McGill Centre for Human Rights & Legal Pluralism February 2022 Newsletter [https://gallery.mailchimp.com/876a0fb07443c2ba7a644f4f3/images/2bdd8823-3241...] Upcoming events:

* Feb 3: Wrongful Convictions with David Milgaard and Mugambi Jouet * Feb 4: Theory and Praxis of Reparations: Perspectives from Canada and Colombia with Éloïse Ouellet-Décoste, Marjolaine Olwell, Yuri Romaña-Rivas, Laura Baron-Mendoza * Feb 16: Human Trafficking seminar with Olivia Smith * Feb 17: Indigenous Peoples & Global Challenges with Anne Nuorgam in conversation with Luisa Castaneda-Quintana

Upcoming Events [Top: portrait of white man with glasses and grey suit, white shirt, and black tie; Bottom: Black man with black suit and blue shirt] Wrongful Convictions: An Ongoing Conversation with David Milgaard Co-sponsored by the CHRLP and the Faculty of Law

with David Milgaard Moderated by Mugambi Jouet

Thursday, February 3, 2:30 PM-4:00 PM (ET) Zoom: click herehttps://mcgill.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=876a0fb07443c2ba7a644f4f3&id=35ed6078f0&e=6557a70f2c to access the event. For more information on the event, see herehttps://mcgill.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=876a0fb07443c2ba7a644f4f3&id=10f2b11bc6&e=6557a70f2c.

About the speaker David Milgaard spent over 22 years in prison for murder. He was innocent. His case would become a cause célèbre for miscarriages of justice. Since his exoneration, he has become an advocate for criminal justice reform and social justice in Canada.

Zoom Feb 3: https://mcgill.zoom.us/j/88106742159https://mcgill.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=876a0fb07443c2ba7a644f4f3&id=042981fb53&e=6557a70f2c. [Two clenched raised fists one white one brown painted on a wall] Theory and Praxis of Reparations: Perspectives from Canada and Colombia A CHRLP talk

with Éloïse Ouellet-Décoste, Marjolaine Olwell, Yuri Romaña-Rivas, Laura Baron-Mendoza Moderated by Frédéric Mégret

Friday, February 4, 2:30-4:00 PM (ET) Zoom: click herehttps://mcgill.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=876a0fb07443c2ba7a644f4f3&id=4399e96ecd&e=6557a70f2c to access the event. For more information on the event, see herehttps://mcgill.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=876a0fb07443c2ba7a644f4f3&id=6679366022&e=6557a70f2c.

In recent decades, claims for reparations of historic injustices have amplified, whether in the context of colonial wrongdoing against Indigenous Peoples, reparation for enslavement or compensation for victims of discriminatory laws targeting specific minority groups. Meanwhile, the emergence of transitional justice has sparked the normative development of the right to reparations. Drawing from the cases of Canada and Colombia, this panel will seek to address some of the core legal questions related to the State’s obligation to provide reparations for massive and/or State-sanctioned violations of human rights and breaches of International Humanitarian Law.

About the speakers Éloïse Décoste is a Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation scholar and a LL.D. candidate at the Département des sciences juridiques of the Université du Québec à Montréal. Her doctoral research investigates the State’s obligation to provide reparation for colonial genocide in the context of ongoing settler colonialism. Read more about Éloïse herehttps://mcgill.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=876a0fb07443c2ba7a644f4f3&id=e4772a2bd5&e=6557a70f2c.

Marjolaine Olwell currently acts as a legal advisor to the Canadian Specific Claims Tribunal. She is an S.J.D. candidate at the James E. Rogers College of Law, University of Arizona, in the Indigenous People’s Law and Policy Program, where she was an Assistant Professor of Practice. Read more about Marjolaine herehttps://mcgill.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=876a0fb07443c2ba7a644f4f3&id=d5abd33c48&e=6557a70f2c.

Yuri Romaña-Rivas is an Afro-Colombian lawyer specialized in International Human Rights Law and Transitional Justice. He is currently a D.C.L. candidate at McGill’s Faculty of Law and an O’Brien Fellow at the Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism. His research focuses on the need to strengthen Colombia’s transitional justice reparation structures to effectively compensate and restore the rights of Afro-Colombian communities who are victims of the armed conflict. Read more about Yuri herehttps://mcgill.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=876a0fb07443c2ba7a644f4f3&id=a284f87e68&e=6557a70f2c.

Laura Baron-Mendoza is a Colombian lawyer specialized in conflict resolution and currently works as a human rights advocacy officer for MADRE. She is also pursuing a D.C.L. at the McGill Faculty of Law, where she is an O’Brien Fellow at the Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism. Her research focuses on the socio-legal challenges posed by the interactions between non-state armed actors and state law. Read more about Laura herehttps://mcgill.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=876a0fb07443c2ba7a644f4f3&id=70eea0c7f4&e=6557a70f2c.

Zoom Feb 4: https://mcgill.zoom.us/j/86702678044https://mcgill.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=876a0fb07443c2ba7a644f4f3&id=5e04621967&e=6557a70f2c. [Portrait of Black woman with shoulder length black hair and silver necklace] Nobody’s Property - The Crime of Human Trafficking, the Who, Why and Where

with Olivia Smith Moderated by François Crépeau

Wednesday, February 16, 1:00-2:30 PM (ET) On Zoom: https://mcgill.zoom.us/j/84550952791https://mcgill.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=876a0fb07443c2ba7a644f4f3&id=0243523b7f&e=6557a70f2c.

Through human trafficking, a person’s rights are violated in many ways. Human trafficking is not only a growing crime that crosses national and international borders it also surfaces on our streets. This talk will raise awareness and, clear up some common misconceptions surrounding human trafficking while providing participants with the basic tools to fight human trafficking in Canada.

About the speaker Olivia Smith is an O’Brien Fellow in Residence at the Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism researching in the areas of human trafficking and migration. She is a Consultant on labour migration and human trafficking and the Executive Director for the Caribbean Anti Human Trafficking Foundation. She has worked with several regional and international institutions including the American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative (ABA ROLI) as Project Lead on Trafficking in Persons (Barbados) and with The British Institute of International and Comparative Law Institute (BIICL) as National Consultant on Human Trafficking in Guyana. Read more about Olivia herehttps://mcgill.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=876a0fb07443c2ba7a644f4f3&id=36fe263a5e&e=6557a70f2c.

Zoom Feb 16: https://mcgill.zoom.us/j/84550952791https://mcgill.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=876a0fb07443c2ba7a644f4f3&id=61ccc2ece2&e=6557a70f2c. [Gathering of Indigenous peoples dressed in white] Indigenous Peoples & Global Challenges Dialogues on Indigenous Peoples’ Territories: Stories of Resilience Co-sponsored by the CHRLP and ILADA

with Anne Nuorgam in conversation with Luisa Castaneda-Quintana Opening remarks by Frédéric Mégret and Simon Filiatrault

Thursday, February 17, 10:00-11:30 AM (ET) On Zoom, registration required: https://mcgill.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIscuiuqzkqHNL4G35Wj2bLGdJnDnvLbfnuhttps://mcgill.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=876a0fb07443c2ba7a644f4f3&id=58e053006b&e=6557a70f2c. For more information on the event, see herehttps://mcgill.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=876a0fb07443c2ba7a644f4f3&id=c3e428527f&e=6557a70f2c.

About the speakers Anne Nuorgam is a long-term Sámi politician and a lawyer who holds a Master of Law degree and is currently a Ph.D. student at the University of Lapland. She has been a member of the Sámi Parliament of Finland since 2000. Ms. Nuorgam is the Chair of Veahčanjárga Fishery. She has been working on reconciliation issues and now works as the Head of the Sámi Council’s Human Rights Unit. Ms. Nuorgam is the Chair of the UNPFII, elected in 2019 during the 18th session, and is currently conducting her second mandate.

Luisa Castaneda-Quintana is a DCL candidate at McGill University's Faculty of Law. She is conducting her research under the supervision of Prof. Victor Muñiz-Fraticelli, focusing on legal pluralism, extractive industries, resistance, and Indigenous Peoples' identity. Specifically, she analyzes how the Wiwa people's interactions with different normative orders in the context of extractivism have transformed their identity and forged various forms of resistance. Read more about Luisa herehttps://mcgill.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=876a0fb07443c2ba7a644f4f3&id=521b6c2162&e=6557a70f2c. Call for Submissions [Generic image of computer screen with written text on it] Do you have an upcoming or a recent article you would like to publicize? Or something to say that needs to be said?

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