Justice for the Rohingya
By Prof. Payam Akhavan
Payam Akhavan (LLM, SJD) is Professor of International Law at McGill University and a Member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration, with prior academic appointments at Yale, Toronto, Paris, Florence, and Oxford. He was formerly a UN prosecutor at The Hague in the trial of Yugoslav leaders for ethnic cleansing, and also appeared as counsel in leading cases before the International Criminal Court, the International Court of Justice, and the European Court of Human Rights. Prof. Akhavan was selected as the CBC Massey Lecturer in 2017 and his companion book “In Search of a Better World” became the top non-fiction bestseller in Canada.
Date: Wednesday August 29
Time: 7-9 pm
Location: Auditorium, Noor Cultural Centre
Admission: Free
Event Co-Sponsors:
Human Rights & Research Education Centre – University of Ottawa
International Commission of Jurists Canada
Canadian Centre for International Justice
McGill Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism
International Human Rights Program – University of Toronto