We are very pleased to announce that our International Advisory Committee member Dr. Elizabeth Bruch of the University of Washington Tacoma, USA has published a new book entitled “Human Rights and Humanitarian Intervention: Law and Practice in the Field” (Routledge, 2016). Here’s a link: https://www.routledge.com/Human-Rights-and-Humanitarian-Intervention-Law-and-Practice-in-the-Field/Bruch/p/book/9781138190559 Human rights, peacekeeping, and humanitarian intervention have emerged in the past decades as important […]
Marcia Kran nominated to UNHRC
March 27, 2016 by
The IWRP is extremely proud to announce that Marcia Kran, our Senior Adviser on International Human Rights Law, has been nominated by Canada to the United Nations Human Rights Committee! Click here to download pdf announcement.
UNESCO Report “Monitoring global water with a gender perspective” launched at COP 21
December 16, 2015 by
We are very pleased to announce that the UNESCO report, “Monitoring global water with a gender perspective” has had its official launch at the COP21 in Paris. IWRP was a contributor to the United Nations World Water Assessment Programme’s work on the “Sex-disaggregated indicators for water assessment, monitoring and reporting” which can be found here http://www.unesco.org/new/en/natural-sciences/about-us/single-view/news/monitoring_global_water_with_a_gender_perspective/#.Vm9ic3grLIW
Welcoming Marcia V.J. Kran
December 9, 2015 by
We are delighted to announce that Marcia V.J. Kran has joined IWRP as our senior adviser on international women’s rights law. Marcia is an experienced international human rights lawyer and political scientist specializing in women’s rights and democratic governance who brings to her advisory role at IWRP over 35 years professional experience with the United […]
Refugee Support Sponsorship Program
December 9, 2015 by
The IWRP is one of many organizations involved in the Refugee Support Sponsorship Program across Canada, working to provide legal advice for sponsors and refugees. “Many Canadians rushed to find a way to do something to help Syrian refugees in the days after photos were published showing little Alan Kurdi’s lifeless body on a Turkish […]
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