By Emilie de Haas. While modern slavery already constitutes a human trafficking offense under criminal and immigration laws in Canada, Canada is falling behind other countries when it comes to...
By Noam Schimmel. While many NGOs have been keen to embrace the principle that international human rights law should apply to corporations, they have largely not insisted upon the same for themselves.
By Pierre-Alexandre Cardinal. How are the international human rights regime and international law to recover from populism, ethno-nationalism and sovereigntism, and tackle current human rights...
By Noam Schimmel. International criminal tribunals that respond to appeals of sentences made by these tribunals—and requests for early release from convicts—often radically undervalue the lives of...
By Rodziana Razali. Explicit racism and Islamophobia incentivizing both mainstream and fringe alt-groups can no longer be ignored and downplayed when their perpetuated threats and violent extremism...
By Sharanjeet Parmar. To achieve durable peace in Mali, citizens and their government must ensure that transitional justice and peacebuilding efforts are as inclusive as possible, putting the...
By Rouba Al-Salem. Only time will tell how successful the international community will be at developing indicators to measure the implementation of the Compact and how successful these will be in...
By Marianne Bevan. There is a striking similarity in the experiences of women in prisons around the world. Their pathways into prison are generally characterised by high rates of trauma and abuse,...
By Rapti Ratnayake. The foundations of the international human rights system are being threatened, and more efforts need to be made in making its case to ordinary citizens. This requires a...
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