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04 -08
June 2006
ILA2006 CONFERENCE
This year's [International Law
Association Conference] will be held in Toronto. Details of
participation to follow.
31 May -
03 June 2006
2006 ICCA CONGRESS: "International Arbitration 2006: Back to Basics?"
This year's [International
Council of Commercial Arbitration Congress] will be held right here
in Montreal. Details of participation to follow.
click for full page pdf
24 Mar
2006, Friday
THE DEATH OF SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC: What Next for the Hague War Crimes
Tribunal?
In light of the recent
events surrounding the death of the former Yugoslav president months
before a verdict in his war crimes trial, Dr. Payam Akhavan will
explore the origins of his indictment, the politics surrounding his
extradition and prosecution, and the potential consequences of his
death for the former Yugoslavia and, more broadly, for the
international community. 15:00, Moot Court. Reception to follow.
Dr. Payam Akhavan served as
Legal Advisor to the Prosecutor's Office of the International Criminal
Tribunal of former Yugoslavia (1994-2000), where he advised on the
prosecution of leadership targets including Slobodan Milosevic. He has
also served as Special Advisor to the United Nations on international
criminal law matters in Cambodia, Guatemala, and East Timor, and
Rwanda, and has represented sovereigns before international courts and
tribunals. He was previously appointed as Visiting Professor at the
University of Toronto, Yale Law School, and Leiden University in the
Netherlands. He has published numerous articles on international law
and human rights in leading scholarly journals and was selected by the
World Economic Forum to attend the Davos Forum in 2006 as a Young
Global Leader.
Payam Akhavan currently
holds the Maxwell Boulton Senior Fellowship at the Faculty of Law of
McGill University.
RESOURCES:
Rapporteur Notes
- Press Release [pdf]
- Op-Ed,"Milosevic Trial set revolutionary precedent," Montreal
Gazette [pdf]
- Announcement, Montreal
Mirror [html] [pdf]
- "Le procès Milosevic," Le Délit
[html]
[pdf]
23 Mar
2006, Thursday
COFFEE HOUSE
MILS and Innocence McGill
sponsor Coffee House. Join us for drinks before enjoying Skit Nite.
16:30, Faculty Atrium.
22 Mar
2006, Wednesday
IMPRESSIONS OF THE WORLD SOCIAL FORUM, VENEZUELA
A talk by Marc-André
Séguin (Law III) of his impressions as a journalist for Le
Délit. 12:30, Room 201 NCDH.
RESOURCES:
- Rapporteur Notes, 22 Mar 2006 [pdf]
20 Mar
2006, Monday
STUDY ON CANADA'S TREATMENT OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING VICTIMS: Why Canada
got a failing grade, and the RCMP's response
Come join us for a talk on
The Future Group's international study entitled "Falling Short of the
Mark," which evaluates the record of various developed countries in
protecting victims of human trafficking. Why did Canada get a failing
grade? Come and find out at a presentation by the study's main author,
Benjamin Perrin, Executive Director of [The Future Group].
Mr. Perrin will be joined by two representatives from the RCMP,
speaking on the topic of "Impediments to Human Trafficking Enforcement
and Strategies of the RCMP to Combat It."12:30, Room 201 NCDH.
This study has received
national and international media attention since being released earlier
in the month. Here's some reaction to it: "We'll see what we can do to
begin to fix the system so we're more responsive to these victims." -
Monte Solberg, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration (Reuters, 28
February 2006). "If we can learn from this report we should, because
this is an international scourge." - Irwin Cotler, former Minister of
Justice (Ottawa Sun, 2 March 2006).
Sgt. Dan Ste-Marie, RCMP
(Ottawa) & Suzie Raymond, RCMP (Montreal) will speak on the topic
of "Impediments to Human Trafficking Enforcement and Strategies of the
RCMP to Combat It."
Dan Ste-Marie is a Sergeant in the RCMP
with 20 years of service in Ottawa. For ten years, he was assigned to
the Executive and Diplomatic Protective Service where he was
responsible for close physical protection of Canada's executive,
including the Prime Minister, Governor General, Cabinet Ministers and
Supreme Court Justices. He has two years of experience in the Ottawa
Drug Squad, two years in the War Crimes Unit, and five years with the
Immigration and Passport/Special Investigations Section whose mandate
is to investigate allegations of corruption at the Immigration and
Refugee Board (IRB), Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) and at
missions overseas. He also investigates incidences of smuggling and
human trafficking in the National Capital Region.
Suzie Raymond joined the RCMP in 2002
and is posted to the Immigration and Passport Section in Montreal. She
has worked on files concerning human smuggling and immigration
consultants. Since 2003, she has been working on the issue of human
trafficking.
RESOURCES:
- Rapporteur Notes, 20 Mar 2006 [pdf]
Volunteer Opportunities:
- The Future Group
- The Salvation Army
14 Mar 2006
General Meeting, 16:00,
Room 201 NCDH.
13 Mar 2006
Join us at Coffee House in
the Atrium, March 23rd at 16:30! Also, we're pleased to confirm a
Conference on Human Trafficking, March 20th. Details to follow. Next
General Meeting: March 14th, Faculty Atrium, 16:00.
06 Mar 2006
New website launch.
Check out our tentative
[calendar] of upcoming events, including coffee house, a talk on human
trafficking, and a report on the situation in Venezuela.
28 Feb 2006
Second general meeting,
16:00, Faculty Atrium.
07 Feb 2006
MILS is back. New members
contributed ideas for speakers, reaching out to professors and alumni,
representing McGill at relevant international law conferences, and
disseminating related job opportunities and events.
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