Chatham House roundtable on peace and security at Columbia Law School

November 2018 – Delighted to participate in a two-day roundtable on current issues of peace and security in international law, contributing a presentation on UN Security Council working methods and veto restraint initiatives. Organized by the international think tank Chatham House (The Royal Institute of International Affairs), in collaboration with the Human Rights Institute at Columbia Law School and the China University of Political Science and Law (CUPL), the roundtables bring together academics from Australia, Canada, China, the Netherlands, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States.

"Extradition after Diab" panel at CCIL annual conference


​November 2018 -- Many thanks to the organizers of the 47th annual conference of the Canadian Council on International Law for including a panel discussion on "Extradition after Diab" in the conference program. An opportunity to make public the call for extradition law reform to be guided by the principles of fairness, balance and transparency, recognizing the liberty rights at stake in any extradition request. Delighted to be a part of an engaging panel with Don Bayne, counsel for Dr Hassan Diab and Professor Rob Currie, Schulich School of Law at Dalhousie University, using a question-and-answer format so ably carried out by Professor Craig Forcese, Faculty of Law (Common Law Section) at the University of Ottawa. See the video here.

Halifax Colloquium on extradition law reform

​September 2018 -- My pleasure to participate in a colloquium on much needed extradition law reform at Dalhousie University’s MacEachen Institute for Public Policy and Governance. ​Many thanks to Professor Rob Currie, Schulich School of Law, for his efforts, bringing together experts from academia, the criminal defence bar, and national human rights organizations. And thanks to the Canadian Partnership for International Justice, funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, for including extradition law reform within its mandate.

Recent Presentations (last five years)

  • J. Harrington, "Recent Developments regarding UN Security Council Working Methods and Veto Restraint Initiatives", an invited presentation at a two-day "Roundtable on International Law relating to Peace and Security" organized by Chatham House (The Royal Institute for International Affairs) and the Human Rights Institute at Columbia Law School, University of Columbia, New York, USA, 10-11 November 2018
  • J. Harrington, "Reforming Extradition Law", an invited panel presentation for the 47th annual conference of the Canadian Council on International Law, Ottawa, ON, 1-2 November 2018
  • J. Harrington, "Needed reforms to Canadian extradition law", a contribution to the Halifax Colloquium on Extradition Law Reform held at the MacEachen Institute for Public Policy and Governance, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, 21 September 2018
  • J. Harrington, “Using Digital Evidence in the Investigation and Prosecution of International Crimes”, invited remarks at the third annual papers workshop on “Revisiting the Role of International Law in National Security” organized by the International Committee of the Red Cross for Canada and the Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University, New York, USA, 18 June 2018
  • J. Harrington, “Mutually Beneficial Cooperation and the Protection of Human Rights”, an invited presentation for “The Fifth Roundtable on International Law: Emerging Issues” organized by Chatham House (The Royal Institute of International Affairs) and the China University of Political Science and Law, Beijing, People’s Republic of China, 2-3 June 2018
  • J. Harrington, "Interpreting the Charter", Edmonton Lifelong Learners Association, Faculty of Education, University of Alberta, Edmonton, 8 May 2018
  • J. Harrington, “Global Mobility: Rights, Security and Belonging: Discussant’s Remarks”, an invited commentary for the 11th annual workshop of Women in International Security-Canada on “Gender & Security, from the Bottom-up Workshop” held at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, 2-4 May 2018
  • J. Harrington, “Extradition, Assurances, and Human Rights”, a panel presentation at the annual “Osgoode Constitutional Cases Conference” hosted by Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, Toronto, Canada, 6 April 2018
  • J. Harrington, “The Practicalities of Parliamentary Engagement in Treaty-making”, an invited presentation for the “Treaties, Brexit and the Constitution” conference co-organized by the House of Commons Library, the University of Bristol Law School, and Jesus College, University of Oxford, and held at Jesus College, Oxford, UK, 23 March 2018
  • J. Harrington, “Accountability for the Commission of Crimes in Syria”, a panel contribution for “Battleground Metropolis: Urban Warfare and International Humanitarian Law”, a conference open to the public organized by the Canadian Red Cross at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, 2 March 2018
  • J. Harrington, “Common Article 1”, an invited contribution to “The Transpacific Workshop on International Law and Armed Conflict” organized by the International Committee of the Red Cross and the U.S. Pacific Command, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Honolulu, USA, 15-16 February 2018
  • J. Harrington, “Past Guidance for Present Challenges in Transnational Criminal Law” at the 46th annual conference of the Canadian Council on International Law on “Canada at 150: The Return of History for International Law”, Ottawa, Canada, 2-3 November 2017
  • J. Harrington, “Accountability” at the “Humanizing Warfare: Successes and Challenges with Implementing the Law of Armed Conflict” conference organized by the Canadian Red Cross and the College of Law at the University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada, 27 October 2017
  • J. Harrington, "Interpreting the Charter", Downtown Charter Series, Centre for Constitutional Studies, Edmonton, 14 September 2017
  • J. Harrington, “Legal Implications of Brexit”, Canadian Bar Association (Alberta Branch), International Business Law Section (South), Calgary, 20 June 2017
  • J. Harrington, "A Canadian Perspective on Targeting, Detention, and Trials" for a panel discussion on "International Law and National Security: A View from Abroad on Current Trends in Targeting, Detention, and Trials" organized by the International Committee of the Red Cross and Cardozo Law School, Yeshiva University, New York, USA, 18 May 2017
  • J. Harrington, “Canada and the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials: Developments and Challenges” for the “Transnational Criminal Law in the Americas” conference at the Faculty of Law, University of Windsor, Windsor, Canada, 4-5 May 2017
  • J. Harrington, “Corruption in International Law: Challenges and Developments” at the “Roundtable on Peaceful Settlement of International Disputes and Protection of Individual Rights” organized by Chatham House (The Royal Institute of International Affairs) and the China University of Political Science and Law, Beijing, People’s Republic of China, 26-27 November 2016
  • J. Harrington, “Sexualized Violence: Accountability of Peacekeepers”, a panel presentation organized by the Military Justice division of the Office of the Judge Advocate General of the Canadian Armed Forces for the 45th annual conference of the Canadian Council on International Law, Ottawa, Canada, 3-5 November 2016
  • J. Harrington, “Applying Public Law Principles to the UN Human Rights Bodies: Supporting the Call for Change to Working Methods” at the biennial conference on “The Unity of Public Law?” hosted by the Centre for Public Law at the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom, 12-14 September 2016
  • J. Harrington, “Urgent Human Rights Situations and Interim Measures of Protection: Problems of Compliance, Legitimacy and Effectiveness”, Department of Government, The University of Texas at Austin, 4 May 2016
  • J. Harrington, “Urgent Human Rights Situations and Interim Measures of Protection,” Faculty of Laws, University College London, 20 November 2015
  • J. Harrington, “Illuminations or Further Complexities? The Role of the Human Rights Treaty-Monitoring Bodies” at the “Transatlantic Workshop on International Law and Armed Conflict” co-sponsored by the International Committee of the Red Cross, the Oxford Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict, the Oxford Martin Programme on Human Rights for Future Generations, the Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law, and the South Texas College of Law at Pembroke College, University of Oxford, United Kingdom, 15-16 July 2015
  • J. Harrington, “A Perspective from the Americas on Interim Measures of Protection” at the “Urgency and Human Rights” conference organized by the Department of International and European Law at Radboud University, in cooperation with the Departimento di Giurisprudenza at the Seconda Universitá di Napoli and the Ghent Human Rights Centre of Belgium at Nijmegen, Netherlands, 29-30 May 2015
  • J. Harrington, “Neighbourliness, National Values, and Counter-Terrorism Efforts: A Canadian Perspective,” Faculty of Law, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia, 23 February 2015
  • J. Harrington, “From Scotland to Sudan: Legal Implications of the Creation of New States,” Canadian Bar Association (Alberta Branch), International Business Law Section (South), Calgary, 27 January 2015
  • J. Harrington, "Interim Measures in International Human Rights Proceedings", an invited presentation for the 7th national conference of the Canadian Association of Refugee lawyers, held via simultaneous broadcasting in Vancouver, Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal, 16 October 2014
  • J. Harrington, “The UN Security Council, its Working Methods, and Institutional Change” at the 22nd annual conference of the Australian and New Zealand Society of International Law at the Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, 3-5 July 2014
  • J. Harrington, “Use of Force, Rule of Law Restraints, and Process: Unfinished Business for the Responsibility to Protect Concept,” Centre for International Policy Studies and Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, 7 March 2014
  • J. Harrington, “Exploring the Canadian in 50 Years of Canadian International Law Scholarship” at the 42nd annual conference of the Canadian Council on International Law, Ottawa, Canada, 14-16 November 2013
  • J. Harrington, “The International Rule of Law: The Role for Law and Lawyers,” University of Alberta President’s Society Annual Dinner, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, 12 November 2013
  • J. Harrington, “Accountability and Responsibility of International Organizations: The Contributions of the International Law Commission” at the “US/Canada International Humanitarian Law Workshop” organized by the International Committee of the Red Cross (Washington Delegation) and the Center on Law, Ethics and National Security at Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA, 3-4 October 2013
  • J. Harrington, “Rule of Law Restraints on the Use of Force: Unfinished Business for the Responsibility to Protect” at the “The United Nations Security Council, Force and the Rule of Law” workshop organized by the Australian National University’s Centre for International Governance and Justice and the Australian Civil-Military Centre in cooperation with Australia’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations, New York, USA, 13 June 2013
  • J. Harrington, “China, the Responsibility to Protect, and an Opportunity for Leadership?” at the 2013 ILA-ASIL Asia-Pacific Research Forum on “International Law and Dispute Resolution: Challenges in the Asia Pacific” in Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China, 15-16 May 2013
  • J. Harrington, “Climate Change, Human Rights, and the Right to be Cold,” Faculty of Law, National Cheng Chung University, Chia-yi county, Republic of China, 13 May 2013​
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