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LIVE Project Seminar #4
August 24 @ 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm
| Title |
| Mechanisms for Domestic Justice And Accountability In Canada |
| Date |
| Sunday, August 24 (12 – 3 PM EST) |
| Mode |
| Online Via Zoom For Free |
Keynote Speaker Background:
Amanda Ghahremani is an international human rights lawyer and consultant. She was previously the legal director of the Canadian Centre for International Justice. Her expertise includes international criminal law, international humanitarian law, corporate accountability, universal jurisdiction, and targeted human rights sanctions.
Her recent work includes co-authoring the legal analysis on genocide for the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls in Canada, litigating against a Canadian mining company for corporate accountability in the Araya v. Nevsun case, and successfully leading the international campaign to release Iranian-Canadian political prisoner Professor Homa Hoodfar from arbitrary detention in Iran.
She is currently a research fellow at the Human Rights Center at UC Berkeley School of Law and a regular commentator in Canadian media on Canada’s international legal and human rights obligations. Her work and writing can be found at: amandaghahremani.com