McGill Centre for Human Rights & Legal Pluralism

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Toronto’s Narrowing Bike Paths: How Ford is Widening Roadways with Bill 212

9 Apr 2025

Last November, the Ontario Progressive Conservative government of Doug Ford passed Bill 212, dubbed ‘The Reducing Gridlock, Saving You Time Act.’ This bill aims to decrease commute times for those...

ICC Fails to Deliver Conviction on First Ever Charge of Gender Persecution

21 Jan 2025

From 2012-2013, the residents of Timbuktu, Mali lived under the control of Ansar Dine and al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (“AQIM”). During this occupation and life under Sharia law, women and girls...

Breaking Chains: A Quest for Justice in India’s Legal Battle over Sex Work

11 Dec 2024

In India, sex work has been recognised as a “profession” by the Supreme Court of India in the landmark case, Budhadev Karmaskar v State of West Bengal & Ors, which affirmed that sex workers are...

Open call for blog posts: “Widening Justice Gaps in a Narrowing World”

1 Nov 2024

Some reflections on the theme: The rapid expansion of the international human rights corpus has been successful in legalization and standardization of human rights regimes across the world. However...

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