Centre for Human Rights & Legal Pluralism - Faculty of Law

The perils of rolling back the right to truth: my experience understanding human rights and environmental denialism beyond Peru

Luis Alejandro Pebe Muñoz — Thu, 27 Nov 2025 20:29:56 +0000

My days as a QES fellow at the 91˿��Ƶ Centre for Human Rights & Legal Pluralism unfolded between two rhythms: mornings spent in talks on international human rights law, environmental law, and climate litigation, and afternoons immersed in research that would eventually reach the UN. But it was Bernard Duhaime, the UN Special Rapporteur on Truth, Justice, Reparation, and Guarantees of Non-Recurrence, who reframed everything I thought I understood about this work.

The Special Jurisdiction for Peace’s Interpretative Judgements: A Colombian Contribution to the Field of Transitional Justice

Yuri Alexander Romaña-Rivas — Fri, 21 Nov 2025 03:31:26 +0000

Introduction

Syria After Assad: Changes to Syria’s Sanctions Policy

Sarwat Dalal Bashi — Fri, 21 Nov 2025 02:45:24 +0000

For decades, Syria has faced international sanctions targeting the Assad regime for its human rights abuses, war crimes, and destabilizing actions in the region. While initially justified, their continuation after the regime’s fall disproportionately harmed ordinary Syrians. The regime that led to these sanctions is no longer in power, yet broad sanctions have exacerbated suffering without holding the real culprits accountable.

Victims of State’s Silence – The Plight of Pakistan’s Death Row Prisoners

Muhammad Abdullah — Thu, 20 Nov 2025 21:13:28 +0000

According to Prison Data Report 2024, the number of prisoners in Pakistan on death row in 2024 was 3,646 individuals. Shockingly, the average number of years spent by a person on death row in Pakistan is 11.4 years. For a death row prisoner in Pakistan, the sentence begins not with the execution, but with the waiting.

Call for Student Papers

Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism — Sun, 16 Nov 2025 16:58:38 +0000

Call for Student Papers The Martine Roy Student Colloquium 2026

The Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism invites submissions of unpublished papers under the theme "2SLGBTQ+ rights in troubled times: contemporary issues and perspectives". We welcome a diversity of topics and global perspectives.

My Experience at the Transnational Justice Clinic

Rocío Mancha Villa — Sat, 08 Nov 2025 02:10:43 +0000

My time at the Transnational Justice Clinic was a period of significant learning, particularly during the two months marked by challenges, discoveries, and personal growth. It was, in fact, the first time I lived in a country other than my own. My first impression of Montreal was that it’s a truly beautiful city—a place where diverse cultures intersect, with a wide variety of international cuisine, impressive architecture, and many social and cultural activities.

From Oppression to Equality: Challenging Caste and Reimagining Prison Reforms in India

Awaneesh Kumar & Vedik Bairwa — Thu, 23 Oct 2025 03:28:15 +0000

This quote by Dr. BR Ambedkar truly captures the state of Indian prisons where caste has been engrained to such extent that it grades inmates into a discriminatory hierarchy. Worryingly, State Prison Manuals across India have actively entrenched this discrimination. These manuals segregate prisoners by caste and allocate them menial tasks of latrine cleaning and sweeping, often associated with their identity.

Missing An Open Goal: Feminist (Re)imagining Of Caster Semenya’s Article 3 Echr Claim

Maitreyee Mane & Arnav Mathur — Mon, 28 Apr 2025 16:19:06 +0000

Introduction

How can Consent Managers help to transform digital rights in India

Siddharth Chaturvedi — Wed, 09 Apr 2025 19:40:15 +0000

The Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025 (“DPDP Rules, 2025”) were finally released by the Ministry of Information Technology and Electronics (“Meity”) on 3rd January 2025. These rules complement the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, of 2023 (“DPDP Act, 2023”).

Toronto’s Narrowing Bike Paths: How Ford is Widening Roadways with Bill 212

Michael Kowalsky — Wed, 09 Apr 2025 19:35:46 +0000

Last November, the Ontario Progressive Conservative government of Doug Ford passed Bill 212, dubbed ‘The Reducing Gridlock, Saving You Time Act.’ This bill aims to decrease commute times for those who drive to work. Many are critical of the Premier’s move because it ignores the best advice of urban planners which is if you build more roads, then traffic will only worsen.