2025
Actualité
Repairing transgenerational harm in the Ongwen case before the International Criminal Court: The next frontier in reparative justice for international crimes?
31 December 2025 Miriam Cohen
Miriam Cohen, "Repairing transgenerational harm in the Ongwen case before the International Criminal Court: The next frontier in reparative justice for international crimes", African Human Rights Law Journal, 2025(25), pp. 513-533. Summary The Ongwen case marks a turning point in international criminal justice in several respects. It presented an opportunity for the International Criminal Court (ICC) […] Read more
Actualité Presse
COP30: Belém did not meet expectations
8 December 2025 Miriam Cohen
Professor Miriam Cohen and Camille Martini, doctoral candidate in law, published an open letter in La Presse on December 4, 2025, in which they discuss the conclusions of COP 30 in light of the July 23, 2025 advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the obligations of States in relation to climate change. They assert […] Read more
Actualité Non classé Presse
Quebec Constitution Project: Lawyers appeal to the UN
8 December 2025 Miriam Cohen
Lawyers and human rights groups are calling on the UN to call the Quebec government to order and withdraw its bill enacting a Quebec constitution, on the grounds that it violates, in their view, a series of rights recognized in Canada and internationally. According to Professor Miriam Cohen, “the expectation is that this will prompt […] Read more
Actualité Conférences
54th Canadian Council on International Law ‘Advisory Opinions on Climate Crisis: Findings, Opportunities and Challenges’
26 November 2025 Miriam Cohen
On 13 and 14 November 2025, Professor Miriam Cohen participated in the 54th Canadian Council on International Law in Ottawa in a panel entitled ‘Advisory Opinions on the Climate Crisis: Findings, Opportunities and Challenges’. 13 - 14 november 2025 Ottawa Read more
Actualité Conférences
Freezing and confiscation of foreign central bank assets and international law
10 October 2025 Miriam Cohen
This event is organised by the Société Québécoise de Droit International, the Canada Research Chair in Human Rights and Reparative Justice, the Centre de Recherche en Droit Public, and the Human Rights and International Justice Lab. It will conclude with the presentation of an honorary membership of the Société Québécoise de Droit International to Professor […] Read more
Actualité
Miriam Cohen and Silviana Cocan receive the Louise Dandurand Award from the Fonds de recherche du Québec
9 October 2025 Miriam Cohen / Silviana Cocan
Professor Miriam Cohen and Lecturer Silviana Cocan won the Fonds de recherche du Québec's Louise Dandurand Prize in the Society and Culture category for their article entitled: ‘The duality of international state responsibility and individual criminal responsibility in the context of the Russian-Ukrainian war: an analysis in light of the prosecution of acts of aggression […] Read more
Actualité Conférences
Impacts of Trump's presence on international law: initial findings and reactions
9 October 2025 Miriam Cohen
This scientific event is organised by the Faculty of Law of the University of Montreal, with support from the Stellari Fund, the Canada Research Chair in Human Rights and International Reparative Justice, the Chair in Governance and International Trade Law, the International Commission of Jurists (Canadian section), and the University of Messina (Italy). 10 October […] Read more
Actualité Conférences
The role of hybrid courts in the Rome Statute system
22 September 2025 Miriam Cohen
As part of the CRDP's ‘Soirées de la justice series’, we invite you to a conference on ‘The role of hybrid tribunals in the Rome Statute system’. This conference, organised in collaboration with the Canada Research Chair in Human Rights and Reparative Justice, will be presented by Judge Volker Nerlich, Head of the International Criminal […] Read more
Actualité
Hsu Mo Award and ILA-ASIL Conference
The Chair is pleased to announce that Professor Miriam Cohen, along with her colleagues Camille Martini (Laval University), Maria Antonia Tigre (Sabin Centre for Climate Change Law) and Armando Rocha (Portuguese Catholic University), have been awarded the Hsu Mo Prize. The award was presented to them in Taipei during the International Law Association–American Society of […] Read more
Actualité
New Publications
mdetiere 2 August 2025 Miriam Cohen / Nouwagnon Olivier Afogo
The Chair is pleased to share recent publications by Professor Miriam Cohen: Book Chapters Miriam Cohen, “The Rise and Fall of Investment Immigration in Canada”, dans Investment Migration in Europe and the World, Hart 2025: https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/investment-migration-in-europe-and-the-world-9781509955220/ Miriam Cohen, “Participation in Climate Change Advisory Proceedings: Bridging the Gap between the Judiciary and the International Community”, […] Read more
