Centre for Human Rights Research News Archive
Faculty of Law
Canadian Journal of Human Rights releases new volume
May 19, 2021 —
The Canadian Journal of Human Rights: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Law and Policy, edited by Professor Donn Short with the help of law student editors, has just published Volume 9, Number 1, now available online.
Indigenous
Centre for Human Rights Research to explore the meaning of Land Back for Earth Day
April 16, 2021 —
All are welcome to attend a screening and panel event exploring Land Back.
Finding ways to better protect a vital resource on World Water Day
March 22, 2021 —
On World Water Day, what does water mean to you?
Faculty of Law
Ottawa Citizen Op-Ed: Gunn and Neve: Canada mustn’t wait any longer to implement the UN declaration on Indigenous rights
March 11, 2021 —
Bringing the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples to life in Canada has been a long time coming. Close to four decades in fact, a staggeringly long time for such a crucial human rights concern.
Faculty of Law
New book fills gap in research on perpetrators of genocide
March 9, 2021 —
Until within the last few years, very little research had been done on perpetrators of genocide, and so far, there has certainly not been any books published on how to do such research. Perpetrators were caught, brought to trial and locked away, but no one looked too closely at why they did what they did or circumstances contributing to their emergence – until recently.
Faculty of Arts
New museum president privileged to lead transformation
February 18, 2021 —
When Isha Khan was a philosophy student debating ideas in the University of Manitoba’s Arts lounge or procrastinating in the nearby video game arcade, she had no grand plan for her career. Today, Khan is the chief executive officer of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights.
Child victim, soldier, war criminal: unpacking Dominic Ongwen’s journey
February 10, 2021 —
Kjell Anderson, assistant professor and Director of the Master of Human Rights program at UM, discusses
Faculty of Law
Accelerating Indigenous self-determination after Trump
February 8, 2021 —
Australian Indigenous activist-turned-academic Prof. Megan Davis has more than two decades of work with the United Nations under her belt
Faculty of Law
Master of Human Rights students share practicum experiences in inaugural symposium
December 4, 2020 —
Students in the practicum stream of the University of Manitoba’s inter-faculty Master of Human Rights programare nearing completion of their placements, and are already making major contributions to local human rights organizations, as revealed at an online symposium held November 30th.
Op-ed: Charter challenges to restrictions bound to fail
November 23, 2020 —
Your rights may have been violated. But. Finding a rights violation is only the first step in a charter analysis. Law prof explains.