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• #Cameroon: #HumanRights Crisis in the Anglophone Regions

  By Pearl Eliadis on June 13, 2019

  

  On June 3, 2019, the Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (Cameroon) and the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights (Canada) launched a groundbreaking report on Cameroon’s crisis in the Anglophone regions, now widely recognized as one of the most… Read More ›

• Opinion: Unjust Bill 21 dispenses with an array of rights. SPECIAL TO MONTREAL GAZETTE Updated: April 15, 2019

  By Pearl Eliadis on April 15, 2019

  

  Use of notwithstanding clause is remarkably broad, covering several Charter rights, but can’t be used to override international obligations Bill 21 proposes to reinforce state secularism, which is a good thing, but it will do so by diminishing religious freedoms… Read More ›

• Reform of Quebec’s human rights commission is long overdue

  By Pearl Eliadis on December 6, 2018

  Montreal Gazette, December 5, 2018 After being dogged by accusations of poor management and abuse of power, Tamara Thermitus resigned last week as head of the Quebec human rights commission. “We have to look forward now. There are pressing if… Read More ›

• Why @francoislegault and @CoalitionAvenirQc are wrong to rely on “majority wants” to strip minority rights – via Montreal Gazette https://bit.ly/2Ec2ngn

  By Pearl Eliadis on October 11, 2018

  

  Populism is on everyone’s lips these days. In his new book, Stephen Harper warns that unless we address the underlying grievances that lead to populism, we risk Trumpian consequences or worse. In Ontario, Doug Ford railed against a court decision… Read More ›

• JOINT STATEMENT ON CANADA’S SUPPORT FOR WOMEN HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS IN SAUDI ARABIA

  By Pearl Eliadis on August 10, 2018

  JOINT STATEMENT ON CANADA’S SUPPORT FOR WOMEN HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS IN SAUDI ARABIA Ottawa—August 9, 2018 The undersigned organizations express our support to Canada for its recent position on the detention of women human rights defenders in Saudi Arabia. We… Read More ›

• Enabling Human Rights Commissions as Norms-Brokers

  By Pearl Eliadis on July 19, 2018

  

  Human rights commissions require an enabling environment, a concept that focuses on those external factors that permit institutions to thrive and to do their work freely and without undue pressure or interference. We need to reframe the role of human rights commissions as not only administrative bodies charged with preventing discrimination, but also as norms-brokers that can and must engage with a variety of different norms and systems in order to do their work properly.

• Independent International Experts (OAS) determines that major crimes against humanity have been committed in Venezuela

  By Pearl Eliadis on June 1, 2018

  

  Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights Founder and Chair, Irwin Cotler, along with Judge Santiago Canton (pictured above) from Argentina, and Judge Manuel Ventura from Costa Rica made up the International Panel of Experts set up by the OAS last… Read More ›

• Case Comment: Reparations for Death and Destruction in the Congo

  By Pearl Eliadis on February 5, 2018

  

      Summary: This case comment focuses on the types of reparations and their calculations that have been accepted by the International Criminal Court (ICC). The Trial Chamber II (“the Chamber”) of the ICC ordered both individual and collective reparations to the… Read More ›

• A guide to Bill 62

  By Pearl Eliadis on October 25, 2017

  Bill 62, which is now law,  has three central functions: it affirms the religious neutrality of the state, prohibits people from covering their faces when giving or receiving public services, and creates a legal framework for accommodating religious minorities. Its… Read More ›

• New Article in PKI Global Justice Blog: Forum non Conveniens and Liability for Alleged Human Rights Violations in Eritrea

  By Pearl Eliadis on September 20, 2017

  

  The following is an excerpt of the article published on July 31, 2017 in the PKI Global Justice Journal Nevsun Resources Ltd. In October 2016, the Supreme Court of British Columbia decided to exercise its jurisdiction to hear claims resulting… Read More ›

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