Celebrating 25 years of advancing the field of International Human Rights Law

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IHRP clinic students provided a rigorous legal analysis of the Mexican government’s complicity in rights violations against journalists. I have referred to the resulting report in newspaper articles, correspondence with heads of state, and at public speaking events.John Ralston Saul, President, PEN International, Canadian author and essayist

•Successfullyintervenedbefore

theSupremeCourtofCanada

intheOmarKhadrcase,in

partnershipwithHumanRights

WatchandtheAsperCentrefor

ConstitutionalRights.

•FiledcomplainttotheEuropean

CourtofHumanRightsonbehalf

of13Romafamiliesalleging

grossviolationsofhumanrights;

obtainedfinancialcompensation

fromRomaniangovernmentand

commitmenttoimplementmea-

surestopreventdiscrimination.

•Respondedtodozensof

requestsfromrefugeelawyers

forcomprehensivebriefson

persecutionofsexualminorities

incountriesaroundtheworld.

•SupportedtheRefugeeLaw

Officewithcomplaintstothe

U.N.HumanRightsCommittee

allegingbreachofrightto

familyonbehalfofrefugees

fromSomaliaandZimbabwe.

•WithAvocatsSansFrontières,

presentedreporttothe

Ugandangovernmentregarding

excessivepre-trialdetention;

thereportreceivedlocalmedia

attentionanddialoguewith

stateauthoritiesisongoing.

•Broughtaninternationalhuman

rightsperspectivetolocal

effortstoholdthegovernment

ofKenyaaccountableforsexual

violenceagainstgirls.

AdvocAcyThroughouraward-winningclinicandvolunteerworkinggroups,

theIHRPenhancesthelegalprotectionofexistingandemerging

internationalhumanrights.

Fostering diAlogueTheIHRPbringstogether

students,academics,NGOs,

andtheprivatesector

todiscusscutting-edge

internationalhuman

rightsissues.

•JamesAnaya,UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

•ChristineChinkin,Professor, London School of Economics

•StephenLewis,former Canadian ambassador to the UN and Chair, Steven Lewis Foundation

•BahameTomNyanduga,Commissioner, African Human Rights Commission

•KimberlyProst,UN Ombudsperson, Al-Qaida and Taliban “no fly list”

•NareshSingh,former Executive Director, UN Commission on Legal Empowerment of the Poor

•KenWiwa,plaintiff in civil action against Royal Dutch Shell

cApAcity-Building TheIHRPprovidesfuturelawyers

withexperientiallearningopportunities

thatemphasizeintellectualrigour,

ethics,andprofessionalism.Our

alumnihavegoneontocareersat

internationalcourts,NGOs,theU.N.,

andacademicinstitutions.

TheIHRPhassentover300summer

internstoorganizationsaroundthe

world,includingtheInternational

CriminalCourt,UNWomen,Human

RightsWatch,andgrassrootsNGOs

inAsia,Africa,andLatinAmerica.

My IHRP internship nearly 25 years ago opened doors for my eventual career in international human rights law.

Diane Goodman, Deputy Representative, U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, Nepal

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ContaCt InfoRmatIon

RenuJ.Mandhane,J.D.,LL.M.

DirectorandClinicalLecturer

The International Human Rights Program is one of the hallmarks of our Faculty’s focus on international law, and I am so proud that it continues to grow and expand in ways that impact both our students and global society.

Mayo Moran, Dean, University of Toronto Faculty of Law

tArgeted engAgementCorporateaccountabilityforhuman

rightsisanareawheretheIHRPispoised

tomakeasignificantimpactdueto

ourfaculty’sexpertiseandlocationin

Canada.Wehavelaunchedinitiatives

thatwillpromoteincreasedtransparency

fortransnationalcorporationsoperating

abroad,providegreateraccesstojustice

forcommunitiesaffectedbyCanadian

businesses,andbringtogetherdiverse

stakeholderstofosterknowledge-

exchangeontheseimportantissues.

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This internship has already provided the most in-depth, hands-on (at times overwhelming) crash course in refugee rights I could have hoped for.Ben Liston, IHRP Intern,UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Nepal, 2011

InternationalHumanRightsProgramUniversityofTorontoFacultyofLaw416-946-8730ihrp.law@utoronto.cawww.utorontoihrp.com