Professor Miriam Cohen undertook several research trips in 2024 as part of her year of study for her research project on reparations and international climate justice. Professor Cohen stayed at the Université Côte d'Azur in France, the Universidade de São Paulo in Brazil, the Universidad de Salamanca in Spain, and the Max Planck Institute for […] Read more
The Chair is proud to highlight Professor Miriam Cohen's project, Dialoguer les droits humains (Human Rights Dialogue), which has received funding from the Fonds de recherche du Québec (FRQ) under the DIALOGUE programme – researchers component – 2023-2024. The overall objective of the ‘Dialoguer les droits humains’ project is to promote dialogue, through knowledge mobilisation […] Read more
Professor Miriam Cohen recently had the opportunity to participate in the theme week on International Criminal Justice hosted by the Law and Political Science Faculty of Aix-en-Provence, in France 🇫🇷 . During this week, experts in International Justice gathered to discuss topical issues in international criminal law. Professor Cohen's contribution dealt with the treatment of […] Read more
Professor Miriam Cohen recently participated in the annual conference of the Canadian Council on International Law. At this conference, Professor Cohen took part in a panel on the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea's advisory opinion on climate change, along with her colleagues Payam Akhavan, Vladyslav Lanovoy, Maria Antonia Tigre and Eran Sthoeger. Read more
We are proud to share that Professor Miriam Cohen has recently been appointed Assistant Editor (French content) of the The Canadian Yearbook of International Law! Established in 1961, the Yearbook covers both public and private international legal issues, and seeks to make practice in international law accessible to academics, policy-makers, and practitioners. Professor Cohen is […] Read more
Professor Miriam Cohen is happy to announce that she was a awarded a new Partnership Engage Grant from the Canada Social Sciences and Humanities Research council. This grant was awarded for the project on reparations for climate change which she is directing with professors Vladyslav Lanovoy (Université Laval) and Armando Rocha (Universidade Católica Portuguesa), and […] Read more
In January of 2023, the States of Chile and Colombia requested the Inter-American Court to issue an advisory opinion on “climate emergency and human rights.[1]” This advisory opinion seeks to provide guidance, based on the Inter-American corpus juris, about the scope of States’ obligations to address the impacts of climate change on human rights. In […] Read more
On May 30, Professor Miriam Cohen published an open letter in La Presse on the capacity of international law to combat climate change. In this letter, Professor Cohen noted the current trend of increasingly frequent analysis of the international obligations of States in the face of the climate emergency by international bodies. Encouraged by a […] Read more
Professor Miriam Cohen was in Washington D.C. for her official admission as a new member of the Global Young Academy, an international society of young scientists from all disciplines around the world! Professor Cohen is grateful for the opportunity to meet so many inspiring scientists from around the world, foster new collaborations and learn […] Read more
Professor Miriam Cohen was delighted to take part in the "Science Meets Parliament" event in Ottawa. This exciting initiative aims to strengthen ties between the scientific and political communities, and gives researchers the opportunity to learn more about integrating scientific evidence into policy-making in Parliament. On this occasion, Professor Cohen had the chance […] Read more