Time

Event

Presenter & Topic

8:00

Registration

9:00

Panel 1 – Balancing Rights

The Role of Journalist Privilege in Democratic Society – Sandy Donaldson

Legislating Hate Speech Internationally: Addressing the conflicting rights of speaker and hearer – Jennifer Poirier

A Balancing Act: Anti-terrorism legislation and human rights – Shanna Mittleman

Insta-Democracy and Market Dominant Minorities – Kyle McInnes

10:20

Coffee Break

10:40

Panel 2 – Vulnerable Communities

Female Genital Mutilation: Towards a more comprehensive approach – Kristal Low

Prosecuting Innocence?  An Analysis of the Statute of the Special Court of Sierra Leone as it pertains to the prosecution of child-soldiers as war criminals – Neera Sivarajah

Borderless Victims:  Trafficking as a crime against humanity – Sheila Varadan

Crossroads:  Where Inuit and U.S. laws and cultures meet – Jaden Winfree

12:00

Lunch Break

1:30

Panel 3 – Criminal Law and Criminal Acts

Expanding the Role of International Sentencing Standards: A case study of the US juvenile death penalty – Andrea Gonsalves

A House of Cards?: Bilateral Immunity Agreements and the legitimacy of the International Criminal Court – Becca Murtha

Principle over Profit: Prosecuting corporate actors at the International Criminal Court – Alison Mitchell

Government-Authorized Atrocities: The humanitarian crisis in Sudan – Catherine Mann

2:50

Coffee Break

3:10

Panel 4 – International Organizations

‘Who Dares, Wins’: CARICOM’s quest for judicial victory over British colonialism – Tracy Austin

NATO’s Damage to International Law, Peace, Security and Human Rights – Sanja Popovic

"Canada's international human rights obligations and the American Convention on Human Rights: Where are we at?" – Lise Rivet

4:30

Break

5:00

Key-Note Speaker

Jean-Louis Roy – Canada’s Foreign Policy – What Place for Human Rights?

6:00

Reception

In Student Lounge, third floor Fauteux.  ILSA prize awarded.