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Forced Labour and Increasing Supply Chain Scrutiny: Long-awaited Guidance Released on Canada's Forced Labour Reporting Requirements

  • 06 février 2024
  • Kathleen Wang and Jessica Horwitz

On May, 3, 2023, the Canadian Parliament passed a supply chain transparency law, the Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act (the Act). Among other amendments to Canada's import laws, notably, the Act introduces a forced labour diligence public reporting requirement that will apply to both private sector entities and government institutions. The first reporting deadline approaching, with reports due by May 31, 2024.

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My *Legal* Bucket List

  • 04 avril 2023
  • Sabrina Clark

Gain international legal experience with an overseas organization. Check!

Droit international, Student Forum
photo of author Tina Daschuk

YLIP Experience: Journey of Openness

  • 04 avril 2023
  • Tina Daschuk

Rather than following the traditional path of articling or clerking right after law school, I participated in the Young Lawyers International Program (YLIP) because I could meaningfully contribute to human rights initiatives and learn about different parts of the world. Although I did not know much about South Africa beyond apartheid, Nelson Mandela, and the 2010 FIFA World Cup, I chose to work on land reform and women’s rights with the Legal Resources Centre based in Durban.

Droit international, Student Forum
photo of author Tina Daschuk

What Women’s Land and Property Rights Look Like Around the World

  • 04 avril 2023
  • Tina Daschuk

The United Nations recognizes women’s land rights as a human right. The ability women have to access and own land contributes to empowerment, development, sustainability and democracy for a nation. Yet many women around the world have been denied land, property, and housing rights. Less than 20% of women in the world are landholders. As part of my experience with the CBA Young Lawyers International Program, I analyzed women’s land rights in over 15 countries and noticed similar trends.

Droit international, Student Forum
The Power of a Resilient and Creative Mind: how to transform COVID-19 into a positive outcome

The Power of a Resilient and Creative Mind: how to transform COVID-19 into a positive outcome

  • 26 juin 2020
  • Delara Emami

Why resilience as a topic? I have read countless articles on mental well-being and the power and importance of being resilient. Resilience is a very sought after trait in all professions, particularly in the legal profession where we are constantly dealing with important decisions, challenges and obstacles put before us by our clients, our colleagues and our peers, while also managing our personal lives.

Droit international, Student Forum

Canada Joins WIPO’s Patent Law Treaty in its Unprecedented Intellectual Property “Going Global” Move for the Second Time in the Same Year

  • 29 octobre 2019
  • Mekhriban Mamedova

When the Patent Law Treaty comes into force for Canada on October 30, 2019, it will be the second time this year and the third time within the last two years that Canada has made an official statement to the international community that it is serious about “going global” and joining yet another major international WIPO treaty.

Droit international, Student Forum

Hardship, Starvation, and Hyperinflation: Applying the 1951 Refugee Convention to Venezuela's Humanitarian Crisis

  • 30 avril 2019
  • Kelly O’Connor

The economic and humanitarian crisis in Venezuela persists, causing more than 2.3 million Venezuelans to flee their country. The author argues that it is concerning to note that despite the definition of a 'refugee' as defined in the 1951 Refugee Convention, the international community has failed to consider these individuals as Convention refugees. The author therefore posits that those Venezuelans fleeing the crisis meet the criteria to be considered as Convention refugees.

Droit international, Student Forum

Is Justice in Sight for Victims of Past and Present War Crimes in Afghanistan?

  • 30 avril 2019
  • Zohra Safi

The conflict in Afghanistan has continued for nearly 40 years now, leading to the disintegration and weakening of the rule of law across the country. In May 2003, Afghanistan became a party to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (“ICC”), enabling the Afghan government to exercise criminal jurisdiction over individuals accused of international crimes. Afghanistan’s accession to the Rome Statute was a small but important step on the long road to eventual accountability.

Droit international, Student Forum

Modernizing Canadian Trademark System: Joining three major international trademark treaties and what it means for Canada's trademark regime

  • 30 avril 2019
  • Mekhriban Mamedova

On March 18, 2019, the World Intellectual Property Organization (“WIPO”) reported that Canada has ascended to the three major international trademark treaties (the Singapore Treaty, the Madrid Protocol, and the Nice Agreement). Canada's ascension to these treaties marks a policy towards establishing an efficient and welcoming environment for all types of businesses that may seek to relocate, and successfully establish and protect their brands in Canada and abroad.

Droit international, Student Forum

ONTARIO COURT OF APPEAL SUMMARIES (APRIL 2- APRIL 6)

  • 08 avril 2018
  • John Polyzogopoulos

Topics covered this week included franchise law and rescission, liability for wrongful patent enforcement, the duty to defend in the MVA context, family law (custody and access and breach of court orders), securities class actions, and mortgage enforcement. John Polyzogopoulos

Litige civil, Droit de la famille, Droit des franchises et 4 en plus, Technologies de l'information et le droit de la propriété intellectuelle, Droit des assurances, Droit international, Droit immobilier