Human Rights Law
The law related to domestic and international human rights, including treaties, declarations, regional conventions, domestic law, constitutional provisions, and customary international law. Our researchers work in a variety of areas, including human rights law in a digital context, international human rights law, constitutional protection of human rights, equality rights, freedom of religion, freedom of expression, and multiculturalism and the law.
Our Researchers
Maureen Duffy
- Comparative Law
- Constitutional Law (Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom)
- Immigration and Refugee Law
- National Security Law (the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom)
- Criminal Procedure (Canada and the United States)
- International Criminal Law
- International Humanitarian Law
- Juvenile Justice and Child Welfare
Jennifer Koshan
- Constitutional Law
- Equality and Human Rights
- State Responses to Violence
- Feminist Legal Theory
- Public Interest Advocacy
Emily Laidlaw
- Information Technology Law
- Intellectual Property Law
- Media Law
- Human Rights Law
- Corporate Social Responsibility
Kathleen Mahoney
- Equality
- International Human Rights Law
- Judicial Education
- Law and Reparations
- Aboriginal people and the law
- Feminist Legal Theory
- Transitional Justice
Jonnette Watson Hamilton
- Discourse Analysis
- Equality Rights
- Property Law & Theory
- Access to Justice
Dissecting judgments in Law Society of British Columbia v Trinity Western University
A discussion of the June 15, 2018 Supreme Court of Canada judgments in Law Society of British Columbia v Trinity Western University and Trinity Western University v Law Society of Upper Canada cases. What are their consequences for the protection of freedom of religion and power of administrative bodies, such as law societies?
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