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IHRP director Samer Muscati writes "Extraordinary women invite us to imagine...
Thursday, May 17, 2018In a commentary in the Toronto Star, Samer Muscati, director of the International Human Rights Program, writes about some of the extraordinary women he has encountered in his...
View ArticleJD students Anne-Rachelle Boulanger and Tanzeel Hakak write about the Abdoul...
Tuesday, May 29, 2018In a commentary in the Toronto Star, JD students Anne-Rachelle Boulanger and Tanzeel Hakak, who are both clinic students at the International Human Rights Program, examine the case...
View ArticleIHRP calls on Canada to Accept Recommendations from UN Review on Immigration...
Friday, July 6, 2018Human Rights Groups Urge Canada to Legislate Against Indefinite Immigration Detention, End Child DetentionOttawa should accept recommendations made by four Member States during a...
View ArticleCitizenship for Sale?
Ayelet Shachar. "Citizenship for Sale?" in Ayelet Shachar, Rainer Baubock, Irene Bloemraad, and Maarten Vink, eds The Oxford Handbook of Citizenship (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017).Abstract:...
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IHRP supports Ontario tribunal case on discrimination against refugee drivers
Friday, August 24, 2018The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario will hear a case today that argues the province is discriminating against refugees by not allowing experienced drivers from war-torn...
View ArticleProf. Anna Su and the IHRP's Petra Molnar write "The brutal personal costs of...
Wednesday, August 29, 2018Prof. Anna Su and Petra Molnar, Research Associate at the International Human Rights Program, have published an article in The Conversation detailing their findings from a...
View ArticleYour Right to Know: an Access to Information Workshop for Legal Research and...
Wednesday, September 26, 2018 - 12:30pm to 2:00pmAdd to CalendariCalendarOutlookGoogleYahooLocation: Jackman Law Building J140Your Right to Know: an Access to Information Workshop for Legal Research...
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Goodman Lecture: Dr. Menaka Guruswamy, “Irrational, indefensible, and...
Tuesday, October 23, 2018 - 4:10pmAdd to CalendariCalendarOutlookGoogleYahooLocation: Rosalie Silberman Abella Moot Court Room (J250), Jackman Law Building, 78 Queen's Park2018-19 Annual David B....
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IHRP report says Canada's adoption of AI in immigration raises serious rights...
Wednesday, September 26, 2018Algorithms and artificial intelligence are augmenting and replacing human decision-making in Canada’s immigration and refugee system, with alarming implications for the...
View ArticleThe IHRP's Petra Molnar co-authors "Ottawa’s use of AI in immigration system...
Thursday, September 27, 2018In a commentary in the Globe and Mail, International Human Rights Program researcher Petra Molnar (JD 2016) and Ronald Deibert, Director of the Citizen Lab at the University...
View ArticleIHRP director Samer Muscati and alumna Hanna Gros ('16) write "More...
Friday, September 21, 2018In a commentary in the Toronto Star, International Human Rights Program director Samer Muscati and alumna Hanna Gros ('16) call on the Government of Canada to establish a...
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U of T Careers: alumnus and IHRP director Samer Muscati's experiences in the...
Thursday, October 18, 2018University of Toronto Faculty of Law alumnus Samer Muscati ('02) always knew he wanted to work in human rights advocacy. That conviction has taken him around the world as a...
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Menaka Guruswamy, lead lawyer who represented LGBTQ Indians in fight to...
Tuesday, October 30, 2018By Peter BoisseauWhen India’s Supreme Court recently changed its position and struck down a nearly 155-year-old colonial era law criminalizing gay sex, it had as much to do...
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International Human Rights Program summer fellows describe their experiences
Friday, November 2, 2018Author: Adil Munim (2L)Found in Translation: A Summer at UNHCR Bangkok Kristen Kephalas (2L JD/MGA)Reclining Buddha in Wat Pho. Credit: Kristen Kephalas. I did my IHRP...
View ArticleAsper Centre Constitutional Roundtable with Professor Y.Y. Chen
Thursday, February 28, 2019 - 12:30pmAdd to CalendariCalendarOutlookGoogleYahooOn Thursday February 28, 2019, Professor Y.Y. Chen will present an Asper Centre Constitutional Roundtable (Topic...
View ArticleVisiting Prof. Carolyn Strange: "Gay Village killings show there's still...
The Faculty of Law was pleased to host Prof. Carolyn Strange, of the Australian National University School of History, as a visiting professor from July to November 2018. Before she returned to...
View ArticleProf. Kent Roach writes "Is police independence at risk in Ontario?" in Globe...
Monday, December 10, 2018In a commentary in the Globe and Mail, Prof. Kent Roach writes about the importance of police independence in the context of the Ipperwash inquiry and of Ontario's new...
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Prof. Ayelet Shachar receives a 2019 Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize, the top...
Wednesday, January 9, 2019Prof. Ayelet Shachar has been awarded a 2019 Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize, one of 10, for her groundbreaking work on citizenship and the legal frameworks of multicultural...
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Human Rights Panel: Technological Experiments in the Digital Age
Friday, January 18, 2019(L) Farida Deif (moderator), Canada director at Human Rights Watch; Petra Molnar, technology and human rights researcher at the IHRP; Irene Poetranto, senior researcher at the...
View ArticleAsper Centre Immigration Detention Symposium
Friday, March 15, 2019 - 8:30am to 3:00pmLocation: J140 Jackman Law BuildingOn Friday March 15th 2019 the Asper Centre will convene a one-day Immigration Detention Symposium focused on advancing...
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