- 15.02.2024 - Report | Academic member Professor Scott Simon contributed a Canadian and human rights perspective to the Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) report entitled Building International Support for Taiwan
- 14.02.2024 - Chapter | HRREC member Aboubacar Dakuyo author of a chapter on post-conflict justice in South Sudan's local community in the book Ubuntu: A comparative study of an African concept of justice
- 08.02.2024 - One of our members invited to the Faculty of Law of the University of Chile
- 06.02.2024 - Interview | Read the interview between our member Salvador Herencia and journalist Jessica Malutama from La Rotonde about the crisis in Ecuador (in French)
- 01.02.2024 - Interview | Listen to the radio interview given by Professor Justin Piché to Nicolas Haddad (Radio-Canada) on the difficulties in finding a job with a criminal record (in French)
- 29.01.2024 - Interview | Listen to Professor Packer's radio interview with Alan Neal (All in a Day) about Canada's suspension of funding to the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees
- 29.01.2024 - HRREC student member at the Human Mobility and Migration Lab’s Winter Conference
- 29.01.2024 - Blog | Professor Scott Simon in the CIPS Blog — Defying foreign interference means taking an independent stance on Taiwan
HRREC Newsletter - 23.02.2024
We are pleased to bring you news and upcoming events from the Human Rights Research and Education Centre (HRREC).
HRREC upcoming events
NETWORKING
NETWORKING
Feb 26
Working for human rights with Jonas Mikkelsen
This series of events was created to bring leading human rights practitioners to share their professional experiences with our audience.
EVENT IN PERSON
EVENT IN PERSON
Feb 27
The war in Ukraine & the OSCE
Pleased to partner with the Neuberger-Jesin Professor, CIPS & the International Law Group to present this event.
Upcoming deadlines
THE COMPETITION IS OPEN
THE COMPETITION IS OPEN
Are you our next postdoctoral fellow?
The competition for the Gordon F. Henderson postdoctoral fellowship 2024-2025 is now open! Deadline to apply: MARCH 31, 2024.
REGISTRATIONS START MARCH 1
REGISTRATIONS START MARCH 1
Summer school on international humanitarian law 2024
The HRREC & the Canadian Red Cross are preparing the 16th edition of the summer school on IHL from May 26 to 31, 2024! Stay tuned!
DEADLINE EXTENDED
DEADLINE EXTENDED
Call for papers for the CAFA conference 2024
The Coalition for Academic Freedom in the Americas (CAFA) invites submissions for its third conference next November 2024.
HRREC news
SCHOLARS AT RISK UOTTAWA
SCHOLARS AT RISK UOTTAWA
The University of Ottawa Scholars at Risk program welcomes new scholar
The University of Ottawa, the (HRREC) & the Scholars at Risk (SAR) uOttawa Committee are delighted to welcome a new visiting researcher!
FULBRIGHT AWARD
FULBRIGHT AWARD
HRREC member Ramon Blanco-Barrera receives the prestigious Fulbright Award
HRREC member, Ramon Blanco-Barrera, also known by his artist name, “233” (@233art), has received a Fulbright Award.
NEW COLLECTIVE PUBLICATION
NEW COLLECTIVE PUBLICATION
HRREC members collaborate to an international collective publication
Pierre Gilles Bélanger, Melisa Handl & Gloria Song among the authors of an international collective work on access to justice for vulnerable groups.
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