What Canada Owes its Afghan Workers

• August 21, 2021

As dark clouds piled on the horizon and a catastrophic humanitarian crisis looms over Afghanistan, the Canadian government promised a special resettlement program for approximately 20,000 Afghans who fear reprisals from the Taliban for collaborating with the international community.  The …

‘We Managed to Participate, but We Had to Fight for It’: Collective Reparation and Women in Colombia

• July 24, 2021

Collective reparations emerged in Colombia within the legal framework of the peace process of the Government of Álvaro Uribe Vélez with the United Self-defense Forces of Colombia (AUC in Spanish) of 2005. The legal framework focused on the rights of …

Transitional Justice in Colombia, Five Years After Signing the Peace Agreement

• July 22, 2021

Societies that have suffered massive violence require transitional institutions to manage injustices related to grave violations of human rights, document the truth of infringements and hold perpetrators accountable. The 2016 peace agreement in Colombia instituted the Truth Commission and the …

Peace with Justice in Colombia?

• July 21, 2021

The national strike that erupted on 28 April 2021, following a proposed tax reform by the current administration, was met with state repression of protests. That repression and the impasse of dialogue since late April have revealed deep grievances and …

Swazi Youth-Led Democratic Protests in Kingdom of Eswatini in Southern Africa Need Canadian Support

• July 20, 2021

This past week the international community has received detailed information about the turmoil currently ongoing in South Africa. The former President Jacob Zuma was found guilty of contempt of the Constitutional Court, the highest Court in South Africa, for …

The Methane Mitigation Opportunity (Or, How to Avoid an Additional 0.3°C of Global Warming by Mid-Century)

• July 15, 2021

A recent high-level report on global methane emissions has found that the world could reduce the expected warming of Earth by 0.3°C through a combination of specific policy interventions. The Government of Canada should seize the opportunity by rallying the …

Canada and Global Vaccine Equity: Timid, Late and Insufficient

• July 15, 2021

Canada’s recent announcement that it would donate 17.7 million doses of vaccines to the global fight against COVID-19 is to be applauded. But don’t clap too loud. We weren’t ever going to use them anyway. For all of its rhetoric …

L’assassinat du Président Moise, son contexte et les scénarios pour Haïti

• July 10, 2021

Dans la nuit du mardi 6 au mercredi 7 juillet 2021, un groupe d’hommes armés attaque le domicile du Président d’Haïti Jovenel Moise, l’assassine et laisse la Première Dame avec de graves blessures.  Les premières informations venant du Premier Ministre …

Authoritarianism has Changed, and so Should our Approach to it

• June 4, 2021

Authoritarianism is on the rise globally and democratic governments need to be better equipped to meet the challenges it represents, or at a minimum smarter about how they manage relations with authoritarian states.

For all the talk around a global …

Pour une politique étrangère féministe cohérente

• June 4, 2021

La politique d’aide internationale féministe (PAIF) du Canada, initiée en 2017, vise à promouvoir l’égalité des genres, le renforcement du pouvoir des femmes à l’étranger et le rôle de celles-ci dans les initiatives en matière de paix et sécurité. …

What will Russia do as Arctic Council Chair?

• June 3, 2021

On May 20, 2021, Iceland convened the 12^th Ministerial Meeting of the Arctic Council (AC) in Reykjavik. Upon concluding its 2-year term at the helm of the AC, the host handed over the AC’s gavel to Russia. 

Russia’s assumption …

Iran’s Presidential Elections: Frustration with Principalism, Disappointment with Reform

• May 19, 2021

Over recent years Iran’s political-social environment has undergone a considerable transformation in the relationship between the nation and the ruling system. This is a new chapter in the life of the Islamic Republic. This process can perhaps best be described …