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Welcome to Fulbright Canada Research Chair Cher Weixia Chen!
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Call for papers for the Canadian Yearbook of Human Rights - Extended deadline
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CAFA is seeking a Regional Director and/or a host institution
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Postdoctoral Fellow Olha Chernovol explores anti-corruption in Ukraine amidst Russia’s invasion
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Call for papers for the Coalition for Academic Freedom in the Americas (CAFA)
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Ghuna Bdiwi at the 3rd Annual Conference for Syrian Researchers in Social Sciences
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Visiting researcher Shabnam Salehi speaks out about the situation in Afghanistan
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Erin Dobbelsteyn is the recipient of the Jacques Gaudreau Graduate Scholarship 2023
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Professor Jane Bailey joins Canadian UN delegation on women and girls’ inclusion in innovation
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The Canadian Yearbook of Human Rights is now available online
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Changing Orders Project: CIPS report on Canada and the African Union
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Opinion | Pierre Gilles Bélanger in La Presse+: Chile and the balance of power (in French)
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Beyond the Class: Reflection on Mediating Self-Determination Conflicts
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HRREC members worked on an international project on Colombia

HRREC News
HRREC News | 2023
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Common Law Student Gains Invaluable First-Hand Experience in Peace Negotiations
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New interdisciplinary Laboratory for Engaged Research created by Professor Larisa Kurtović
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Blog | Our member Scott Simon in the CIPS Blog: What’s Behind Taiwan’s “Blue Wave”?
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HRREC members contribute to international conference on children in armed conflict
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HRREC is a partner of the CPIJ, recipient of the SSHRC 2022 Partnership Award
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First conference of the Coalition for Academic Freedom in the Americas (CAFA)
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Artificial intelligence in schools: Open dialogue between youth and policymakers
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Dean Sylvestre receives the distinction of Emeritus Lawyer (in French)
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Viviana Fernandez at the 2022 conference of AHRI in South Africa
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Opinion | Mona Paré in the CBA/ABC National: Courts are not substitutes for human rights tribunals
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From Kyiv to Ottawa: Olha Chernovol finds a new academic home at Fauteux Hall
- HRREC welcomes Ashley Barnes
- Opinion | Professor John Packer and colleagues in The Hill Times: Five years since 2017 exodus, concrete action is needed on Rohingya refugees
- Opinion | HRREC Member Ravi Malhotra and his colleague Jacqueline Moizer in the Ottawa Citizen: Let's build an accessible post-pandemic Canada
- Comment | Our academic member Meredith Terretta on Canada's visa denials to African researchers in the Globe and Mail
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Blog | Our member Scott Simon in the CIPS Blog: The Legacy of Abe Shinzō
- CAFA's Call for Paper for the 1st Regional Conference on Academic Freedom in the Americas
- Jabeur Fathally appointed Director of HRREC for one year
- 2019 Embassy of Canada in Venezuela Human Rights Award Winner Visited HRREC
- HRREC and CONTEKST Bring Arts & Human Rights to the Senate
- HRREC Hosts Session with the Netherlands Ambassador for Human Rights
- New Website for the Coalition for Academic Freedom in the Americas
- The University of Ottawa Welcomes Two Scholars at Risk
- Professor João Velloso Creates New Forum to Study Legal Responses to Social Problems
- Viviana Fernandez Commented on the Impact of the War in Ukraine in Canadian Academia in an Article by University Affairs
- Blog | Graduate Student Sukhchain Singh and Professor John Packer in the CIPS Blogs : What Was Behind the Indian Farmer's Protests?
- Call for Cartoonists | Everyone's Rights & Freedom — A Political Cartoon Bulletin by Contekst and the HRREC (Deadline: August 31)
- Interview | Neuberger-Jesin Professor John Packer on CBC News, on Investigating Human Rights Abuses and Alleged War Crimes in Russia's War on Ukraine
- Interview | John Packer on the CBC Ottawa Morning with Robyn Bresnahan on Russia's War Crimes in Ukraine: Proving War Crimes in Court Is Not So Simple
- Blog | John Packer and HRREC Members Nadia Abu-Zhara and Philip Leech-Ngo in the CIPS Blogs : Expedience over Justice — Implications of the Fate of the Khashoggi Trial for Activists-in-Exile
- Salvador Herencia Comments on the Peruvian Constitutional Court’s Judgement of the Fujimori Case
- Ghuna Bdiwi cited by the Middle East News
- Interview | Neuberger-Jesin Professor John Packer, on CBC News with Natasha Fatah, Explains the Rules of Engagement in Russia's War on Ukraine
- Statement of the CAHRI on the Russian Aggression against Ukraine | 01.03.2022
- HRREC Endorses AHRI’ Statement on the Russian Invasion of Ukraine
- Welcome to Visiting Researcher Ümmühan Elçin Ertuğrul
- New Graduate at HRREC! (in French)
- Viviana Fernandez Interviewed by the Canadian Association of University Teacher (CAUT) on the Situation of Scholars at Risk in Canada
- Human Rights Clinic: Internship with Real World Impact!
- Interview | Radio-Canada's Isabelle Richer Interviews Professor Mona Paré About Children in a Quarter of the Trucks in Ottawa (in French)
- On the Ongoing Rohingya Genocide Case at the International Court of Justice
- IMAGES of JUSTICE: Right to Housing | Discover the Winners and Visit the Virtual Gallery!
- Opinion | HRREC Members Catalina Arango and Professor Isaac Nahon-Serfaty in University Affairs - Lessons from Iran: When Academic Freedom is Undermined, Fear Reigns .
- SAR in the Americas: SAR uOttawa Monitoring Report 2020-2021 to Analyze Regional Trends
- Book | Edited by Professor Mona Paré and her colleagues Mariëlle Bruning, Thierry Moreau, Caroline Siffrein-Blanc - Children's Access to Justice (in French)
- Welcome Ghuna Bdiwi, Alex Trebek Postdoctoral Fellow!
- Grants | Congratulations to Our Members Who Received Grants from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council: André Laliberté & Scott Simon (Connection); Karine Vanthuyne (Insight Development)
- John Packer’s Address at the French National Assembly Leads to the Adoption of a Resolution to Recognize the Uyghur Genocide
- Welcome to Fulbright Canada Chair Julia Hernandez!
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David Hughes Accepted an Assistant Professor Position at the Canadian Forces College
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Malorie Kanaan Is the Recipient of the Jacques Gaudreau Graduate Scholarship
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Neuberger-Jesin Professor John Packer and Ph.D. Student Fu-Wei Chang Awarded a Research Grant
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Advocating at the United Nations in New York for the Inclusion of Minorities
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HRREC Director Addresses 14th Session of United Nations Forum on Minority Issues
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Professor Scott Simon Contributes to New Book Shines Light on the Lives of Taiwan’s Aborigines
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Rideau Institute and HRREC Launch a New Report on Economic Sanctions
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Professor Penelope Simons and Doctoral Student Melisa Handl Win CCIL Scholarly Paper Award
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Conference | HRREC Senior Fellow Oonagh Fitzgerald’s Panel for the 50th CCIL Annual Conference
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HRREC Signs MOU with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
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Scholarship | Special Merit Scholarship for Our Student Member Amira Maameri
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Read the Human Rights Clinic's Report 2014-2021 (PDF in English)
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John Packer Attends an International Conference on the Xinjiang Crisis
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Professor Penelope Simons Appointed Gordon Henderson Chair in Human Rights
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Viviana Fernandez Elected to the Association of Human Rights Institutes Executive Committee
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Congratulations to Our Members Who Successfully Defended Their Doctoral Thesis!
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New Faculty Positions for Former HRREC Gordon F. Henderson Postdoctoral Fellows!
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Award | HRREC Member Dean Marie-Ève Sylvestre and Colleagues Win CLSA Prize for the Book "Red Zones"
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Our Member Julie Ada among Four New Faculty Members Joining the Common Law Section!
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Community Member Ramon Blanco-Barrera Awarded a Well-Recognized Research Grant in Spain
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HRREC Human Rights Clinic Contributes to the Creation of Indigenous Reserve in the Peruvian Amazon
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Our Human Rights Clinic and Peruvian NGOs Filed a Request Before the IACHR
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Navraj Kaushick Awarded the Jacques Gaudreau Graduate Scholarship
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Our Human Rights Clinic Filed an Amicus Brief to the Honduras Court of Appeals
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Statement on Court Case Against Professor Jan Grabowski - 10.02.2021
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Congratulations to Our Member Aboubacar Dakuyo Who Successfully Defended His Doctoral Thesis!
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Virtual Exhibition - IMAGES OF JUSTICE: Children & Human Rights
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Congratulations to our member Karen Eltis, designated member of the Quebec Legal Information Society
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uOttawa Graduate Packs Powerful Punch with #COVICATURE Political Cartoon Gallery
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A Grant for HRREC Member Professor Lori G. Beaman and Carleton Professor Melanie Adrian
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Congratulations to HRREC Member Ramon Blanco-Barrera for His Ph.D.!
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CBC Arts Publishes an Article on the Initiative #COVICATURE!
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Read ISSP's Blog by HRREC Member André Laliberté: A Variety of responses to COVID-19 in East Asia
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Unwelcoming Canada: How Visa Issuance Affects Canada-Africa Research Collaboration
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Read CIPS' Blog by HRREC Member André Laliberté - Standing Firm in the Face of Blackmail
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Recording Available for the Human Rights in COVID-Times: An Online Forum in Honour of David Petrasek
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Marie-Ève Sylvestre: Dynamism and innovation at the Faculty of Law, Civil Law Section
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HRREC Director John Packer Comments on Canada's Obligations Towards 47 Canadians in North-East Syria
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Expert Roundtable Calls for Canada to Act on Justice for the Rohingya at the ICJ
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Karine Vanthuyne, HRREC Member, New Holder of a Chair in University Teaching
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Read the ISSP' Blog by HRREC Member André Laliberté: Religion and Superspreader Events
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New Online Course on Human Rights with Professor John Packer Offered in the Fall 2020
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New Publication by HRREC Members and Colleagues on Business and Human Rights
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HRREC Student Member Amira Maameri Awarded the Jacques Gaudreau Graduate Scholarship 2019-2020
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Resolving Conflicts and Building Peace by Advancing Minority Rights, by HRREC Member Slava Balan
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HRREC Student Member Slava Balan Awarded the Nicole Senécal Scholarship
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Myanmar: The ICJ Unanimously Orders Measures to Prevent All Genocidal Acts against Rohingya Muslims