Lewis et Lucie, Une évocation poétique de la marginalité, de la solitude et des petites cassures de la vie
February 9, 2015 - Moot Court
Daniel Firth and Jane Mappin gave a moving live dance performance in the Moot Court on February 9, 2015, titled Lewis et Lucie, Une évocation poétique de la marginalité, de la solitude et des petites cassures de la vie. It was presented as part of the Disability and Human Rights Law seminar series.
Venezuela in Crisis: The Decline of Democracy and the Repression of Human Rights
4 February 2015 - Moot Court
4 February 2015, the Faculty hosted a conference on Venezuela in Crisis: The Decline of Democracy and the Repression of Human Rights. The Moot Court was packed as people came to listen to two key witnesses of state repression in Venezuela and the incarceration of opposition leader Leopoldo López: Carlos Vecchio, a Venezuelan lawyer and political exile, and Diana López, Director of “Accion por la Libertad”, a human rights group in Venezuela and sister of Leopoldo López. They were joined by Irwin Cotler.
Confronting a Human Rights Scourge: Canada and the Global Struggle against Torture
28 January 2015 - NCDH 312
28 January 2015: Alex Neve, Secretary General, Amnesty International Canada, spoke on Confronting a Human Rights Scourge: Canada and the Global Struggle against Torture to a packed room 312. Mr Neve has made his speech for download: 
2015-january-alex-neve-stop_torture.pdf
Wallenberg Lecture with Stephen Lewis
November 12, 2014, Faculty of Law, McGill University
On November 12, 2014, Stephen Lewis gave the Raoul Wallenberg Lecture in Human Rights. Mr Lewis made an impassioned speech titled "United Nations Immunity versus Human Rights." He spoke at length on the UN’s role and response to the cholera outbreak in Haiti following the 2010 earthquake. You can listen to his presentation here: bcooltv.mcgill.ca/Viewer/?EventID=201411129672
Marriage Matters: 50 Years of Change and Continuity
November 4, 2014, Faculty of Law, McGill University
On November 4, 2014, Jennifer Stoddart, Michèle Audette and Robert Leckey gave a thoughtful panel titled Marriage Matters: 50 Years of Change and Continuity, where they considered the historical, legal, economic, and affective implications of marital status on the lives of women, and inquired into what significance marital status continues to hold in Québec today, 50 years after Marie-Claire Kirkland’s Loi sur la capacité juridique de la femme mariée recognized the full legal capacity of married women in Québec law. You can listen to their panel here: bcooltv.mcgill.ca/ListRecordings.aspx?CourseID=10566
A conversation with Justice Juan Guzmán, Prosecutor of Augusto Pinochet
October 15, 2014, Faculty of Law, McGill University
Juan Salvador Guzmán Tapia, the retired Chilean judge who was the first to prosecute former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet on human rights charges, was at the Faculty on October 15, 2014, in front of a packed Moot Court, to discuss the case and its significance for the Chilean people. His talk was recorded and a link will be posted shortly for those who were unable to attend. You can listen to his presentation here: bcooltv.mcgill.ca/ListRecordings.aspx?CourseID=10565
John P. Humphrey Lecture in Human Rights
September 17, 2014, Faculty of Law, McGill University
On September 17, 2014 Professor Steven Ratner, who holds the Bruno Simma Collegiate Chair of Law at the University of Michigan Law School, gave the 2014 John P. Humphrey Lecture in Human Rights. His talk was titled "After Atrocity: Optimizing UN Action toward Accountability for Human Rights Abuses." UPDATE: his lecture was recorded and is now available here: The lecture recording is also available: bcooltv.mcgill.ca/ListRecordings.aspx?CourseID=10557
The Treaty of Niagara 1764 and Canadian constitutionalism today: Crown/First Nations relations 250 years in
September 15, 2014, Faculty of Law, McGill University
The Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism and the Aboriginal Law Students’ Association were proud to host this event as part of Indigenous Awareness Week 2014, in partnership with the Office of Social Equity and Diversity in Education. It was a great opportunity to learn about the Treaty of Niagara and its implications for understanding the Royal Proclamation, the development of present-day Canada, and the Crown/First Nations relationship.
The speakers were Al Corbière, a carrier of a Niagara wampum replica, who explained the historical context in which the Treaty of Niagara was negotiated, as well as the meaning of wampum belts that embody the Treaty of Niagara; and Aaron Mills, Trudeau & Vanier scholar and PhD candidate at U. Vic., who discussed the significance of the Treaty of Niagara from the perspective of Anishinaabe law and constitutionalism and its implication for Canadian constitutionalism.
The event recording is available here: bcooltv.mcgill.ca/Viewer1/?rid=f9d7e688-6a42-4040-b63e-0efd37fcb763
