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Winner of the 2019 International Policy Ideas Challenge organized by GAC and SSHRC.

La réparation ou la victimisation des victimes en droit pénal international ? Cas de la jurisprudence restrictive de la Cour pénale internationale

Read HRREC Member Aboubacar Dakuyo’s Article on Transitional Justice in Burkina Faso, Published in Politique et Société

Graduate students in law earn prestigious research funding in 2019!

HRREC Student Member Gloria Song Helped the Law Society of Nunavut in Obtaining a Grant

On September 6 and 7, 2019, Murray Snider LL.M. student and member of the Human Rights Research and Education Centre (HRREC) attended the Association of Human Rights Institutes’ (AHRI) annual conference at the University of Potsdam, Germany. 

Commander Catherine Julie Deschênes (LL.M.), an officer of the Canadian Forces and graduate of the Faculty of Law, has been appointed as a military judge by the Governor General of Canada. She was sworn in at a ceremony on October 11, 2019 in the courtroom of the Asticou Centre. Assistant Dean of Graduate Studies in Law, Sochetra Nget, attended the event.

Le corps professoral de la Section de droit civil s’enrichit de deux nouveaux docteurs en droit. En effet, les professeurs Thomas Burelli et Sarah Berger Richardson ont tous deux surmonté récemment la fameuse épreuve de la soutenance de thèse, passage obligé pour tout doctorant qui a terminé sa rédaction.

2019 was a very successful year for many of our graduate students. A total of 11 students were awarded external scholarships, for a cumulative total of over $400,000 of research funding. According to our scholars, obtaining a scholarship means a variety of things, from recognition, safety and joy, to production, validation and freedom. While certainly not the only indicator of success, these scholarships offer significant motivation for students undertaking research projects.