Global health law evolves: Professor Roojin Habibi analyzes new International Health Regulations amendments. bit.ly/4pPBwJW @who.int

Professeur @jp-peacemaking.bsky.social, qui a occupé avec succès deux mandats en tant que directeur du CREDP à #uOttawa, revient sur une décennie de leadership, de collaboration et de transformation. Lisez l'entrevue ➡️ bit.ly/3KuiAjM @uocommonlaw.bsky.social @uottawa-innovation.bsky.social

Professor @jp-peacemaking.bsky.social, who served two successful terms as director of the #uOttawa HRREC sat down with us to reflect on a decade of leadership, collaboration, and transformation. Read the interview ➡️ bit.ly/3KojT3R @uocommonlaw.bsky.social @uottawa-innovation.bsky.social

Toronto owes me nothing. 🖤 I left Toronto with a full heart...ideas sharpened, spirit steadied, while surrounded by friends&kin. Engaging at the #TWAIL conference was uplifting. Thanks to Profs Okafor & Bawa for the invitation. #InternationalLaw @uottawahrrec.bsky.social @uocommonlaw.bsky.social

📅25 SEPT 🕐13 h Le CREDP & @agenocidevc.bsky.social présentent : Mémoire vive : Génocide & résistance créative Une conversation qui explorera comment les communautés de survivants utilisent art + créativité pour résister à l'effacement, préserver la mémoire et réclamer justice. ➡️ bit.ly/42yzuUq

🌐Event 📅SEPT 25 🕐13:00 HRREC & @agenocidevc.bsky.social present Not forgotten: Genocide and creative resistance Join us for a conversation exploring how survivor communities use art + creativity to resist erasure, preserve memory, and demand justice in the wake of genocide. RSVP ➡️ bit.ly/4mdJMQV

Great finale for the #AHRI2025 conference. Lots of interesting presentations, many new and cherrished friends and colleagues and the prospect of next year’s gathering! @uottawahrrec.bsky.social

Starting #AHRI2025 hosted by the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Peru and sharing this moment with @uottawahrrec.bsky.social Director Penelope Simons and G. Henderson Postdoc Fellow 2013-14, Areli Valencia. A lovely HRREC reunion!

Delighted to be in Lima, attending the Board meeting of the Association of Human Rights Institutes (AHRI) and the annual AHRI conference starting this afternoon! @uottawahrrec.bsky.social

✨Fiers que 3 des membres élus de @src-rsc.bsky.social aient des liens étroits avec le CREDP, un témoignage de l'impact + l'excellence de notre communauté! ️🎖️@delnakache.bsky.social | Membre universitaire 🎖️@bshiferaw.bsky.social | Chercheur invité - SAR uOttawa 🎖️Joel Westheimer | Comité SAR uOttawa

✨Proud that 3 of the newly elected @src-rsc.bsky.social members have strong ties to HRREC — a testament to the impact + excellence of our community. ️🎖️ @delnakache.bsky.social | Academic Member 🎖️ @bshiferaw.bsky.social | Visiting scholar - SAR uOttawa 🎖️Joel Westheimer | SAR uOttawa Committee

I am glad to share my contribution to the Special Issue of the Canadian Journal of Human Rights (@uottawahrrec.bsky.social): "To Become Truly Universal and Sustainable, Human Rights Need a Major Reset in Canada and Globally". It could be found on p.197 of the journal issue: cjhr.ca/vol-12-no-2-...

New chapter out in the Elgar Encyclopedia Migrants in Situations of Vulnerability. We map 3 roles of “vulnerability”—guiding case law, shaping frontline practice,&influencing decisions—& propose concrete steps for practitioners when assessing vulnerability. bit.ly/4oh8emD. @uottawahrrec.bsky.social

As part of the ongoing "Towards Abolition of the Death Penalty" series, pleased to be joining upcoming session on July 28th: "War and Capital Punishment". Registration details here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Congratulations to Professor Manirakiza, HRREC academic member, on this appointment! 👏

Félicitations au professeur Manirakiza, membre universitaire du CREDP, pour cette nomination ! 👏

This past week, I joined 77 other scholars from 42 countries at the Global Scholars' Academy of the Institute for Global Law and Policy at Harvard Law School, hosted at Stellenbosch University in South Africa—highlights in photos. @uottawahrrec.bsky.social @uocommonlaw.bsky.social

Ending our joint program on #Arts & #HumanRights with a bang! Thank you to our hosts at the Universidad de Sevilla, participants, speakers and @uottawahrrec.bsky.social members who were the lead organizers!

Last day of the Joint Microcredential on Arts and Human Rights. Mix feelings given the quality of contributions we have seeing during the week! @uottawahrrec.bsky.social @jp-peacemaking.bsky.social

Day 3 of our joint programme on Arts and Human Rights w/ Universidad de Sevilla, visiting the city of Ecija and doing some local media interviews. @uottawahrrec.bsky.social

Our @uottawahrrec.bsky.social team participating in the Joint Microcredentials Programme on Arts and Human Rights and a visit to Universidad de Sevilla’s main building for a special session. @jp-peacemaking.bsky.social

Excited to kick off the first Joint International Microcredential programme on the Arts and Human Rights w/ the Universidad de Sevilla! Thank you to our super host Prof. Ramon Blanco Barrera, a fellow of @uottawahrrec.bsky.social.

Congratulations to our longtime HRREC member, Marie-Eve Sylvestre! We wish her the utmost success in her new role and the exciting challenges that lie ahead.

Félicitations à Marie-Eve Sylvestre, membre de longue date du CREDP! Nous lui souhaitons beaucoup de succès dans cette nouvelle fonction et dans les défis passionnants qui l’attendent.

#IHLuOttawa2025 – Simulation Day! Today, our participants engaged in role-play based on fictional cases. Huge thanks to our judges from @ulaval.ca, @redcrosscanada.bsky.social and the Office of the JAG for making this hands-on experience possible! #IHL #InternationalHumanitarianLaw @uottawa.ca

#DIHuOttawa2025 – Journée de simulation! Nos participant·e·s ont pris part à des jeux de rôle basés sur des cas fictifs. Un grand merci aux juges de l’@ulaval.ca, de la @croixrougecanada.bsky.social et du JAG pour cette expérience enrichissante! #DIH #DroitInternationalHumanitaire @uottawa.ca

#DIHuOttawa2025 Mercredi, nos participants ont abordé les moyens + méthodes de guerre & la responsabilité du commandement avec nos formateurs du JAG. Ils ont discuté d’éthique avec Prof Alain Roussy et se sont préparés à l’exercice de simulation du jeudi! @croixrougecanada.bsky.social @uottawa.ca

#IHLuOttawa2025 On Wednesday, our participants discussed means and methods of warfare as well as command responsibility with our JAG trainers. They also discussed ethics with Professor Alain Roussy and prepared for Thursday's simulation exercise! @redcrosscanada.bsky.social @uottawa.ca

Jour 4 #DIHuOttawa2025! 📕Nos participants ont exploré le #DIH + ses défis contemporains et ont a assisté à la présentation d’Ilze Brands Kehris (ONU) Mercis chaleureux à l'Ambassadeur de la Suisse au Canada, Son Excellence Olaf Kjelsen & l'équipe pour l'accueil lundi🇨🇭🇨🇦 @croixrougecanada.bsky.social

Day 4 #IHLuOttawa2025 📕Our participants explored #DIH + its contemporary challenges + attended a presentation by Ilze Brands Kehris (UN) Our warmest thanks to the Ambassador of Switzerland to Canada, His Excellency Olaf Kjelsen + the team for their hospitality on Monday. @redcrosscanada.bsky.social

🎨Interested in how #Arts can drive #HumanRights and #SocialJustice?⚖️ Join us this summer in Spain for a unique Joint International Microcredentials Program offered at @unisevilla.bsky.social! 🔗 bit.ly/3FhMNAo #HumanRights #SocialJustice #ArtsForChange #SummerSchool #Seville

🎨Découvrez comment les #Arts peuvent promouvoir les #DroitsHumains & la #JusticeSociale.⚖️ Rejoignez-nous cet été en Espagne pour un programme international de microcertifications offert à @unisevilla.bsky.social! 🔗 bit.ly/3ZuHeW0 #DroitsHumains #JusticeSociale #ÉcoleDété @uocommonlaw.bsky.social

Looking forward to a great week ahead! #IHL

🎓☀️ Le Cours d’été en droit international humanitaire commence bientôt à @uottawa.ca! Bienvenue à nos participant·es qui se joindront à nous pour une semaine d’apprentissage intensif avec des expert·e·s du #DIH. 🔗 bit.ly/4jjX2TI #DIH #DroitsHumains #uOttawa #ÉcoleDEté @redcrosscanada.bsky.social

🎓☀️ Our Summer School on International Humanitarian Law is about to begin — live from @uottawa.ca! Welcome to our participants joining us for a week of in-depth learning on #IHL with leading experts. 🔗http://bit.ly/4gDIJYc #IHL #HumanRights #uOttawa #SummerSchool @redcrosscanada.bsky.social

A sneak peek while we wait for official photos: The Chair is officially launched! From bold ideas to honest dialogue, thanks to everyone who came, listened, & shared and made the room electric. Special shoutout to @jp-peacemaking.bsky.social & @vfernand1217.bsky.social of @uottawahrrec.bsky.social

Please join us in congratulating Professor Penelope Simons, who will be the next Director of the Human Rights Research and Education Centre, effective July 1, 2025, for a five-year term! Read the full article ➡️ bit.ly/4dpQVuF @uocommonlaw.bsky.social @uottawa-innovation.bsky.social @uottawa.ca

Joignez-vous à nous pour féliciter Professeure Penelope Simons qui sera la prochaine directrice du CREDP à partir du 1er juillet 2025 pour un mandat de 5 ans! Lisez l'article complet ➡️ bit.ly/434S2MT @uocommonlaw.bsky.social @uottawa-innovation.bsky.social @uottawa.ca

Always exciting to participate in the Inspireurope Stakeholder Forum! #academicfreedom @uottawahrrec.bsky.social

Great 2nd day of the Scholars at Risk International Advisory Committee meetings hosted at the College de France. #academicfreedom @uottawahrrec.bsky.social

Stimulating first day of the Scholars at Risk International Advisory Committee spring meeting. Lots of familiar faces and many interesting reflections to share. #academicfreedom #highered

The HRREC was a proud partner of this event on #AcademicFreedom, which took place last March. This is a topic our Centre has been working on since 2014, when we launched the Scholars at Risk #uOttawa Program!

Le CREDP était un fier partenaire de cet événement sur la #LibertéAcadémique qui a eu lieu en mars dernier. C'est un sujet sur lequel notre Centre travaille depuis 2014, quand nous avons mis sur pied le Program Scholars at Risk uOttawa!

2nd day of the Academic Freedom conference hosted by UQAM, with @sherencia77.bsky.social and Amy Kapit from @scholarsatrisk.bsky.social. @uottawahrrec.bsky.social

The HRREC is proud to announce the appointment of Professor @anneslevesque.bsky.social (@uocommonlaw.bsky.social) as the Gordon F. Henderson Chair in #HumanRights 2025-2028. Her term will begin in July 2025, and we look forward to welcoming her to the Centre! ➡️ bit.ly/4jb8alr

Le CREDP est fier d’annoncer la nomination de la professeure @anneslevesque.bsky.social (@uocommonlaw.bsky.social) à la Chaire Gordon F. Henderson sur les droits de la personne 2025-2028! Son mandat commencera en juillet 2025 et nous avons hâte l’accueillir au Centre! ➡️ bit.ly/3En8ZIW

Excited to participate at a conference on academic freedom hosted by our colleagues at UQAM. Lots to discuss and compare. #highered #academicfreedom @uottawahrrec.bsky.social

Wonderful and insightful webinar on International Humanitarian Law today! Grateful to our @redcrosscanada.bsky.social partners and the brilliant speakers and authors of 1st-ever Canadian-focused #IHL book! Looking forward to reading it.

Rejoignez-nous aujourd'hui à 14h pour une table ronde commémorant la Journée des droits des réfugiés au Canada. Cette année marque le 40e anniversaire de la décision Singh, qui a statué que la Charte canadienne des droits et libertés protège les droits fondamentaux des réfugiés. >>> bit.ly/41NH7FE

Join us at 2pm today for a panel discussion to commemorate Refugee Rights Day in Canada. This year marks the 40th anniversary of the Singh Decision, which ruled that the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms protects the fundamental rights of refugees. Register here >>> bit.ly/4bMrX8a