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Hewitt quoted in today's Toronto Star regarding Justice Malcolm Rowe's appointment to the Supreme Court

Professor Jeffery Hewitt was quoted in an article in The Star today entitled, "Advocates for minority Supreme Court judge disappointed by Trudeau’s pick." Professor Hewitt told The Star that he doesn’t accept arguments that there may be a lack of qualified candidates.“Tell us who applied. Give us the list. Talk to us about . . . whether there were any indigenous people in there?” he said.

Diller gives keynote address in Aarhus, Denmark

Professor Janelle Diller gave a keynote address at the INTRAlaw academic workshop on the “Interaction between human rights: 50 years of the Covenants” in Aarhus, Denmark on September 29, 2016. On the occasion of 50 years since adoption of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Right, her speech highlighted the status of economic, social and cultural rights 50 years on and important normative and institutional issues facing the field.