanos y Medio Ambiente de las Naciones Unidas, Dra. Yayo Herrero, investigadora influyente a nivel europeo en el ámbito ecofeminista, así como la Oficina de Educación Climática de la UNESCO que desarrolla diversos recursos para los sistemas educativos, entre otros/as. Si vas a venir inscríbete en este link<https://secure-web.cisco.com/14YBBaVHvxyP0bnp-lqIWhKJ5wA40jp-G3__M6TB0ly441…>. Podrás ver las sesiones en streaming aquí<https://secure-web.cisco.com/1-FsFOMaRHkmRdJkFZ_DU7Ay1hBgteGy8eer74Bhjqumlp…>. Podrás seguir todas las novedades en nuestras redes sociales: Twitter<https://secure-web.cisco.com/1cgcz8NR_rRCTREMZOTR12ITgIlh0lYH7yZQpo0oe7NS-V…> - Instagram<https://secure-web.cisco.com/1QS8A0dFNvFKwxEev40zgWv629mykt8VfM7QNqDSK5uDoY…> - Facebook<https://secure-web.cisco.com/1EYkXo6yiNkedP8k2KDj9dVEgPAJ6tppmSKQYEiiuGnEmX…> - Web<https://secure-web.cisco.com/13Q6dgX--dhmQuPnG2vpGoatMmJxN8sX1YhDyRcXJMCuDP…> ¡Anímate! __________________________________________________ Hello! Eskura Human Rights Educational Resource Centre will hold its III. International Seminar on Human Rights Educational Resources. This year will focus on Environment and Human Rights. It will be held on 6th and 7th October 2021 at the Kursaal, Donostia-San Sebastian, in trilingual format (Basque-Spanish-English) and both in person and online. Different international, national and local experts will address the following subjects: the eco-pacifism, the eco-feminism, the eco-social education, the co-production of environmental and social inclusion policies, the land defenders, the situation of the oceans and the cryosphere, the eco-leadership, the responsible consumption... Tackling these from an educational perspective. As you can see in the attached programme we will have speakers such as Mr. David R. Boyd, UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and the Environment, Yayo Herrero reserchear, Expert in Ecofeminism and Ecosocialism, and UNESCO's Climate Education Office which develops various resources for education systems. If you are coming, please register here<https://secure-web.cisco.com/14YBBaVHvxyP0bnp-lqIWhKJ5wA40jp-G3__M6TB0ly441…>. You can watch the streaming sessions here<https://secure-web.cisco.com/10WlmHZWjb1gZCqu3zO-lfCn9ILsSAq02bzEq6W5_DEmBq…>. You can follow all the news on our social networks: Twitter<https://secure-web.cisco.com/1cgcz8NR_rRCTREMZOTR12ITgIlh0lYH7yZQpo0oe7NS-V…> - Instagram<https://secure-web.cisco.com/1QS8A0dFNvFKwxEev40zgWv629mykt8VfM7QNqDSK5uDoY…> - Facebook<https://secure-web.cisco.com/1EYkXo6yiNkedP8k2KDj9dVEgPAJ6tppmSKQYEiiuGnEmX…> - Web<https://secure-web.cisco.com/1g2ilWb9uPOWKZnneYsGrvjCBaGDCjmgRw24n84vDE8tZT…> Come on! ____________________________________ --  Aieteko Jauregia. Aiete Pasealekua, 65, 20009 Donostia. Tf. 943 48 19 96 Shayna Plaut, PhD Acting Manager for the Centre for Human Rights Research Working Days: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday 930am-330pm Office number: 204 474 6156 Cell number: 604 817 0311

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Fw: RWCHR Hosting Important Event on Media Freedom in Eritrea - Le CRWDP organise un événement important sur la liberté des médias en Érythrée
by Shayna Plaut 26 Sep '21

26 Sep '21

RWCHR Hosting Important Event on Media Freedom in Eritrea - Le CRWDP organise un événement important sur la liberté des médias en Érythrée [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/9e0f7803-8e95-4c…] Le Français suivra Event Announcement: Distinguished Panelists Dear Centre for Human Rights Research, Please join us on September 30th, 2021 at 11:00 AM (EDT) at our upcoming webinar, “20 Years of Dictatorship in Eritrea: A Case Study of the Global Assault on Media Freedom by Authoritarian Regimes<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…>”, in partnership with Reporters Without Borders (RSF), PEN Eritrea, PEN Canada, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI), the RWI-70, and the Buxus Foundation. Featuring introductory remarks by Professor Irwin Cotler, International Chair of the RWCHR. Panel 1: The Persecution of Journalists Moderated by Björn Tunbäck, investigative journalist and Board Member of RSF Sweden. * Esayas Isaak, activist and younger brother of Swedish-Eritrean journalist Dawit Isaak * Dessale Berekhet, writer, journalist and Founder of PEN Eritrea * Vanessa Tsehaye, Amnesty International's Horn of Africa Campaigner and founder of Eritrean human rights organization One Day Seyoum Panel 2: Ending Impunity - Justice and Accountability Moderated by Judith Abitan, Executive Director of the RWCHR. * Dr. Clara Portela, professor of Political Science at the Faculty of Law of the University of Valencia and expert on international sanctions * Paul Coppin, Head of Legal of RSF and specialist in press law and international human rights law * Susanne Berger, advisor to the campaign to free Swedish-Eritrean journalist Dawit Isaak and coordinator of the RWI-70 * Bill Browder, CEO of Hermitage Capital Management, Head of Global Magnitsky Justice Campaign, and author of Red Notice * Meron Estefanos, human rights activist, journalist, radio presenter, and co-founder of the International Commission on Eritrean Refugees * Terry Glavin, RWCHR Senior Fellow, a columnist for the National Post and the Ottawa Citizen, and a contributing editor to Macleans magazine We hope you can attend this important event, and look forward to hearing from you. Sincerely, The RWCHR Team Click Here to Register<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/9686d609-bb19-e3…] <https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> [Facebook]<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> [Twitter]<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> [LinkedIn]<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> [YouTube]<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> [Instagram]<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> Click Here to Support the Pursuit of Justice<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/9e0f7803-8e95-4c…] Annonce d'événement : panélistes distingués Cher Centre for Human Rights Research Joignez-vous à nous le 30 septembre 2021 à 11h00 (HAE) lors de notre prochain webinaire, « 20 ans de dictature en Erythrée : une étude de cas sur l'atteinte mondiale à la liberté des médias par les régimes autoritaires<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> », en partenariat avec Reporters sans frontières (RSF), PEN Érythrée, PEN Canada, le Comité pour la protection des journalistes (CPJ), l'Institut des droits humains de l'Association internationale du barreau (IDHAIB), le RWI-70 et la Fondation Buxus. Allocution d’ouverture par le professeur Irwin Cotler, président international du CRWDP. Panel 1 : La persécution des journalistes Modéré par Björn Tunbäck, journaliste d'investigation et membre du conseil d'administration de RSF Suède. * Esayas Isaak, militant et frère cadet du journaliste suédo-érythréen Dawit Isaak * Dessale Berekhet, écrivain, journaliste et fondateur de PEN Érythrée * Vanessa Tsehaye, militante pour la Corne de l'Afrique d'Amnesty International et fondatrice de l'organisation érythréenne de défense des droits humains One Day Seyoum Panel 2 : Mettre fin à l'impunité - Justice et responsabilité Modéré par Judith Abitan, Directrice exécutive du CRWDP. * Dr. Clara Portela, professeure de sciences politiques à la Faculté de droit de l'Université de Valence et experte en sanctions internationales * Paul Coppin, responsable juridique de RSF et spécialiste du droit de la presse et du droit international des droits humains * Susanne Berger, conseillère de la campagne pour libérer le journaliste suédo-érythréen Dawit Isaak et coordinatrice de l’Initiative de recherche Raoul Wallenberg (RWI-70) * Bill Browder, PDG d'Hermitage Capital Management, responsable de la campagne mondiale de justice Magnitski et auteur de Red Notice * Meron Estefanos, militante des droits de la personne, journaliste, animatrice de radio et cofondatrice de la Commission internationale pour les réfugiés érythréens * Terry Glavin, collaborateur émérite du CRWDP, chroniqueur au National Post et à l'Ottawa Citizen, et collaborateur à la rédaction du magazine Macleans Nous espérons que vous pourrez assister à cet événement important. Au plaisir. Cordialement. 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Nouvelles & événements du CREDP | HRREC News & Events ---> 24.09.2021
by Viviana Fernandez 26 Sep '21

26 Sep '21

English follows. [Dark and pale blue green and off-white circles for the 40th anniversary of the uOttawa Human Rights Research and Education Centre. Cercles vert foncé, vert pâle et blanc cassé pour le 40e anniversaire du Centre de recherche et d'enseignement sur les droits de la personne de l'Université d'Ottawa.] #CREDP40HRREC Le CREDP a 40 ans! Depuis des mois, nous préparons le programme des activités qui marqueront le 40e anniversaire de notre Centre de recherche et d'enseignement sur les droits de la personne. Pour en savoir davantage, visitez la page de l’anniversaire!<https://cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca/fr/CREDP40HRREC> Événements 6 OCTOBRE | Webinaire 13 h à 15 h | Inscription requise pour recevoir le lien vers le webinaire. * VOICES : Militants en exil. Agents de changement.<https://cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca/fr/6-octobre-2021-voices-militants-exil-agents-c…> – VOICES est une initiative de la professeure agrégée Nadia Abu-Zahra, titulaire de la Chaire conjointe en études des femmes - Université d'Ottawa et Université Carleton, et du Professeur Neuberger-Jesin John Packer, directeur du CREDP. VOICES soutient les militants en exil qui tentent de faire du pays qu'ils ont quitté un endroit meilleur. Ces voix sont importantes pour les perspectives qu'elles offrent et pour les idées qu'elles génèrent. Voices fournira des plateformes à ceux qui ne seraient pas entendus autrement dans des situations de conflit violent. Rejoignez-nous pour le lancement virtuel de cette initiative, nous en apprendrons plus sur elle et écouterons la voix du militant pour les droits de la personne Ali Mirzad. 14 OCTOBRE | Webinaire 17 h à 18 h | Inscription requise pour recevoir le lien vers le webinaire. * TAIPEILOVE* -- Film & Discussion sur l'égalité du mariage et les droits LGBTQ+ à Taïwan<https://cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca/fr/14-octobre-2021-taipeilove-film-discussion-le…> – TAIPEILOVE* est un documentaire sur la perception de l'homosexualité dans la société taïwanaise et son combat pour le mariage homosexuel. Rejoignez-nous pour une discussion avec la réalisatrice Lucie Liu. ** IMPORTANT ** Recevez le lien exclusif et temporaire pour regarder le documentaire TAIPEILOVE* AVANT LE WEBINAIRE en écrivant à HRREC(a)uOttawa.ca<mailto:HRREC@uOttawa.ca?subject=Merci%20de%20m'envoyer%20le%20lien%20vers%20le%20documentaire%20TAIPEILOVE*>. 21 OCTOBRE | Webinaire 15 h à 16 h | Inscription requise pour recevoir le lien vers le webinaire. * Travailler pour les droits de la personne<https://cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca/fr/21-octobre-2021-serie-travailler-droits-perso…> – avec Marie-Claude Landry, Ad.E., Présidente de la Commission canadienne des droits de la personne depuis mars 2015. Cette série, organisée par le Centre de recherche et d’enseignement sur les droits de la personne (CREDP), est une occasion pour les étudiants, les diplômés et toutes autres personnes intéressées par le domaine des droits de la personne de rencontrer des praticiens notoires qui viendront partager leur expérience professionnelle avec eux. 12 & 13 MAI 2022 | Conférence Les coûts pour les participants sont détaillés sur le site web. | Les inscriptions sont ouvertes. * L'Honorable Rosalie Silberman Abella - Une vie d'avant-garde<https://ciaj-icaj.ca/fr/programmes-a-venir/conference-juge-rosalie-abella-2…> – Conférence pour souligner le départ à la retraite de l'Honorable juge Rosalie Silberman Abella de la Cour Suprême du Canada. Programme à venir. Le Centre de recherche et d’enseignement sur les droits de la personne (CREDP) est un fier partenaire du Centre de droit public de l'Université d'Ottawa, de l'Institut canadien pour l'administration de la justice et de La Société des plaideurs. IMAGES de la JUSTICE: Le droit au logement | APPEL aux DESSINATEURS Le CREDP est heureux de participer, en partenariat avec CONTEKST, The SHIFT, la Faculté de droit, Section de Common Law, l'École de droit Lincoln Alexander (Ryerson) et la Fondation du droit de l'Ontario à la troisième édition d’IMAGES de la JUSTICE<https://cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca/fr/images-justice-2021-droit-au-logement-appel-a…>, dont le thème porte sur Le droit au logement! Cette édition exposera des dessins satiriques et critiques qui exploreront les diverses facettes et les défis du droit humain à un logement adéquat. Les images de cette série mettront en lumière les défis, les incohérences et les failles du cadre actuel du droit humain au logement et de sa pleine réalisation. Nous invitons les dessinateurs et les illustrateurs à soumettre leur œuvre avant le 1er NOVEMBRE 2021 à info(a)contekst.education<mailto:info@contekst.education>. Nouvelles * La Clinique sur les droits de la personne à uOttawa : Offrir aux étudiant l'opportunité de faire la différence grâce à une véritable expérience immersive dans le domaine des droits humains<https://cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca/fr/faire-difference-au-niveau-national-internati…> * Opinion | Lisez l'article de John Packer dans le Ottawa Citizen : Compte tenu du résultat des élections au Canada, une coalition pourrait faire l'affaire (en anglais)<https://ottawacitizen.com/news/politics/election-2021/packer-given-canadas-…> * Balado | Écoutez Jeremy Wildeman, chercheur associé au CREDP, dans The Conversation Weekly : Pourquoi Justin Trudeau est-il plus populaire à l'étranger qu'au Canada? (en anglais)<https://theconversation.com/why-is-justin-trudeau-so-much-more-popular-abro…> * Blog | Notre membre Kirsten van Houten dans Blog du CÉPI : Nouvelles opportunités pour l'engagement local aux interfaces entre les droits de la personne et la consolidation de la paix (en anglais)<https://www.cips-cepi.ca/2021/09/15/new-opportunities-for-local-engagement-…> * Chapitre | Jamie Liew, membre académique, a coécrit un chapitre intitulé The Unmaking of Citizens : Shifting Borders of Belonging avec Kristy A. Belton dans le livre Beyond Borders<https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/beyond-borders/CB6BAFA9E3115D766E421B2…> * Bourse | Félicitations à Gloria Song qui a reçu une Bourse d’études supérieures de formation en mobilisation des connaissances de uOttawa pour son projet qui repense l’accès à la justice au Nunavut dans l’autodétermination des Inuits<https://recherche.uottawa.ca/sgr/nouvelles/bourse-detudes-superieures-forma…> * Bienvenue à Ann Marie Clark, Chaire Fulbright Canada!<https://cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca/fr/bienvenue-ann-marie-clark-chaire-fulbright-ca…> * La professeure Penelope Simons est nommée titulaire de la Chaire Gordon Henderson sur les droits de la personne<https://cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca/fr/professeure-penelope-simons-est-nommee-titula…> * John Packer participe à une conférence internationale sur la crise du Xinjiang<https://cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca/fr/john-packer-participe-conference-internationa…> * Viviana Fernandez élue au comité exécutif de l'Association of Human Rights Institutes<https://cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca/fr/viviana-fernandez-elue-au-comite-executif-las…> Soutenez le CREDP Nous vous invitons à visiter la page Soutenez le CREDP<https://cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca/fr/give> qui permet aux donateurs et aux partenaires de contribuer aux importantes initiatives du Centre, telles que : * Le Programme Scholars at Risk uOttawa qui fait la promotion des droits de la personne et de la liberté universitaire en accueillant des chercheurs en danger sur notre campus et en rendant possible notre participation au Academic Monitoring Project<https://www.scholarsatrisk.org/actions/academic-freedom-monitoring-project/> du Réseau SAR à travers notre Clinique sur les droits de la personne<https://cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca/fr/courses/human_rights>; * La Bourse d'études supérieures Jacques-Gaudreau en droit international de la personne; et, * Le fonds du Centre de recherche et d’enseignement sur les droits de la personne. Suivez-nous sur les médias sociaux! TWITTER @uOttawaHRREC<https://twitter.com/uottawahrrec?lang=en> | FACEBOOK @uOttawaHRREC<https://www.facebook.com/uOttawaHRREC/> | LINKEDIN HRREC - Human Rights Research and Education Centre<https://ca.linkedin.com/company/human-rights-research-and-education-centre> | YOUTUBE HRREC uOttawa<https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCfldcVEEMX09Yg4x5HsaTA> ________________________________ #CREDP40HRREC HRREC hits 40! For months, we have been preparing the program of activities that will mark the 40th anniversary of our Human Rights Research and Education Centre. To learn more, visit the anniversary’s webpage.<https://cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca/en/CREDP40HRREC> Events OCTOBER 6 | Webinar 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. | Registration required to receive the link to the webinar. * VOICES: Activists in Exile. Agents of Change.<https://cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca/en/october-6-2021-voices-activists-exile-agents-…> – VOICES is an initiative of Associate Professor Nadia Abu-Zahra, Joint Chair in Women's Studies - University of Ottawa and Carleton University, and Neuberger-Jesin Professor John Packer, HRREC Director. VOICES supports activists in exile who are trying to make the home they left a better place. Those voices are important for the perspectives they offer and for the ideas they generate. Voices will provide platforms for those who would otherwise not be heard, in situations of violent conflict. Join us in the virtual launch of this initiative as we will learn more about it and listen to the voice of human rights activist Ali Mirzad. OCTOBER 14 | Webinar 5:00 to 6:00 p.m. | Registration required to receive the link to the webinar. * TAIPEILOVE* -- Film & Discussion on Marriage Equality and LGBTQ+ Rights in Taiwan<https://cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca/en/october-14-2021-taipeilove-film-discussion-ma…> – TAIPEILOVE* is a documentary on the perception of homosexuality in Taiwanese society and its fight for same-sex marriage. Join us in a discussion with filmmaker, Lucie Liu. ** IMPORTANT ** Receive the exclusive and temporary link to watch the documentary TAIPEILOVE* BEFORE THE WEBINAR by sending an email at HRREC(a)uOttawa.ca<mailto:HRREC@uOttawa.ca?subject=Thank%20you%20for%20sending%20the%20link%20to%20the%20documentary%20TAIPEILOVE*>. OCTOBER 21 | Webinar 3:00 to 4:00 p.m. | Registration required to receive the link to the webinar. * Working for Human Rights<https://cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca/en/october-21-2021-working-human-rights-series-m…> – with Marie-Claude Landry, Ad.E., Chief Commissioner of the Canadian Human Rights Commission since March 2015. This series, organized by the Human Rights Research and Education Centre (HRREC), is an opportunity for students, alumni and any other person interested in Human Rights to hear about notable practitioners who will share their professional experience with them. MAY 12 & 13, 2022 | Conference Costs for participants are detailed on the website. | Registration is open. * The Honourable Rosalie Silberman Abella – A Life of Firsts<https://ciaj-icaj.ca/en/upcoming-programs/justice-rosalie-abella-conference…> – Conference to celebrate the retirement of the Honourable Justice Rosalie Silberman Abella from the Supreme Court of Canada. Program to come. The Human Rights Research and Education Centre (HRREC) is a proud partner with the uOttawa Public Law Centre, the Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice and The Advocates' Society. IMAGES of JUSTICE 2021: The Right to Housing | CALL for ARTISTS HRREC is pleased to participate, in partnership with CONTEKST and The SHIFT, the Faculty of Law, Common Law Section, the Ryerson Lincoln Alexander School of Law, and The Law Foundation of Ontario in the third edition of IMAGES of JUSTICE<https://cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca/en/images-justice-2021-right-housing-call-artists> under the theme The Right to Housing! This edition will exhibit satirical and comic visualization of various facets and challenges of the human right to adequate housing. The images of this series will shed light upon challenges, inconsistencies, and flaws within the current framework of the human right to housing and its full realization. We invite cartoonists and illustrators to submit their work by NOVEMBER 1st, 2021 to info(a)contekst.education<mailto:info@contekst.education>. News * The uOttawa Human Rights Clinic: Offering Students the Opportunity to Make a Difference Through a Truly Immersive Experience in the Field of Human Rights<https://cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca/en/making-difference-nationally-and-internationa…> * Opinion | Read John Packer's article in the Ottawa Citizen: Given Canada's Election Outcome, a Coalition Might Do the Trick<https://ottawacitizen.com/news/politics/election-2021/packer-given-canadas-…> * Podcast | Listen to HRREC Fellow Jeremy Wildeman in The Conversation Weekly: Why Is Justin Trudeau More Popular Abroad Than in Canada?<https://theconversation.com/why-is-justin-trudeau-so-much-more-popular-abro…> * Blog | Our Member Kirsten van Houten in the CIPS Blog: New Opportunities for Local Engagement at the Human Rights and Peacebuilding Nexus<https://www.cips-cepi.ca/2021/09/15/new-opportunities-for-local-engagement-…> * Chapter | Academic Member Jamie Liew Co-Authored a Chapter entitled The Unmaking of Citizens: Shifting Borders of Belonging with Kristy A. Belton in the Book Beyond Borders<https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/beyond-borders/CB6BAFA9E3115D766E421B2…> * Grant | Congratulations to Gloria Song who has received a uOttawa Graduate Student Knowledge Mobilization (KMb) Training Scholarship for Her Project on Re-Conceptualizing Access to Justice in Nunavut as Inuit Self-Determination<https://research.uottawa.ca/rms/news/nine-exceptional-doctoral-students-rec…> * Welcome to Fulbright Canada Chair Ann Marie Clark!<https://cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca/en/welcome-fulbright-canada-chair-ann-marie-clark> * Professor Penelope Simons Appointed Gordon Henderson Chair in Human Rights<https://cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca/en/professor-penelope-simons-appointed-gordon-he…> * John Packer Attends an International Conference on the Xinjiang Crisis<https://cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca/en/john-packer-attends-international-conference-…> * Viviana Fernandez Elected to the Association of Human Rights Institutes Executive Committee<https://cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca/en/viviana-fernandez-elected-association-human-r…> Support HRREC We invite you to visit the Support HRREC<https://cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca/en/give> page which allows donors and partners to contribute to the Centre’s important initiatives such as: * The Scholars at Risk Ottawa Program which promotes human rights and academic freedom by welcoming scholars at risk in our campus and by making possible our participation in the Academic Monitoring Project<https://www.scholarsatrisk.org/actions/academic-freedom-monitoring-project/> of SAR Network through our Human Rights Clinic<https://cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca/en/courses/human_rights>; * The Jacques Gaudreau Graduate Scholarship in International Human Rights Law; and, * The Human Rights Research and Education Centre’s Fund. Follow Us on Social Media! TWITTER @uOttawaHRREC<https://twitter.com/uottawahrrec?lang=en> | FACEBOOK @uOttawaHRREC<https://www.facebook.com/uOttawaHRREC/> | LINKEDIN HRREC - Human Rights Research and Education Centre<https://ca.linkedin.com/company/human-rights-research-and-education-centre> | YOUTUBE HRREC uOttawa<https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCfldcVEEMX09Yg4x5HsaTA> Centre de recherche et d’enseignement sur les droits de la personne | Human Rights Research and Education Centre Université d’Ottawa | University of Ottawa cdp-hrc.uOttawa.ca<https://cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca/> *Nous vous avons fait parvenir le présent courriel parce que vous êtes membre du CREDP ou ami de l’Université d’Ottawa ou parce que vous vous êtes inscrit à notre liste de distribution. Si vous ne voulez plus obtenir ce genre de courriel, vous pouvez vous désabonner en tout temps à HRREC(a)uOttawa.ca<mailto:hrrec@uottawa.ca?subject=SVP,%20veuillez%20retirer%20mon%20nom%20de%20votre%20liste%20de%20distribution.>. *You have received this email as a HRREC member or friend of the University of Ottawa, or because you have subscribed to our distribution list. If you would prefer to no longer receive this kind of email, you may unsubscribe at any time at HRREC(a)uOttawa.ca<mailto:hrrec@uottawa.ca?subject=Please%20remove%20my%20name%20from%20the%20distribution%20list>.

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INVITATION - 06.10.2021 - VOICES : Militants en exil. Agents de changement. | VOICES: Activists in Exile. Agents of Change.
by Viviana Fernandez 23 Sep '21

23 Sep '21

English follows. Le Centre de recherche et d'enseignement sur les droits de la personne (CREDP) est heureux de s'associer à la professeure agrégée Nadia Abu-Zahra, titulaire de la Chaire conjointe en études des femmes - Université d'Ottawa et Université Carleton, et au Professeur Neuberger-Jesin John Packer, directeur du CREDP, pour le lancement de l'initiative VOICES. VOICES : Militants en exil. Agents de changement. VOICES soutient les militants en exil qui tentent de faire du pays qu'ils ont quitté un endroit meilleur. Ces voix sont importantes pour les perspectives qu'elles offrent et pour les idées qu'elles génèrent. Voices fournira des plates-formes à ceux qui ne seraient pas entendus autrement, dans des situations de conflit violent. Rejoignez-nous pour le lancement virtuel de cette initiative, nous en apprendrons plus sur elle et écouterons la voix du militant pour les droits de la personne Ali Mirzad. Mercredi le 6 octobre 2021 13 h à 15 h EN LIGNE | Webinaire ZOOM Événement en anglais. | Gratuit et ouvert à toutes et à tous. RSVP obligatoire pour recevoir le lien.<https://cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca/fr/6-octobre-2021-voices-militants-exil-agents-c…> Cet événement s'inscrit dans le cadre d'un programme riche et varié élaboré pour souligner le 40e anniversaire du CREDP! #CREDP40HRREC ________________________________ The Human Rights Research and Education Centre (HRREC) is pleased to partner with Associate Professor Nadia Abu-Zahra, Joint Chair in Women's Studies - University of Ottawa and Carleton University, and Neuberger-Jesin Professor John Packer, HRREC Director, in the launch of the initiative VOICES. VOICES: Activists in Exile. Agents of Change. VOICES supports activists in exile who are trying to make the home they left a better place. Those voices are important for the perspectives they offer and for the ideas they generate. Voices will provide platforms for those who would otherwise not be heard, in situations of violent conflict. Join us in the virtual launch of this initiative as we will learn more about it and listen to the voice of human rights activist Ali Mirzad. Wednesday, October 6, 2021 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. ONLINE | ZOOM Webinar Event in English. | Free and open to all. RSVP required to receive the link.<https://cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca/en/october-6-2021-voices-activists-exile-agents-…> This event is part of a diverse and rich programme developed to highlight the 40th Anniversary of HRREC! #CREDP40HRREC Centre de recherche et d'enseignement sur les droits de la personne | Human Rights Research and Education Centre Université d'Ottawa | University of Ottawa Fêtons le 40e anniversaire du CREDP<https://cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca/fr/CREDP40HRREC> | Celebrate the 40th anniversary of HRREC<https://cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca/en/CREDP40HRREC>

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2022 O’Brien Graduate Fellowships McGill University, Faculty of Law - CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
by O'Brien Fellows 20 Sep '21

20 Sep '21

Hello Shayna Plaut, We are writing today to share our call for applications for the 2022 O’Brien Graduate Fellowships in the Faculty of Law, McGill University. We have included the call for applications—in English, French, and Spanish—with this email. We would be grateful if you could share these widely within your networks. The O’Brien Graduate Fellowships were established in 2005 through a very generous gift from David O’Brien for outstanding Masters or Doctoral students studying in the area of human rights and legal pluralism in the Faculty of Law, McGill University. O’Brien Fellows become members of the Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism, a focal point for innovative legal and interdisciplinary research, dialogue, and outreach on human rights and legal pluralism. The Fellowships for LLM students are valued at up to a maximum of $25,000 per annum, tenable for 1 year. For DCL students the Fellowships are valued at $35,000 per annum, renewable twice (if eligibility is maintained). Successful applicants will have an outstanding academic record and a strong research proposal in the field of human rights and legal pluralism. The deadline for O’Brien Fellowship applications is December 19, 2021. This Fellowship Program is an entrance scholarship. Applicants for this scholarship must also simultaneously submit an application for admission to one of our graduate programs<https://www.mcgill.ca/law/grad-studies/admissions-guide> by the stipulated deadline. Thank you, Kayla Rolland O'Brien Fellowship Coordinator Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism McGill Faculty of Law

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Fw: AHRI September Newsletter
by Shayna Plaut 20 Sep '21

20 Sep '21

To: adele.perry(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:adele.perry@umanitoba.ca> Reply-To: administration(a)ahri-network.org<mailto:administration@ahri-network.org> Caution: This message was sent from outside the University of Manitoba. [Association of Human Rights Institutes]<http://new.ahri-network.org/?nltr=ODsxOTg7aHR0cDovL25ldy5haHJpLW5ldHdvcmsub…> September 2021 Dear colleagues, Welcome back to the monthly newsletter. We have been inspired and energised by August's Annual Conference #AHRI2021. This is the first newsletter with our new system. If you are a Member Institute who would like to share news, events, or vacancies, or other types of call, instead of sending an email, please follow this link Newsletter Link<http://new.ahri-network.org/?nltr=ODsxOTg7aHR0cDovL25ldy5haHJpLW5ldHdvcmsub…> This month our featured institute is the Centre for Human Rights Research, University of Manitoba, Canada. AHRI News * The Annual AHRI Conference was hosted by the Maastricht Centre for Human Rights. <http://new.ahri-network.org/?nltr=ODsxOTg7aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubWFhc3RyaWNodHVua…> Follow this link<http://new.ahri-network.org/?nltr=ODsxOTg7aHR0cDovL25ldy5haHJpLW5ldHdvcmsub…> for the approved 2020 Annual Assembly Minutes. * AHRI adopted the Maastricht Declaration on the Human Rights Backsliding in Poland during the #AHRI2021 Assembly Meeting. The Declaration is also available in Polish, French, German, Italian, Chinese and Spanish. Many thanks to colleagues who provided translations. Read the declaration here<http://new.ahri-network.org/?nltr=ODsxOTg7aHR0cDovL25ldy5haHJpLW5ldHdvcmsub…>. * AHRI has a new member institution. We give a warm welcome to the International Law and Human Rights Unit, University of Liverpool, UK.<http://new.ahri-network.org/?nltr=ODsxOTg7aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubGl2ZXJwb29sLmFjL…> * The 2021 AHRI Assembly has also brought us two new Executive Committee members. We welcome Viviana Fernandez of the Human Rights Research and Education Centre, University of Ottawa, Canada<http://new.ahri-network.org/?nltr=ODsxOTg7aHR0cHM6Ly9jZHAtaHJjLnVvdHRhd2EuY…> and Aoife Nolan of the Human Rights Law Centre, University of Nottingham School of Law. UK.<http://new.ahri-network.org/?nltr=ODsxOTg7aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubm90dGluZ2hhbS5hY…> * A big thank you to Antoine Buyse, who, after 9 years, stepped down from the Executive Committee. We thank Antoine for the years of hard work and dedication! * The 2023 AHRI Conference will be hosted by Pedro Arrupe Human Rights Institute, University of Deusto, Spain.<http://new.ahri-network.org/?nltr=ODsxOTg7aHR0cHM6Ly9zb2NpYWxlc3lodW1hbmFzL…> More information to follow. * A huge thank you to all who attended the Conference and the wonderful speakers and moderators! And, of course, to our hosts at the Maastricht Centre for Human Rights! [http://new.ahri-network.org/wp-content/uploads/newsletter/thumbnails/2021/0…] Featured institute Centre for Human Rights Research, University of Manitoba, Canada [http://new.ahri-network.org/wp-content/uploads/newsletter/thumbnails/2021/0…] The Centre for Human Rights Research<http://new.ahri-network.org/?nltr=ODsxOTg7L1VzZXJzL3h3YjA4MTAxL0Rvd25sb2Fkc…> (CHRR) is located at the University of Manitoba<http://new.ahri-network.org/?nltr=ODsxOTg7L1VzZXJzL3h3YjA4MTAxL0Rvd25sb2Fkc…>, on Treaty 1 Territory<http://new.ahri-network.org/?nltr=ODsxOTg7aHR0cDovL3d3dy50cmNtLmNhL3RyZWF0a…> in Winnipeg, Canada. CHRR was established in 2012 to bring together people and organizations to enhance interdisciplinary and collaborative research capacity; create rich training opportunities for students; and facilitate the fusion of research-driven knowledge, public policy and intellectual debate on issues related to human rights and social justice. The Centre is directed by Dr. Adele Perry<http://new.ahri-network.org/?nltr=ODsxOTg7aHR0cHM6Ly91bWFuaXRvYmEuY2EvZmFjd…>, distinguished professor of history and women’s and gender studies. [http://new.ahri-network.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Dr-Adele-Perry.jpeg] Dr Adele Perry, CHRR Director. CHRR aims to facilitate research that is both academically rigorous and accessible to the public. Currently, CHRR focuses on the following thematic research areas: * history and commemoration<http://new.ahri-network.org/?nltr=ODsxOTg7aHR0cHM6Ly9jaHJyLmluZm8vcHJvamVjd…> of human rights * Indigenous peoples and human rights<http://new.ahri-network.org/?nltr=ODsxOTg7aHR0cHM6Ly9jaHJyLmluZm8vcHJvamVjd…> * right to food and water<http://new.ahri-network.org/?nltr=ODsxOTg7aHR0cHM6Ly9jaHJyLmluZm8vcHJvamVjd…>, and * sexual and reproductive rights<http://new.ahri-network.org/?nltr=ODsxOTg7aHR0cDovL2NocnIuaW5mby9wcm9qZWN0c…> Ongoing research projects include a project exploring how public transit and the lack of it shapes the lives of Indigenous women and Two-Spirit Plus people in Western Canada, as well as the creation of an online platform to foster a dialogue surrounding Indigenous rights and human rights in the Prairie provinces of Canada, titled At the Forks<http://new.ahri-network.org/?nltr=ODsxOTg7aHR0cHM6Ly9jaHJyLmluZm8vYXQtdGhlL…>. [image]<http://new.ahri-network.org/?nltr=ODsxOTg7aHR0cHM6Ly9jaHJyLmluZm8vOzs1YzcxM…> For more information, please contact CHRR at chrrman(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:chrrman@umanitoba.ca> Click here to learn more<http://new.ahri-network.org/?nltr=ODsxOTg7aHR0cHM6Ly9jaHJyLmluZm8vOzs1YzcxM…> AHRI Members' News FRA (European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights) Selected recent publications: * 10 June: o Fundamental Rights Report 2021<http://new.ahri-network.org/?nltr=ODsxOTg7aHR0cHM6Ly9ldXIwMi5zYWZlbGlua3Muc…> o Fundamental Rights Report 2021 Focus – The coronavirus pandemic and fundamental rights: A year in review<http://new.ahri-network.org/?nltr=ODsxOTg7aHR0cHM6Ly9ldXIwMi5zYWZlbGlua3Muc…> o Fundamental Rights Report 2021 – FRA Opinions<http://new.ahri-network.org/?nltr=ODsxOTg7aHR0cHM6Ly9ldXIwMi5zYWZlbGlua3Muc…> (to be published in all languages) * 16 June: Coronavirus Bulletin #7 – Vaccine equality<http://new.ahri-network.org/?nltr=ODsxOTg7aHR0cHM6Ly9ldXIwMi5zYWZlbGlua3Muc…> * 18 June: NGO ships involved in search and rescue in the Mediterranean and legal proceedings against them - Update June 2021<http://new.ahri-network.org/?nltr=ODsxOTg7aHR0cHM6Ly9ldXIwMi5zYWZlbGlua3Muc…> * 24 June: Protective measures in the Employment Sanctions Directive: fundamental rights challenges and achievements<http://new.ahri-network.org/?nltr=ODsxOTg7aHR0cHM6Ly9ldXIwMi5zYWZlbGlua3Muc…> * 29 June: Consolidated Annual Activity Report 2020<http://new.ahri-network.org/?nltr=ODsxOTg7aHR0cHM6Ly9ldXIwMi5zYWZlbGlua3Muc…> * 7 July: Encouraging reporting of hate crime<http://new.ahri-network.org/?nltr=ODsxOTg7aHR0cHM6Ly9ldXIwMi5zYWZlbGlua3Muc…> * The Handbook on European non-discrimination law – 2018 edition<http://new.ahri-network.org/?nltr=ODsxOTg7aHR0cHM6Ly9ldXIwMi5zYWZlbGlua3Muc…> is now also out in Slovenian. It is already available in English, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Polish and Spanish. * A note on European standards on legal remedies, complaints mechanisms and effective investigations at borders<http://new.ahri-network.org/?nltr=ODsxOTg7aHR0cHM6Ly9ldXIwMi5zYWZlbGlua3Muc…> is now also available in French. It draws on standards from the European Convention on Human Rights and EU law. Selected upcoming publications in September 2021: * Fundamental rights and civic space in the EU * Migration quarterly * Updates on NHRI accreditation * Forced return monitoring systems - Update 2021 Selected recent events: * 16 September: FRA held a webinar with civil society organisations from its Fundamental Rights Platform. They explored how civil society organisations can be involved and contribute to the Conference on the Future of Europe<http://new.ahri-network.org/?nltr=ODsxOTg7aHR0cHM6Ly9ldXIwMi5zYWZlbGlua3Muc…> * 24 August, FRA and the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Training (CEPOL) signed a new Working Arrangement<http://new.ahri-network.org/?nltr=ODsxOTg7aHR0cHM6Ly9ldXIwMi5zYWZlbGlua3Muc…>. The aim of the arrangement is to ensure that fundamental rights issues are well covered in law enforcement trainings, helping law enforcement officials to respect people’s rights in their daily work. * 30 June: FRA presented its EU LGBTI Survey results during a National Pride event in Finland on 30 June organized by the Finnish Ministry of Justice. Selected upcoming event: the FRF 2021 * 11 and 12 October: Fundamental Rights Forum 2021<http://new.ahri-network.org/?nltr=ODsxOTg7aHR0cHM6Ly9ldXIwMi5zYWZlbGlua3Muc…>: The FRF is amongst the most significant periodic human rights events in the European Union. This year, we are organising a hybrid event – offering the best of in-person and online events. It will be broadcasted live from Vienna City Hall and five other European cities – Strasbourg, Geneva, Warsaw, Ljubljana and Oslo. Its outcomes will feed into major EU and global debates on human rights that will shape our future. * An integral part of the Forum are performances by musicians, poets, comedians, and artists. The Forum will host dozens of live art performances, highlighting the unique connection between art and human rights. * Do you want to be part of the biggest human rights event in Europe this year? Then join the Forum! Browse the Forum Programme<http://new.ahri-network.org/?nltr=ODsxOTg7aHR0cHM6Ly9ldXIwMi5zYWZlbGlua3Muc…> and Register<http://new.ahri-network.org/?nltr=ODsxOTg7aHR0cHM6Ly9ldXIwMi5zYWZlbGlua3Muc…>for your sessions now. * Here is a page with promotion communication material which you can use to promote the Forum. Promoting the Fundamental Rights Forum 2021 | Fundamental Rights Forum<http://new.ahri-network.org/?nltr=ODsxOTg7aHR0cHM6Ly9ldXIwMi5zYWZlbGlua3Muc…> * We look forward to seeing you in Vienna or online on 11 and 12 October 2021! Follow #RightsForum21! Other information of interest: * Check FRA publications here<http://new.ahri-network.org/?nltr=ODsxOTg7aHR0cHM6Ly9ldXIwMi5zYWZlbGlua3Muc…>. * Check FRA news here<http://new.ahri-network.org/?nltr=ODsxOTg7aHR0cHM6Ly9ldXIwMi5zYWZlbGlua3Muc…>. * Subscribe the FRA newsletter here<http://new.ahri-network.org/?nltr=ODsxOTg7aHR0cHM6Ly9ldXIwMi5zYWZlbGlua3Muc…>. Helena Kennedy Centre for International Justice, Sheffield Hallam University, UK UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) Dr Thomas Bundschuh, Senior Lecturer in Human Rights, responded to the CESCR call<http://new.ahri-network.org/?nltr=ODsxOTg7aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cub2hjaHIub3JnL0VOL…> for written contributions to the draft general comment<http://new.ahri-network.org/?nltr=ODsxOTg7aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cub2hjaHIub3JnL0RvY…> on Land and Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. The aim of this general comment is to clarify the States parties’ obligations relating to land and the governance of tenure of land under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.<http://new.ahri-network.org/?nltr=ODsxOTg7aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cub2hjaHIub3JnL0VOL…> Dr Bundschuh’s contribution is published on the CESCR website<http://new.ahri-network.org/?nltr=ODsxOTg7aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cub2hjaHIub3JnL0VOL…>at the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights: https://www.ohchr.org/Documents/HRBodies/CESCR/GC-Land-ESCR/71_Helena_Kenne…<http://new.ahri-network.org/?nltr=ODsxOTg7aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cub2hjaHIub3JnL0RvY…> · UN Women Los Angeles’s fundraising event Dr Madhumita Pandey, Lecturer in Criminology, was invited to be a part of UN Women, USA's fundraising event. The event "India's Covid Widows: A New Humanitarian Crisis" focused on fundraising on behalf of UN Women for India’s women and girls deeply impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic, as well as highlighted the voices of India's Covid Widows. · Fighting Knife Crime London and the Sheffield arm Read more about QC Bruce Houlder’s new knife crime initiative, Fighting Knife Crime London, and the Sheffield arm which is being launched in partnership with Sheffield Hallam University and the Helena Kennedy Centre. Find out more: https://www.standard.co.uk/news/bruce-houlder-barrister-knife-crime-young-p…<http://new.ahri-network.org/?nltr=ODsxOTg7aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc3RhbmRhcmQuY28ud…> Halsbury’s law books presented by the HKC to the National University of Lesotho The Helena Kennedy Centre presented a complete set of Halsbury's law books to the High Commissioner of Lesotho, to be delivered to the National University of Lesotho law department, in the virtual presence of senior representatives from NUL and our Vice Chancellor. Sheffield Hallam Hon Doc Ken Dunn of Africa's Gift made the presentation in London. · Tokyo 2020 Olympics Pro Bono Legal Team and the shadowing team of students Three LLM International Sports Law in Practice students have been selected to shadow the work of Dr Gregory Ioannidis and the Tokyo 2020 Olympics Pro Bono Legal Team. We asked the students about their thoughts on their appointment to the shadowing team. Read more: https://www.shu.ac.uk/helena-kennedy-centre-international-justice/research-…<http://new.ahri-network.org/?nltr=ODsxOTg7aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2h1LmFjLnVrL2hlb…> AHRI Members' events and calls * Vacancy: Mauro Chair in Human Rights and Social Justice Assistant or Associate Professor * Event: "40 Years SIM Keynote lecture by UN High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet" * Call for Applications: IMAGES of JUSTICE: The Right to Housing! * Call for papers: Towards an inclusive governance of “EU fundamental values” Centre for Human Rights Research, University of Manitoba, Canada Vacancy Deadline: Oct. 1, 2021 Mauro Chair in Human Rights and Social Justice (Position Number: 30862) Assistant Professor, Tenure Track Position (Position Number: 30863) Winnipeg, University of Manitoba The Faculty of Law at the University of Manitoba invites applications for a full-time tenure-track or tenured position at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor for the Mauro Chair in Human Rights and Social Justice in the Master of Human Rights (MHR) program. Salary and rank will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. The Mauro Chair in Human Rights and Social Justice will play a key role in building the MHR. The appointment will commence on January 1, 2022 or as soon thereafter as possible. The MHR program helps students address human rights challenges of the 21st century. While in the Faculty of Law, the MHR is an interdisciplinary program involving three other faculties (Social Work, Arts, Education) and three centres (Centre for Human Rights Research, Mauro Institute for Peace and Justice, and National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation). The program emphasizes critical engagement with the conception, practice and institutionalization of human rights. This position is supported by an endowment from the Mauro Family Foundation. The chair is renewable after five years. The University is a leading centre of excellence for human rights education and research. Learn More here: Vacancy<http://new.ahri-network.org/?nltr=ODsxOTg7aHR0cDovL2xpc3RzLnVtYW5pdG9iYS5jY…> Netherlands Institute of Human Rights (SIM) Event Deadline: October 2, 2021 "40 Years SIM Keynote lecture by UN High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet" We are greatly honoured to announce that on 2 October 2021, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, will deliver this year's SIM Peter Baehr lecture. The lecture, which the Commissisioner will deliver in a livestream from Geneva, will also form the keynote lecture of SIM's 40 years anniversary conference that day. For the conference entitled 'Life Begins at Forty: Human Rights for the Future', we have an exciting line-up of speakers both from academia and practice, including: Bahia-Tahzib-Lie Corinne Dettmeijer-Vermeulen Jelle Klaas Yvonne Donders Daphina Misiedjan Salvo Nicolosi Barbara Oomen Lorena Sosa More information can be found here.<http://new.ahri-network.org/?nltr=ODsxOTg7aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudXUubmwvZW4vZXZlb…> Human Rights Research and Education Centre, Canada Call for Application Deadline November 1, 2021 IMAGES of JUSTICE: The Right to Housing! The Human Rights Research and Education Centre (HRREC) is pleased to participate, in partnership with CONTEKST, The SHIFT, the Faculty of Law, Common Law Section, the Ryerson Lincoln Alexander School of Law, and The Law Foundation of Ontario, in the third edition of IMAGES of JUSTICE: The Right to Housing! This edition will exhibit satirical and comic visualization of various facets and challenges of the human right to adequate housing. The images of this series will shed light upon challenges, inconsistencies, and flaws within the current framework of the human right to housing and its full realization. We invite cartoonists and illustrators to submit their work by NOVEMBER 1st, 2021 to info(a)contekst.education<mailto:info@contekst.education>. To view previous editions of Images of Justice, visit https://contekst.education/exhibits/<http://new.ahri-network.org/?nltr=ODsxOTg7aHR0cHM6Ly9jb250ZWtzdC5lZHVjYXRpb…>. Third edition of IMAGES of JUSTICE: The Right to Housing. https://cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca/en/images-justice-2021-right-housing-call-artists<http://new.ahri-network.org/?nltr=ODsxOTg7aHR0cHM6Ly9jZHAtaHJjLnVvdHRhd2EuY…> Human Rights Centre “Antonio Papisca”, University of Padova, Italy Call for papers Sept 29th Towards an inclusive governance of “EU fundamental values” Call for papers for the Human Rights Centre “Antonio Papisca” and Department of Political Science, Law and International Studies, University of Padova, Italy in the context of the International Research Conference: ‘Towards an inclusive governance of “EU fundamental values”: current pitfalls and possible solutions for a consistent multi-level protection of the rule of law, democracy and human rights within and outside the EU’. The Conference is on 8-9 November 2021. Learn more here.<http://new.ahri-network.org/?nltr=ODsxOTg7aHR0cHM6Ly91bmlwZC1jZW50cm9kaXJpd…> Visit the AHRI Website <http://new.ahri-network.org/?nltr=ODsxOTg7aHR0cDovL25ldy5haHJpLW5ldHdvcmsub…> Unsubscribe <http://new.ahri-network.org/?nltr=ODsxOTg7aHR0cDovL25ldy5haHJpLW5ldHdvcmsub…> | View online<http://new.ahri-network.org/?nltr=ODsxOTg7aHR0cDovL25ldy5haHJpLW5ldHdvcmsub…> [twitter]<http://new.ahri-network.org/?nltr=ODsxOTg7aHR0cHM6Ly90d2l0dGVyLmNvbS9BSFJJX…>

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Fw: 2022 O’Brien Graduate Fellowships McGill University, Faculty of Law - CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
by Shayna Plaut 17 Sep '21

17 Sep '21

Caution: This message was sent from outside the University of Manitoba. Hello, We are writing today to share our call for applications for the 2022 O’Brien Graduate Fellowships. The O’Brien Graduate Fellowships were established in 2005 through a very generous gift from David O’Brien for outstanding Masters or Doctoral students studying in the area of human rights and legal pluralism in the Faculty of Law, McGill University. O’Brien Fellows become members of the Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism, a focal point for innovative legal and interdisciplinary research, dialogue, and outreach on human rights and legal pluralism. The Fellowships for LLM students are valued at up to a maximum of $25,000 per annum, tenable for 1 year. For DCL students the Fellowships are valued at $35,000 per annum, renewable twice (if eligibility is maintained). Successful applicants will have an outstanding academic record and a strong research proposal in the field of human rights and legal pluralism. The deadline for O’Brien Fellowship applications is December 19, 2021. This Fellowship Program is an entrance scholarship. Applicants for this scholarship must also simultaneously submit an application for admission to one of our graduate programs<https://mcgill.ca/law/grad-studies/admissions-guide> by the stipulated deadline. We have included the call for applications—in English, French, and Spanish—with this email. We would be grateful if these were shared with your network. Thank you, Kayla Rolland Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism McGill Faculty of Law

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INVITATION --- 22.09.2021 - 11:00 --- Les impacts de la pandémie sur l'administration de la justice | The Impacts of the Pandemic on the Administration of Justice
by Viviana Fernandez 17 Sep '21

17 Sep '21

English follows. Le Centre de recherche et d'enseignement sur les droits de la personne (CREDP) de l'Université d'Ottawa est heureux de vous inviter à l'événement virtuel : Les impacts de la pandémie sur l'administration de la justice Présentation du plus récent rapport du Rapporteur spécial des Nations unies sur l'indépendance des juges et des avocats au Conseil des droits de l'homme des Nations unies, axé sur les impacts de la pandémie sur l'administration de la justice. Il s'agit d'une initiative du projet Indépendance des juges et des avocats<https://cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca/fr/united_nations_rapporteur_independence_judges…> de notre Clinique sur les droits de la personne. Mercredi le 22 septembre 2021 11 h à 12 h 30 EN LIGNE | Webinaire ZOOM Événement en anglais. | Interprétation en français disponible. | Gratuit et ouvert à toutes et à tous. RSVP obligatoire pour recevoir le lien.<https://cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca/fr/22-septembre-2021-impacts-pandemie-ladministr…> Intervenants : * Diego GARCÍA-SAYÁN | Rapporteur spécial des Nations unies sur l'indépendance des juges et des avocats * Ursula INDACOCHEA | Directrice de programme, Due Process of Law Foundation * Jordi FEO VALERO | Chercheur associé & coordonnateur, Projet Indépendance des juges et des avocats, Clinique sur les droits de la personne, CREDP, uOttawa Le panel sera animé par : Salvador HERENCIA | Directeur, Clinique sur les droits de la personne, CREDP, uOttawa Cet événement s'inscrit dans le cadre d'un programme riche et varié élaboré pour souligner le 40e anniversaire du CREDP! #CREDP40HRREC ________________________________ The Human Rights Research and Education Centre (HRREC) at the University of Ottawa is pleased to invite you to the virtual event: The Impacts of the Pandemic on the Administration of Justice Presentation of the United Nations Special Rapporteur's latest report on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers to the UN Human Rights Council focusing on the impacts of the pandemic to the administration of justice. This is an initiative of our Human Rights Clinic's Project The Independence of Judges and Lawyers<https://cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca/en/united_nations_rapporteur_independence_judges…>. Wednesday, September 22, 2021 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. ONLINE | ZOOM Webinar Event in English. | Interpretation in French available. | Free and open to all. RSVP required to receive the link.<https://cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca/en/september-22-2021-impacts-pandemic-administra…> Speakers: * Diego GARCÍA-SAYÁN | United Nations Special Rapporteur on Independence of Judges and Lawyers * Ursula INDACOCHEA | Program Director, Due Process of Law Foundation * Jordi FEO VALERO | HRREC Fellow & Coordinator, Project Independence of Judges and Lawyers, Human Rights Clinic, HRREC, uOttawa The panel will be moderated by: Salvador HERENCIA | Director, Human Rights Clinic, HRREC, uOttawa This event is part of a diverse and rich programme developed to highlight the 40th Anniversary of HRREC! #CREDP40HRREC Centre de recherche et d'enseignement sur les droits de la personne | Human Rights Research and Education Centre Université d'Ottawa | University of Ottawa Fêtons le 40e anniversaire du CREDP<https://cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca/fr/CREDP40HRREC> | Celebrate the 40th anniversary of HRREC<https://cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca/en/CREDP40HRREC>

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McGill CHRLP Newsletter September 2021
by Sharon Webb, Ms 14 Sep '21

14 Sep '21

[https://gallery.mailchimp.com/876a0fb07443c2ba7a644f4f3/images/2bdd8823-324…] McGill Centre for Human Rights & Legal Pluralism September 2021 Newsletter Upcoming events: * Sept 17: COVID and Civil Liberties * Sept 24: The Taliban and the Future of Women’s Rights in Afghanistan Save the date: * Oct 4/5: Nuremberg 75th anniversary: Mass Trials for Mass Violence Other events of interest: * Sept 30: Science in Exile Webinar: Long-term support of refugee and displaced scientists: the power of mentorship Words of Welcome Bonjour à tous et à toutes. A warm hello to all. We have all been learning and adapting constantly over the past year and a half and we are happy to have been able to do that together with many of you. Thank you to all who were in touch or who attended CHRLP events last year and please join us again in whichever way suits you best. Our new Co-Directors have a busy year in mind and new ideas and collaborations are also welcome. In these challenging times, we value our connections and solidarity with you more than ever. Health, success, and best wishes for 2021-2022. Upcoming Events [Image of COVID-19 molecular structure] COVID and Civil Liberties Friday, September 17, 1:00-2:30 PM (ET) Zoom: click here<https://mcgill.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=876a0fb07443c2ba7a644f4f3&…> to access the event. Please join us for a roundtable conversation about the interface between measures to deal with the current pandemic and civil liberties, with a focus on the issues as legal developments. A Q&A with the audience will follow. Speakers: * Frédéric Mégret, Professor of Law and a William Dawson Scholar at McGill University, Co-Director of the Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism. * Pearl Eliadis, an award-winning lawyer, educator, and author who has successfully led complex, global human rights and governance projects for multilateral agencies, including the UN, in China, Ethiopia, Nepal. * Richard Gold, James McGill Professor at McGill University, Founding Director and current Director of the Centre for Intellectual Property Policy. Zoom Sept 17: https://mcgill.zoom.us/j/85446923482<https://mcgill.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=876a0fb07443c2ba7a644f4f3&…>. [Image of four women in blue burkas] The Taliban and the Future of Women's Rights in Afghanistan Webinar in collaboration with Women Living Under Muslim Laws (WLUML) Friday, September 24, 10:00-11:30 AM (ET) Zoom: click here<https://mcgill.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=876a0fb07443c2ba7a644f4f3&…> to access the event. Moderated by Vrinda Narain, Associate Professor at McGill University and Board Member of WLUML. Speakers: * Asma Faizai, General Counsel at Access Copyright, President and Chair of the Board of Directors of the Afghan Women's Organization. * Wazhma Frogh, co-founder of the Women and Peace Studies Organization in Afghanistan, recipient of the 2009 International Women of Courage Award. * Dr. Sima Samar, Nobel Peace Prize nominee, renowned human rights advocate, Chairperson of the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) since 2002, Chairperson of the Commission for the Prevention of Torture. * Belquis Ahmadi, Senior Programme Officer at the United States Institute of Peace in Washington DC. Zoom Sept 24: https://mcgill.zoom.us/j/82939591010<https://mcgill.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=876a0fb07443c2ba7a644f4f3&…>. Save the Date [Black and white image of Nazi soldiers on trial at Nuremberg] Mass Trials for Mass Violence Nuremberg 75th anniversary international symposium between Brussels and Montréal Monday, October 4, 8:00 AM – 1:30 PM (ET) and Tuesday, October 5, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM (ET) Registration required: masstrial(a)ulb.be<mailto:masstrial@ulb.be>. In-person location and Zoom link to follow upon registration. Monday’s sessions moderated by Marie-Laurence Hébert-Dolbec (ULB) and Frédéric Mégret (McGill); Tuesday’s session moderated by Laurent Kennes (ULB). Other Events of Interest [The words "Science in Exile" in white on a dark background] Long-term support of refugee and displaced scientists: the power of mentorship Science in Exile webinar series Thursday, September 30, 7:00 – 8:30 AM (ET) Register here<https://mcgill.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=876a0fb07443c2ba7a644f4f3&…>. Speakers include: * Rana Dajani, professor of molecular biology at Hashemite University, Jordan. * Eqbal M. A. Dauqan, associate professor of biochemistry, Nutrition department, University of Oslo, Norway. * Olga Palinkasev Gregorian, senior advisor and head of scholar support services, The Institute of International Education's Scholar Rescue Fund (IIE-SRF), United States. Calls for Papers [Hands holding a copy of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms] Constitutional Rights and Freedoms in Canada: Critical Reflections & Engagement (conference on April 8, 2022) As we approach the 40th anniversary of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and the constitutional recognition of Indigenous rights, it is timely to reflect upon the impact of these constitutional reforms. This workshop is aimed at mobilizing and sharing critical reflections regarding the meaning and application of diverse constitutional rights and freedoms, including theoretical, comparative, and interdisciplinary perspectives. It will provide an occasion to share past research and explore potential future research collaborations. Participation in the workshop (for those presenting) would involve preparing a short think piece (1,000-2,000 words) on a topic related to the constitutional rights entrenched in 1982. Others may simply be interested in attending. We would greatly appreciate hearing from you about your interest in participating by September 30th, including the issue/question you would likely explore in your short think piece. Email: human.rights(a)mcill.ca<mailto:human.rights@mcill.ca>. CHRLP Forum and Blog [https://mcusercontent.com/876a0fb07443c2ba7a644f4f3/images/bd0f977d-7ef4-bd…] CHRLP Forum 2021–2022: Solidarity in an Interconnected World Inspired by the fabled meeting place in ancient Rome, the Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism (CHRLP) Forum is founded on the principles of inclusive citizenship and deliberative democracy. The Forum aspires to create a space for learning from the past, deliberating about the present, and building a common future together. The CHRLP Forum aims to bring rich and plural insights on the concept of solidarity through engagement with diverse theories of change and ideas of justice. We invite students, practitioners, and scholars to participate in discussion groups that will explore the nature of international solidarity as a way to bridge differences and opposites. This year's theme, Solidarity in an Interconnected World is detailed here<https://mcgill.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=876a0fb07443c2ba7a644f4f3&…>. Do you have an issue you would like to discuss? Please email us at human.rights(a)mcgill.ca<mailto:human.rights@mcgill.ca> with a statement of intent, list of readings, and suggested discussion questions. We look forward to hearing from you. [Generic image of computer screen with written text on it] Call for blogs Do you have an upcoming article you would like to publicize? A blog post you would like to write? The CHRLP is also proud to launch the fourth year of its Blog with an open call for blog posts. Interested authors are encouraged to draw inspiration from the theme "Solidarity in an Interconnected World". More information, including editorial guidelines, can be found in the following call for submissions<https://mcgill.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=876a0fb07443c2ba7a644f4f3&…>. Submissions (in English, French, or Spanish) can be sent to human.rights(a)mcgill.ca<mailto:human.rights@mcgill.ca>. Welcome to our Visiting Fellows The CHRLP is proud to welcome three O'Brien Fellows in Residence<https://mcgill.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=876a0fb07443c2ba7a644f4f3&…> this fall! [Portrait of blond man with glasses and a beard wearing a tie and jacket] Andrey Shcherbovich (Russia) Dr. Andrey Shcherbovich graduated from the National Research University Higher School of Economics, Faculty of Law (Department of International Law), Moscow, Russia, in 2008. Between 2008 and 2010, he was a project coordinator in the NGO ‘Inter-regional Library Cooperation Centre’, working body of the UNESCO Information For All Programme. Between 2011 and 2020 Dr. Shcherbovich was a Professor at the Department of the Constitutional and Administrative Law of the National Research University Higher School of Economics in Moscow (Russia). In 2013, he completed his Ph.D. with a thesis entitled “Constitutional Guarantees of the freedom of speech and right to access the information on the Internet”. Dr. Shcherbovich’s professional interests are related to Russian public law (constitutional and human rights law) with special regard to international principles of Internet Governance. Among others, he teaches a special course on the human rights of Internet users. Read more about Andrey here<https://mcgill.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=876a0fb07443c2ba7a644f4f3&…>. [Portrait of half-smiling African man in blue checkered shirt] Valentin Nshurani Migabo (DRC, continuing Fellow) Congolais d’origine, Valentin Migabo possède une solide expérience en tant que travailleur de terrain dans les zones de conflit ou post-conflit. Il a participé aux Opérations de maintien de la paix en Afrique de l’Ouest et du Centre. En 2009-2010, son mandat en Côte d’Ivoire, au sein de l’Unité post-conflit du Programme des Nations Unies pour le développement (PNUD), l’a amené à participer à la mise en œuvre du programme de désarmement, de démobilisation et de réinsertion sociale des anciens combattants. Pour en savoir plus sur lui, cliquez ici<https://mcgill.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=876a0fb07443c2ba7a644f4f3&…>. [Portrait of dark-haired person leaning against bookcase and books] Öykü Didem Aydin (Turkey, continuing Fellow) Associate Professor Dr. Öykü Didem Aydın is a tenured professor of Constitutional Law at the Hacettepe University Law School in Ankara. They are a member of the Ankara Bar Association, the Founding President of the Nation's First Center for LGBTIQ+ Rights of the Ankara Bar Association and a former member of the Commission for Democracy through Law (The Venice Commission) of the Council of Europe. Ökyü Didem Aydin researches national and international criminal law, criminal law reform politics, freedom of thought, thought crimes, women's rights, sexual rights and children's rights. Read more about them here<https://mcgill.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=876a0fb07443c2ba7a644f4f3&…>. Welcome to our new Graduate Fellows The CHRLP also extends a warm welcome to our new O'Brien Graduate Fellows<https://mcgill.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=876a0fb07443c2ba7a644f4f3&…>. Further news to follow! Jeanne Pérès, LLM (Montreal) is exploring doctrinal and jurisprudential developments with respect to Indigenous land claims in the Canadian context and analyze the best ways to integrate international law and Indigenous legal traditions into Canadian law. Amanda Nutakor, LLM (Ghana) is reviewing the juvenile justice system of Ghana, and particularly, the juvenile's right to legal representation and legal aid. Cynthia Eboson, LLM (Nigeria) is interested in to what extent does the human rights approach ensure the effective internalization, transmission and legitimacy of inheritance rules in societies with entrenched gender-based discrimination. Yuri Romana-Rivas, DCL (Colombia) is thinking about Afro-Colombian communities and transitional justice in Colombia, looking particularly towards an effective reparation system with an ethnically and racially differentiated approach. Centre for Human Rights & Legal Pluralism · Chancellor Day Hall · 3644 Peel Street Montreal, QC H3A 1W9 · Canada [https://cdn-images.mailchimp.com/icons/social-block-v2/color-facebook-48.png]<https://mcgill.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=876a0fb07443c2ba7a644f4f3&…> [https://cdn-images.mailchimp.com/icons/social-block-v2/color-twitter-48.png]<https://mcgill.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=876a0fb07443c2ba7a644f4f3&…> [https://cdn-images.mailchimp.com/icons/social-block-v2/color-link-48.png]<https://mcgill.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=876a0fb07443c2ba7a644f4f3&…> [https://cdn-images.mailchimp.com/icons/social-block-v2/color-forwardtofrien…]<mailto:chrlp.law@mcgill.ca>

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Nouvelles & événements du CREDP | HRREC News & Events ---> 08.09.2021
by Viviana Fernandez 08 Sep '21

08 Sep '21

Dear colleagues, I am pleased to share our newsletter with you. Best wishes, Viviana Viviana A. Fernandez Directrice adjointe / Assistant Director Centre de recherche et d’enseignement sur les droits de la personne / Human Rights Research and Education Centre Université d’Ottawa / University of Ottawa http://www.cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca<http://www.cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca/> Twitter: @vafi1217 Fêtons le 40e anniversaire du CREDP<https://cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca/en/CREDP40HRREC> / Celebrate the 40th anniversary of HRREC<https://cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca/fr/CREDP40HRREC> English follows. [Dark and pale blue green and off-white circles for the 40th anniversary of the uOttawa Human Rights Research and Education Centre. Cercles vert foncé, vert pâle et blanc cassé pour le 40e anniversaire du Centre de recherche et d'enseignement sur les droits de la personne de l'Université d'Ottawa.] #CREDP40HRREC Le CREDP a 40 ans! Depuis des mois, nous préparons le programme des activités qui marqueront le 40e anniversaire de notre Centre de recherche et d'enseignement sur les droits de la personne. Nous sommes impatients de partager avec vous les événements et initiatives qui se dérouleront à partir de septembre. Événements 22 SEPTEMBRE 11 h à 12 h 30 | En ligne | Ouvert à tous et à toutes. | Inscription obligatoire pour recevoir le lien vers le webinaire. * Les impacts de la pandémie sur l'administration de la justice<https://cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca/fr/22-septembre-2021-impacts-pandemie-ladministr…> – Le Rapporteur spécial des Nations unies sur l’indépendance des juges et des avocats, Diego García-Sayán, présentera son plus récent rapport axé sur les impacts de la pandémie sur l'administration de la justice. Il sera accompagné des intervenants Ursula Indacochea (directrice de programme, Due Process of Law Foundation) et Jordi Feo Valero (chercheur associé & coordonnateur, Projet Indépendance des juges et des avocats, Clinique sur les droits de la personne, CREDP, uOttawa). Le panel sera animé par Salvador Herencia (directeur, Clinique sur les droits de la personne, CREDP, uOttawa). Événement organisé par la Clinique sur les droits de la personne du Centre de recherche et d'enseignement sur les droits de la personne (CREDP) de l’Université d’Ottawa. 12 & 13 MAI 2022 CONFÉRENCE | Les coûts pour les participants sont détaillés sur le site web. | Les inscriptions sont ouvertes. * L'Honorable Rosalie Silberman Abella - Une vie d'avant-garde<https://ciaj-icaj.ca/fr/programmes-a-venir/conference-juge-rosalie-abella-2…> – Conférence pour souligner le départ à la retraite de l'Honorable juge Rosalie Silberman Abella de la Cour Suprême du Canada. Programme à venir. Le Centre de recherche et d’enseignement sur les droits de la personne (CREDP) est un fier partenaire du Centre de droit public de l'Université d'Ottawa, de l'Institut canadien pour l'administration de la justice et de La Société des plaideurs. Nouvelle titulaire de la Chaire Gordon Henderson sur les droits de la personne Nous sommes heureux d’annoncer la nomination de la professeure Penelope Simons à la chaire Gordon Henderson sur les droits de la personne du CREDP. Professeure agrégée et vice-doyenne à la recherche à la Faculté de droit, Section Common Law, Penelope Simons est une professeure estimée et appréciée de ses collègues et est membre de longue date du Centre de recherche et d’enseignement sur les droits de la personne (CREDP). Penelope Simons collabore depuis longtemps avec le Centre. Elle a fait partie de son comité de gestion pendant de nombreuses années et a été directrice par intérim pendant cinq mois en 2013-2014. Penelope est également actuellement conseillère académique pour le projet Entreprises et droits de la personne dans les Amériques de la Clinique sur les droits de la personne du CREDP. Nous, au Centre, sommes impatients de travailler avec Penelope et de soutenir son programme de recherche! Lisez l’article complet de l’annonce de la nomination de Penelope Simons.<https://cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca/fr/professeure-penelope-simons-est-nommee-titula…> Bienvenue à Ann Marie Clark, chaire Fulbright Canada Le CREDP a le plaisir d'accueillir la professeure Ann Marie Clark qui occupera la chaire de recherche Fulbright Canada sur les droits de la personne et la justice sociale cet automne 2021. Ann Marie Clark est professeure de sciences politiques à l'Université Purdue de West Lafayette, dans l'Indiana, aux États-Unis. Son projet Fulbright, Human Rights Defenders: Bringing Local Social Justice under the Global Human Rights Umbrella (Défenseurs des droits de la personne : Mettre la justice sociale locale sous le parapluie mondial des droits humains) se concentrera sur la protection mondiale et locale des défenseurs des droits de la personne, y compris les défenseurs des droits environnementaux et des droits des autochtones. Lisez l’article complet de l’annonce de notre Chaire Fulbright Canada.<https://cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca/fr/bienvenue-ann-marie-clark-chaire-fulbright-ca…> IMAGES de la JUSTICE: Le droit au logement | APPEL aux DESSINATEURS Le CREDP est heureux de participer, en partenariat avec CONTEKST, The SHIFT, la Faculté de droit, Section de Common Law, l'École de droit Lincoln Alexander (Ryerson) et la Fondation du droit de l'Ontario à la troisième édition d’IMAGES de la JUSTICE<https://cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca/fr/images-justice-2021-droit-au-logement-appel-a…>, dont le thème porte sur Le droit au logement! Cette édition exposera des dessins satiriques et critiques qui exploreront les diverses facettes et les défis du droit humain à un logement adéquat. Les images de cette série mettront en lumière les défis, les incohérences et les failles du cadre actuel du droit humain au logement et de sa pleine réalisation. Nous invitons les dessinateurs et les illustrateurs à soumettre leur œuvre avant le 1er NOVEMBRE 2021 à info(a)contekst.education<mailto:info@contekst.education>. Nouvelles Membres du CREDP, nous désirons partager vos nouvelles! N’hésitez pas à les faire parvenir à Caroline Faucher (caroline.faucher(a)uOttawa.ca<mailto:caroline.faucher@uottawa.ca>). * John Packer participe à une conférence internationale sur la crise du Xinjiang<https://cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca/fr/john-packer-participe-conference-internationa…> * Viviana Fernandez élue au comité exécutif de l'Association of Human Rights Institutes<https://cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca/fr/viviana-fernandez-elue-au-comite-executif-las…> * Félicitations au professeur John Packer, Directeur du CREDP, pour son Prix de l'engagement envers le public : Éducation et sensibilisation du public remis par la Faculté de droit, Section de Common Law!<https://commonlaw.uottawa.ca/fr/nouvelles/prix-internes-section-common-law-…> * Félicitations à nos membres qui ont soutenu avec succès leur thèse de doctorat<https://cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca/fr/felicitations-nos-membres-qui-ont-soutenu-suc…> * Nouveaux postes de professeurs pour d'anciens boursiers postdoctoraux Gordon F. Henderson du CREDP<https://cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca/fr/nouveaux-postes-professeurs-danciens-boursier…> * Notre membre Pierre-Gilles Bélanger impliqué dans le programme d’envergure internationale à l’intention des juristes pour rendre le droit plus inclusif lancé par uOttawa<https://recherche.uottawa.ca/nouvelles/luniversite-dottawa-lance-programme-…> * Article | Kirsten Fisher, membre du CREDP, et sa collègue Kathy Walker dans La Conversation : La justice transitionnelle pour les peuples autochtones devrait être un enjeu clé des élections fédérales (en anglais)<https://theconversation.com/transitional-justice-for-indigenous-peoples-sho…> * Blog | Notre membre Nelson Arturo Ovalle Diaz dans le Blog du CÉPI : La justice transitionnelle en Colombie, cinq ans après la signature de l'accord de paix (en anglais)<https://www.cips-cepi.ca/2021/07/22/transitional-justice-in-colombia-five-y…> * Jamie Liew nommée directrice de l’Institut d’études féministes et de genre<https://cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca/fr/jamie-liew-nommee-directrice-linstitut-detude…> Soutenez le CREDP Nous vous invitons à visiter la page Soutenez le CREDP<https://cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca/fr/give> qui permet aux donateurs et aux partenaires de contribuer aux importantes initiatives du Centre, telles que : * Le Programme Scholars at Risk uOttawa qui fait la promotion des droits de la personne et de la liberté universitaire en accueillant des chercheurs en danger sur notre campus et en rendant possible notre participation au Academic Monitoring Project<https://www.scholarsatrisk.org/actions/academic-freedom-monitoring-project/> du Réseau SAR à travers notre Clinique sur les droits de la personne<https://cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca/fr/courses/human_rights>; * La Bourse d'études supérieures Jacques-Gaudreau en droit international de la personne; et, * Le fonds du Centre de recherche et d’enseignement sur les droits de la personne. Suivez-nous sur les médias sociaux! TWITTER @uOttawaHRREC<https://twitter.com/uottawahrrec?lang=en> | FACEBOOK @uOttawaHRREC<https://www.facebook.com/uOttawaHRREC/> | LINKEDIN HRREC - Human Rights Research and Education Centre<https://ca.linkedin.com/company/human-rights-research-and-education-centre> | YOUTUBE HRREC uOttawa<https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCfldcVEEMX09Yg4x5HsaTA> ________________________________ #CREDP40HRREC HRREC hits 40! For months, we have been preparing the program of activities that will mark the 40th anniversary of our Human Rights Research and Education Centre. We look forward to sharing with you the events and initiatives that will take place starting in September. Events SEPTEMBER 22 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. | Online | Open to all. | Registration required to receive the link to the webinar. * The Impacts of the Pandemic on the Administration of Justice<https://cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca/en/september-22-2021-impacts-pandemic-administra…> – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers, Diego García-Sayán, will present his latest report focusing on the impacts of the pandemic on the administration of justice. He will be joined by Ursula Indacochea (Program Director, Due Process of Law Foundation) and Jordi Feo Valero (HRREC Fellow & Coordinator, Project Independence of Judges and Lawyers, Human Rights Clinic, HRREC, uOttawa). The panel will be moderated by Salvador Herencia (Director, Human Rights Clinic, HRREC, uOttawa). Event organized by the Human Rights Research and Education Centre (HRREC)’s Human Rights Clinic at the University of Ottawa. MAY 12 & 13, 2022 CONFERENCE | Costs for participants are detailed on the website. | Registration is open. * The Honourable Rosalie Silberman Abella – A Life of Firsts<https://ciaj-icaj.ca/en/upcoming-programs/justice-rosalie-abella-conference…> – Conference to celebrate the retirement of the Honourable Justice Rosalie Silberman Abella from the Supreme Court of Canada. Program to come. The Human Rights Research and Education Centre (HRREC) is a proud partner with the uOttawa Public Law Centre, the Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice and The Advocates' Society. New Holder of the Gordon Henderson Chair in Human Rights We are delighted to announce the appointment of Professor Penelope Simons as the Gordon Henderson Chair in Human Rights at the HRREC. Associate Professor and Vice-Dean Research at the Faculty of Law, Common Law Section, Penelope Simons is an esteemed and valued professor among her colleagues and a long-term member of the Human Rights Research and Education Centre (HRREC). Penelope Simons has a long history of collaboration with the Centre. She has served on its Management Committee for many years and was Interim Director for five months in 2013-2014. Penelope is also currently the Academic Advisor to the Business and Human Rights in the Americas Project of the HRREC Human Rights Clinic. We, at the Centre, look very much forward to working with Penelope and support her research agenda! Read the full article about the announcement of Penelope Simons' appointment.<https://cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca/en/professor-penelope-simons-appointed-gordon-he…> Welcome to Ann Marie Clark, Fulbright Canada Chair The HRREC is pleased to welcome Professor Ann Marie Clark who will serve as Fulbright Canada Research Chair in Human Rights and Social Justice this Fall 2021. Ann Marie Clark is a political science professor at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, USA. Her Fulbright project, Human Rights Defenders: Bringing Local Social Justice under the Global Human Rights Umbrella, will focus on global and local protection of human rights defenders, including defenders of environmental rights and indigenous rights. Read the full article on the announcement of our Fulbright Canada Chair.<https://cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca/en/welcome-fulbright-canada-chair-ann-marie-clark> IMAGES of JUSTICE 2021: The Right to Housing | CALL for ARTISTS HRREC is pleased to participate, in partnership with CONTEKST and The SHIFT, the Faculty of Law, Common Law Section, the Ryerson Lincoln Alexander School of Law, and The Law Foundation of Ontario in the third edition of IMAGES of JUSTICE<https://cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca/en/images-justice-2021-right-housing-call-artists> under the theme The Right to Housing! This edition will exhibit satirical and comic visualization of various facets and challenges of the human right to adequate housing. The images of this series will shed light upon challenges, inconsistencies, and flaws within the current framework of the human right to housing and its full realization. We invite cartoonists and illustrators to submit their work by NOVEMBER 1st, 2021 to info(a)contekst.education<mailto:info@contekst.education>. News HRREC Members, we would love to share your news! Do not hesitate to send them to Caroline Faucher (caroline.faucher(a)uOttawa.ca<mailto:caroline.faucher@uottawa.ca>). * John Packer Attends an International Conference on the Xinjiang Crisis<https://cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca/en/john-packer-attends-international-conference-…> * Viviana Fernandez Elected to the Association of Human Rights Institutes Executive Committee<https://cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca/en/viviana-fernandez-elected-association-human-r…> * Congratulations to Professor John Packer, HRREC Director, for his Public Engagement Award: Public Education & Outreach from the Faculty of Law, Common Law Section!<https://commonlaw.uottawa.ca/en/news/common-law-section-internal-awards-202…> * Congratulations to Our Members Who Successfully Defended Their Doctoral Thesis<https://cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca/en/congratulations-our-members-who-successfully-…> * New Faculty Positions for Former HRREC Gordon F. Henderson Postdoctoral Fellows<https://cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca/en/new-faculty-positions-former-hrrec-gordon-f-h…> * Our member Pierre-Gilles Bélanger Involved in the International Program for Lawyers to Make Law More Inclusive Launched by uOttawa<https://research.uottawa.ca/news/uottawa-launches-globally-focused-program-…> * Article | HRREC Member Kirsten Fisher and her colleague Kathy Walker in The Conversation: Transitional Justice for Indigenous Peoples Should Be a Key Federal Election Issue<https://theconversation.com/transitional-justice-for-indigenous-peoples-sho…> * Blog | Our Member Nelson Arturo Ovalle Diaz the CIPS Blog: Transitional Justice in Colombia, Five Years After Signing the Peace Agreement<https://www.cips-cepi.ca/2021/07/22/transitional-justice-in-colombia-five-y…> * Jamie Liew Appointed Director of the Institute for Women's and Gender Studies<https://cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca/en/jamie-liew-appointed-director-institute-women…> Support HRREC We invite you to visit the Support HRREC<https://cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca/en/give> page which allows donors and partners to contribute to the Centre’s important initiatives such as: * The Scholars at Risk Ottawa Program which promotes human rights and academic freedom by welcoming scholars at risk in our campus and by making possible our participation in the Academic Monitoring Project<https://www.scholarsatrisk.org/actions/academic-freedom-monitoring-project/> of SAR Network through our Human Rights Clinic<https://cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca/en/courses/human_rights>; * The Jacques Gaudreau Graduate Scholarship in International Human Rights Law; and, * The Human Rights Research and Education Centre’s Fund. 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