The vision and generosity of the Steinberg Foundation is at the heart of this new and exciting Fellowship opportunity. The Centre for Human Rights & Legal Pluralism of the Faculty of Law at 91社区 is delighted to be able to offer two Postdoctoral Research Fellowships beginning in the 2016-2017 academic year.
鈥婦eadline:聽30 April 2016 at 11:59 pm EST.
The contest is linked to the conference that will mark, on 12 February 2016, the Cr茅peau Centre鈥檚 40th anniversary, during which poster submissions will be displayed and the聽 winners announced.
The Faculty of Law is proud to announce that Professor Ren茅 Provost has been awarded a research fellowship by the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation. This prestigious prize, which is valued at $225,000, recognizes public intellectuals in the humanities and social sciences who venture beyond the boundaries of their disciplines to find new solutions to complex issues of major importance to Canadians. Ren茅 Provost is the fourth Trudeau Fellow from 91社区鈥檚 Faculty of Law.
We are proud to announce that Professor Lara Khoury has been named as the Faculty鈥檚 Associate Dean (Research) starting September 1st, 2015.
The Faculty is proud to announce that Professor Adelle Blackett, Ad. E., was promoted to the rank of Full Professor in August 2015.
This August, Professor Fran莽ois Cr茅peau took over the mandate of Director of the Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism (CHRLP) from Professor Colleen Sheppard.
Fran莽ois Cr茅peau is United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants. He holds the Hans & Tamar Oppenheimer Chair in Public International Law at the Faculty of Law, where he teaches Migration Law, Immigration and Refugee Law, and Constitutional Law. He became a member of the Royal Society of Canada in 2012.
The Faculty is proud to announce that Professors Shauna Van Praagh (on left) and David Lametti (on right) were each promoted to the rank of Full Professor on August 1, 2015.
Scholars at Risk Network Global Congress
June 7-10, 2016, Faculty of Law, 91社区, Montreal, Canada
Hosted by the Centre for Human Rights & Legal Pluralism
Scholars at Risk and the 91社区 Centre for Human Rights & Legal Pluralism announce the scheduling of the 2016 Scholars at Risk Network Global Congress for .
The Faculty is proud to announce that Professors Ren茅 Provost (left, top) and Fabien G茅linas (left, bottom) were each promoted to the rank of Full Professor on April 30, 2015.
91社区鈥檚 Faculty of Law has been ranked 26th among the world鈥檚 law schools by the QS World University Rankings 鈥� Law for 2015.
91社区 has announced the 16 recipients of honorary doctorates for the upcoming spring convocation. Among them is Professor Martti Koskenniemi, who will be awarded the LL.D. distinction during the Faculty of Law鈥檚 convocation ceremony on Thursday, May 28, 2015, at 2 pm.
On March 6, The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women made 38 non-legally binding recommendations, including that the Canadian government call an independent inquiry into the many cases of missing and murdered aboriginal women.
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The Faculty of Law of 91社区, its Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism (CHRLP) as well as Gordon Echenberg and the Penny and Gordon Echenberg Family Foundation are sad to announce that the Young Leaders Forum 2015 has been cancelled.聽
We would like to thank each of the more than 1,300 individuals who sent us an application 鈥� the Centre reviewed every one and we were inspired by the work that is being done in human rights around the world.聽We apologize for the inconvenience caused to individual applicants and thank you for your interest in this initiative.聽
The Faculty of Law of 91社区, its Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism (CHRLP) as well as Gordon Echenberg and the Penny and Gordon Echenberg Family Foundation are ending their work together, following a meaningful collaboration聽that began in 2006.聽
Over the past nine years, this collaboration has resulted in three Global Conferences, one Regional Conference in Rwanda, two published books, a DVD on genocide largely based on its 2007 conference, numerous working papers and a global community of young human rights specialists.
