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We are delighted that Professor Stephen J. Toope will be giving the second Canada Seminar in May 2012 on the topic “Torture: Can International Law Prevent It?” 

In July 2011 Professor Toope began his second five-year term as the 12th President and Vice Chancellor of the University of British Columbia.

He is an International Law scholar, who has represented Western Europe and North America on the UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances. His academic interests include public international law, legal theory, human rights, international dispute resolution, and family law. He continues to conduct research on many aspects of international law and is currently working on issues of human rights and culture, and the origins of international obligation in international society.

Prior to joining UBC, Professor Toope was President of the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation, an independent, private, and non-partisan organization created to promote outstanding research and interaction between researchers in the social sciences and humanities and the wider society. Professor Toope is currently serving as Chair of the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC) and Member of the Research Council of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR).

A Canadian citizen, Professor Toope earned his PhD from Trinity College, Cambridge, (1987), his degrees in common law (LLB) and civil law (BCL) with honours from McGill University (1983), where he became Dean of the Faculty of Law. Originally, he graduated magna cum laude with his AB in History and Literature from Harvard University (1979).

Programme

5.15 pm  Talk, Simpkins Lee Theatre
6.30 pm  Drinks Reception

Please email us if you would like to attend.  

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