The SOAA project will hold a workshop on the Inter-American System for the Protection of Human Rights at the New York University School of Law this Thursday, December 6 from 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm. The seminar, led by Professor Bernard Duhaime, will be broadcasted live at UQAM, in Conference...
In May 2018, Prof. Bernard Duhaime and members of the research team had the opportunity to present the SOAA project and to speak with representatives of Global Affairs Canada (Global Affairs Canada) and with representatives from the Department of Justice Canada. These particularly fruitful exchanges included the opportunity to discuss...
As human rights actor/actress, we would like to invite you to a roundtable on Friday, November 23 2018 (9:30 am to 12:30 pm) at the University of Toronto. Inscription required on Eventbrite. Our Project: Opening Up to the Americas Our four-year project Opening up to the Americas in order...
As human rights actor/actress, we would like to invite you to a roundtable on Friday November 16th 2018 (1:00 pm to 16:30 pm) at Amnesty International. Our Project: Opening Up to the Americas Our four-year project Opening up to the Americas in order to protect human rights and engage in reconciliation aims to build bridges...
In recent weeks, we have carefully compiled the information collected during the Montréal event of May 17, 2018 and we present you today the report available in French in .pdf format by clicking here. We take this opportunity to once again thank our partners and all participants: Amnistie internationale (Canada...
The project Opening up to the Americas in order to protect human rights and engage in reconciliation aims to create a strategic network of human rights organisations in Canada, whose main function is to share and coordinate strategies of engagement between Canadian actors, and subsequently with their Latin American counterparts. Mark Your Calendar: A Unifying Event To do...
Within the framework of our project, we wish to draw a representative portrait of the initiatives undertaken by Canada’s human rights organizations, of the issues that concern them and of the obstacles that they face. One of the main objectives of this project will be to support their interventions by...
Welcome to “Opening up to the Americas to better protect human rights”! The website is still under construction but you can already learn more about the project by watching this short presentation video.