Working for human rights with Pascal Paradis
Mar 2, 2023 — All day
The Human Rights Research and Education Centre (HRREC) is pleased to invite you to this virtual event:
Working for human rights series with Pascal Paradis
This series of events was created to have leading human rights practitioners come and share their professional experience with our audience. It is an opportunity for students, alumni and any other person interested in human rights to hear about their career path and professional background!
We are pleased that Pascal Paradis has accepted our invitation. He is one of the three founding members of Lawyers Without Borders Canada (LWBC) and the Executive Director of the organization since 2005. He has managed or participated in several international cooperation projects in the fields of justice and human rights in various regions of the world.
Our speaker
Pascal Paradis
Mr. Paradis graduated from the Faculty of Law of Laval University in 1993 and was admitted to the Quebec Bar in 1994. In 1996, he obtained a Master's degree in International Law from the London School of Economics and Political Science with merit.
In 2006, he participated as a fellow in the International Law Course of the Organization of American States (OAS) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Mr. Paradis has chaired and delivered several conferences in French, English and Spanish in Quebec, the United States, Latin America and Africa on access to justice, international law, human rights, international arbitration and foreign investment. He sits on the boards of directors of Cooperation Canada and the Corporation de services du Barreau du QC.
His personality, his commitment to human rights and his reputation in the legal community have led to his being named twice by Canadian Lawyer as one of the 25 most influential lawyers in Canada.