Troy: Montreal must adopt the IHRA definition
The latest from CJN columnist Gil Troy.
Panel recommends strengthening ‘Magnitsky law’ to protect journalists
Canada’s Magnitsky law, which allows sanctions against egregious foreign human rights abusers, needs to be strengthened, recommends an independent international panel of legal experts that includes Irwin Cotler, who was a proponent of enacting such legislation when he was a member of Parliament.
Troy: Canada’s superhuman superhero for human rights
Gil Troy writes about why human rights activist and former justice minister Irwin Cotler deserves the Nobel Peace Prize.
Ex-PM Paul Martin recommends Irwin Cotler for a Nobel Prize
Former prime minister Paul Martin and former Israeli cabinet minister and Jewish Agency chair Natan Sharansky have endorsed the nomination of Irwin Cotler for this year’s Nobel Peace Prize.
Author’s debut novel is based on true events
Mordechai Ben-Dat reviews Roxanne Veletzos’ debut novel, The Girl They Left Behind.
Irwin Cotler, MPs call for sanctions against Iranian officials
The Canadian government is being urged to impose sanctions on 19 Iranians who are singled out as “the principal architects of massive repression” within their country.
Irwin Cotler applauds Saudi sanctions, calls for independent inquiry
The Canadian government’s decision to sanction 17 Saudis in connection with the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi was applauded by the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights.
Canada urged to sanction suspects in Jamal Khashoggi’s murder
The Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights has submitted a list of “at least” 18 Saudi Arabian officials to the Canadian government, who it believes should be sanctioned in connection with the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
Rabbi Frydman-Kohl on Parashat Vayetzei
Rabbi Baruch Frydman-Kohl considers Judaism’s central role in the development of human rights.
Cotler urges government to rescind rare honour
Irwin Cotler, a former federal justice minister and advocate for a host of political prisoners, is calling on Ottawa to revoke the honorary Canadian citizenship of Myanmar’s leader, one of only six people to ever receive the distinction.
