As Palestine solidarity advocacy on university campuses and in other settings is under attack, lawyers and legal scholars have raised concern about the attempts to silence those who speak out about well documented breaches of international law.
December 15, 2023
Statement
Endorsed by:
Alex Neve, OC, Senior Fellow, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Ottawa; Adjunct Professor, Faculties of Law, University of Ottawa and Dalhousie University
Azeezah Kanji, legal academic and journalist
Richard Falk, Albert G. Milbank Professor of International Law and Practice, Emeritus, Princeton University; Chair of Global Law, Queen Mary University London
Jim Cavallaro, Visiting Professor, Yale Jackson School of Global Affairs; Former President and Rapporteur for Canada, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
Michael Lynk, Professor Emeritus, Western University; former UN Special Rapporteur for human rights in the occupied Palestinian territory
Ardi Imseis, Assistant Professor, Academic Director, International Law Programs, Queen’s University Faculty of Law; Legal Counsel, United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, 2002-2014
Obiora Okafor, Edward B Burling Chair in International Law, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies; former Chairperson of the United Nations Human Rights Council Advisory Committee
Leilani Farha, International human rights lawyer, former UN Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing
Frédéric Mégret, Professor, Hans & Tamar Oppenheimer Chair in Public International Law, McGill University Faculty of Law
François Crépeau, Professor, McGill University
Naiomi W. Metallic, Chancellor’s Chair in Aboriginal Law and Policy, Associate Professor, Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University
Paul Champ, lawyer
Arman Chak, lawyer
Penelope Simons, Professor and Gordon F. Henderson Chair in Human Rights, University of Ottawa
Omar Farahat, Associate Professor, McGill University Faculty of Law
Kathleen Mahoney KC, FRSC, Emeritus Professor of Law, University of Calgary
Bruce Ryder, Associate Professor, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University
Jasminka Kalajdzic, Professor, University of Windsor Faculty of Law
Shannonbrooke Murphy, Endowed Chair in Human Rights, St Thomas University
Faisal Bhabha, Associate Professor, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University
Pamela Palmater, Professor and Chair in Indigenous Governance, Toronto Metropolitan University
Ed Béchard Torres, Assistant Professor, Lincoln Alexander School of Law, Toronto Metropolitan University
Christopher Campbell-Duruflé, Assistant Professor, Lincoln Alexander School of Law, Toronto Metropolitan University
Aditya Rao, lawyer
Sarah Beamish, founder and principal, Beamish Law
Irina Ceric, Assistant Professor, University of Windsor Faculty of Law
Heidi Matthews, Assistant Professor, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University
Faisal Kutty, Affiliate Faculty at Center for Security, Race and Rights, Rutgers University; Associate Professor of Law Emeritus at Valparaiso University
Kjell Anderson, Assistant Professor of Law, University of Manitoba
Mark Kersten, Assistant Professor, Criminology and Criminal Justice, the University of the Fraser Valley
Jamie Chai Yun Liew, Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa
James Yap, President, Canadian Lawyers for International Human Rights (CLAIHR)
Craig Martin, Professor of Law, Co-Director, International and Comparative Law Center, Washburn University School of Law
Priscylla Joca, Assistant Professor, Lincoln Alexander School of Law, Toronto Metropolitan University
Vasanthi Venkatesh, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Windsor
Also available at: https://www.alexneve.ca/blog/palestinian-rights-advocacy-international-law
