Susan Bazilli has been on leave from UVic and spent this spring term teaching International Human Rights law at the City University of New York School of Law. Students Discuss Human rights with UN official.

March 8th – International Women’s Day. See IWRP featured in Investing in Women and Girls. On March 8th, this year’s international women’s day Canada addresses both great challenges and promising opportunities for engaging women and girls for a better world at home and globally. View Investing in Women Girls Article (pdf)

NEW AT IWRP!! The new classroom resource, Understanding International Law, has been added to our website! This collaboration between IWRP, BCTF, and OJEN is available for your use! Look under Projects! Download and use! International Legal Resources

The lives of girls and women have changed dramatically over the past quarter century. The pace of change has been astonishing in some areas, but in others, progress toward gender equality has been limited—even in developed countries. This year’s World Development Report: Gender Equality and Development argues that gender equality is a core development objective [...]

Review: Law and Rights: Global Perspectives on Constitutionalism and Governance New review of Law and Rights: Global Perspectives on Constitutionalism and Governance by former IWRP Research Assistant Laurel Sherret.  See an excerpt from the review here.