STU Moot Court Places First Overall

The STU Moot Court team returned from a regional competition in Albany, NY with multiple speaker awards, the competition’s first place title, and at least two bids to the National Moot Court Competition in Dallas, Texas in January 2018.
Emma Walsh and Brianna Workman placed first overall in Albany. Walsh, a second-time mooter and third-year student, was named top orator at the event. Workman, a first-time mooter and third-year student, came third. Husoni Raymond, first-time mooter and second-year student, and Emily Williams, second-time mooter and third-year student, also brought home orator awards—seventh and eighth place, respectively. Read more…

Heading Back to Geneva: STU Students Qualify for Nelson Mandela World Human Rights Moot Court Competition for the second straight year

For the second year in a row, students from St. Thomas University qualified for the Nelson Mandela World Human Rights Moot Court Competition in Geneva, Switzerland. Williams and Xavier submitted two legal briefs to the competition that were selected among the top ten in the Western European and Others region to earn a spot at the international event.  Last year, STU’s team—represented by LeBlanc and Navy Vezina—won first place at the competition and were the first Canadian team to do so

Public Lecture – “The Human Right to a Healthy World” by Silver Donald Cameron

Silver Donald Cameron will speak about “The Human Right to a Healthy World” on Friday, Sept. 29, 2017 at 2:30 pm in the Ted Daigle Auditorium in Edmund Casey Hall. The lecture is co-hosted by the Environment and Society Program and the Atlantic Human Rights Centre.
Air, water, food—these are the sources of life. Without them, we die. In more than 180 nations, citizens are legally entitled to these essential elements of life. The GreenRights multi-media project (www.greenrights.com) examines dramatic, innovative legal battles all over the world and questions why this right to a healthy environment is not protected in Canada or the United States.

St. Thomas Moot Court Earns Select Spot at International Moot Court Competition in Europe

Navy Vezina and Abbie LeBlanc will represent St. Thomas University at the Nelson Mandela World Human Rights Moot Court Competition in Geneva, Switzerland from July 18 to 21, 2017. The international competition is open to undergraduate and masters of law students. The top five teams from each of the five regions (based on United Nations regions) qualified to attend.  Canada—and St. Thomas—is part of the Western European and Others region. Along with St. Thomas, the top five for this region include Yale Law School, the University of Oxford, Universitat del Piemonte Orientale in Italy, and the University of Lucerne in Switzerland.

Celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Human Rights Act in 2017

The program of events scheduled to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the New Brunswick Human Rights Act was unveiled today.

On Sept. 15, 1967, the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick was one of the first in the country to pass a law protecting its residents against discrimination and promoting true equality for all in a modern society.

To mark the 50th anniversary of the act, the New Brunswick Human Rights Commission will host the mid-year meeting of the Canadian Association of Statutory Human Rights Agencies, present a Human Rights Award, and underscore the contribution of youth by establishing a Youth Human Rights Award. Read more…

Public Lecture: Dr. Costanza Musu on “Understanding the Final Status Issues in Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations” 

Dr. Costanza Musu, Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Ottawa, will deliver the lecture “Understanding the Final Status Issues in Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations. What Role for the International Community, What Role for Canada?” on Tuesday, March 21 at 7 PM in Brian Mulroney Hall, Room 102.

Musu’s research interest lies in conflict resolution and security studies; the Israeli-Palestinian conflict; the European Union and foreign policy; and Transatlantic Relations in the field of security and defense.