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Adventures in the North
Theo Lyons It has already been six weeks since I arrived in Whitehorse, which means that I'm now about half way through my...
July 17, 2016
Lives on “stand-by”
Par Nour Saadi Assise sur ma chaise, les yeux cloués sur mon écran. They ripped off my pants with a knife and...
July 4, 2016
La détermination des peines au Nunavut : un exercice sui generis
Étienne F. Lacombe Quelles que soient ses connaissances au préalable, l’étudiant(e) qui effectue son stage auprès du bureau d’aide juridique d’Iqaluit ne peut...
July 3, 2016
Just Keep Swimming
By André Capretti In the past few months, Cambodian civil society has made concerted efforts to lobby foreign governments who are among Cambodia’s...
June 27, 2016
Let’s Talk About Drugs
By Rachel Kohut Last Friday, the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network co-hosted the conference Chartering the Future of Drug Policy in Canada. The conference...
June 23, 2016
Advocating Taboo Issues in Health and Human Rights
By André Moreau I’ve been in Uganda for a month now and I am really enjoying my experience thus far! Kampala, Uganda's...
June 13, 2016
Is Three a Crowd? The Procedural Nature of the Inter-American Human Rights System
By Kaley Lachapelle Because Canada is not a State Party to the American Convention on Human Rights (also referred to as the Pact of...
October 1, 2015
Travailler de concert
Par Michel Bélanger-Roy Liste de choses que je ne m’attendais pas à faire lors d’un stage en droits humains au Cameroun : #1 -...
July 21, 2015
Trans*clusivity: a call to action
CW: Conversion Therapy & RPDR7 Spoiler We are all born with privileges & barriers. More often than not, we overlook the privilege we...
June 15, 2015
On first impressions and perceptions
By Anna Wettstein Africa has some of the most progressive human rights legislation in the world. This is what made me optimistic and...
June 5, 2015
Learning To Be A Good Lawyer
By Ayearst My time as a Legal Officer at Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) has given me a glimpse of what it will take...
September 2, 2014
Drive Through a Legal Labyrinth
By Cecile Capella-Laborde Learning about the geography of Akwesasne is essential to understanding the daily struggles of the Akwesasne Mohawk Community, and the...
September 1, 2014