Research projects

 

Research projects

International Justice and Fundamental Rights Laboratory
  • Funding source: Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) grant through the John R. Evans Leaders Opportunity Fund; Government of Quebec grant for the creation of the digital research infrastructure; Partnership with the Centre for Digital Research Expertise (CEN-R) of the Université de Montréal. Total amount: $397,000
  • Project type: Digital platform specializing in comparative analysis of human rights laws, regulations and policy decisions.
Armed Activities on the Territory of the Congo (Democratic Republic of the Congo v. Uganda) case of the International Court of Justice
  • Funding source: Canada Research Chair in International Justice and Human Rights.
  • Project type: Critical analysis of restorative justice before the International Court of Justice.
Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Gambia v. Myanmar) of the International Court of Justice
  • Funding source: Canada Research Chair in International Justice and Human Rights.
  • Project type: Legal analysis.
Trust Fund for Victims of International Crimes "Defining Reparations for Victims of International Crimes"
  • Funding source: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Knowledge Development Competition; International Criminal Court Mobility Award (to follow).
  • Project type: Comparative study on funds for victims of gross human rights violations; Interviews at the International Criminal Court; Recording of a series of vignettes and podcasts on reparations.

Collaborative projects / partnerships

Manuel « The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention: Commentary and Guide to Practice » (Cambridge University Press, 2020),  Jared Genser.
  • Funding source: Université de Montréal, Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law of the Université de Montréal, Canada Research Chair on International Justice and Fundamental Rights.
  • Project type: Collaborative project to translate the said manual into French.
Informal participation at the International Court of Justice
  • Funding source: Canada Research Chair on International Justice and Fundamental Rights, Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence on Global Governance EU-South America.
  • Project type: Research and empirical analysis on participation patterns in the International Court of Justice in collaboration with Professor Paula Almeida (FGV-Rio).
Reconciliatory Transitional Justice in Africa
  • Project type: Partnership with the African Academy for the Practice of International Law to rethink post-violence justice in Africa.
Hygeia Observatory of the Université de Montréal
  • Funding source: Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Scholarships; World Vision Grant; Funding agreement of over twenty-one million dollars with the University of Montreal by ministerial order of the Minister responsible for Canadian Relations and Francophonie.
  • Project type: Partnership with the Hygeia Observatory and the International Health Unit; Large-scale project called "TUSEME-KWELI-Disons la vérité" with the Panzi Foundation; Interdisciplinary support for the empowerment of Girls, Adolescents and Women within the Francophonie.
The normative action of the World Health Organization in domestic law
  • Funding source: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Knowledge Development Competition, Stellari Fund of the Université de Montréal.
  • Project type: Interdisciplinary research; Pre Catherine Régis (principal investigator), with Pr Jean-Louis Denis, Pr Pierre Larouche, Pre Miriam Cohen.
Access to international justice: inter-state courts
  • Funding source: Canada Research Chair on International Justice and Fundamental Rights, Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence on Global Governance EU-South America.

Finished Projects

Conflict in Ukraine: informative capsules on the role of international judicial bodies in the Russian-Ukrainian armed conflict
  • Funding source: Canada Research Chair on International Justice and Fundamental Rights, Centre d'études et de recherches internationales de l'Université de Montréal (CÉRIUM).
Conflict in Ukraine: International justice on the horizon (La Presse) (March 13, 2022)
  • Funding source: Canada Research Chair on International Justice and Fundamental Rights, Centre d'études et de recherches internationales de l'Université de Montréal (CÉRIUM).
Conflict in Ukraine: Russia faces international justice (La Presse) (March 8, 2022)
  • Funding source: Canada Research Chair in International Justice and Human Rights.
  • Project type: Legal analysis; Pre Miriam Cohen interview (Chair on International Justice and Fundamental Rights) by André Duchesne (journalist and columnist at La Presse).

This content has been updated on 11 July 2022 at 23 h 12 min.