Your Executive at Work

  • January 30, 2023

Happy New Year! The Executive and committee members have been working hard over the past few months, and we’d like to update you on our activities in the 2022-2023 year thus far.

NEW RELEASE OF THE CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL LAWYER JOURNAL

The newest edition of the Canadian International Lawyer is now available online! Volume 13, No. 1 of the CIL features articles on:

  • Un changement en prépare-t-il un autre? : Les développements du droit international des droits de la personne en lien avec les changements climatiques et ses impacts éventuels sur les litiges fondés sur la Charte canadienne des droits et liberté au Canada by Anne Levesque (p. 3)
  • Assessing China’s Belt & Road Initiative for Canada: Understanding Key PRC Principles and Issues come First by David F. Day (p. 34)
  • The UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods: Contract Drafting and Litigation Considerations for Canadians by Michael Shortt (p. 70)
  • La lex mercatoria est-elle une lex specialis en droit international des investissements? By Ali Kairouani (p. 123)

Comments

  • Canada’s Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act is Constitutional by Amir Attaran (p. 155)
  • Governing North of the Wall: Challenging the Extraterritorial Effects of Canada’s Air Passenger Protection Regulations by Greg Landry (p. 169)

From a legal point of view

  • Has Donald Trump committed crimes under international law? by Joseph Rikhof (p. 188)

The Editorial Board of the CIL is already planning for their next edition. If you have an article that you would like to contribute for a future edition of the CIL, please review the instructions to authors and submit your article. Don’t forget to check out past issues of the CIL.

ADVOCACY HIGHLIGHTS

Our Section has been responding to numerous consultations on international law issues. In 2022, the International Law Section was invited to participate in multiple roundtable workshops and debriefs, including:

  • Series of debriefs for the Canadian-India Early Progress Trade Agreement (EPTA) negotiations and the Canada-ASEAN Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations;
  • Debrief following Round 3 of negotiations for the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) between Canada and Indonesia;
  • Debrief on Round 4 of the Canada-United Kingdom Free Trade Agreement negotiations; and

The International Law Section also offered feedback on the CBA’s letter to Heritage Canada, discussing Canada’s reporting obligations to the International Convention on the Eliminations of all Forms of Racial Discrimination.

The Section is also preparing to meet with the Trade Commissioner Service in February.

If you are interested in joining the Advocacy Committee, please contact Ewa Gosal.

INTERNATIONAL LAW ON THE COUNTERFACTUAL PODCAST

The CBA Competition Law and Foreign Investment Review Section runs the Counterfactual Podcast. In the third episode, the hosts sit down with former national security and intelligence advisor to the Prime Minister, Vincent Rigby, and Associate Professor and security expert at the University of Ottawa’s Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, Thomas Juneau. They discuss their recent report on the threats to Canada and Canadians’ security, the sufficiency of Canada’s current strategy to protect its national interests, and how the Investment Canada Act fits into the broader national security toolbox. Subscribe now to the Counterfactual Podcast! Available wherever you get your podcasts, including Apple Podcasts and Google Podcasts.

CBA BUSINESS AND HUMAN RIGHTS GUIDE

Our Section contributed to the CBA’s new Business and Human Rights Guide, an essential tool for Canadian lawyers and businesses, covering various topics related to emerging principles of practice, mitigating business risk and meeting corporate responsibility obligations.

The Guide is designed to help Canadian lawyers incorporate more Business and Human Rights Law into their legal practice. The Guide will also offer guidance to businesses on how to ensure human rights are respected. Check it out! Also refer to our LinkedIn page for updates, including an upcoming brown bag about how the BHR Guide was developed and how to best navigate it.

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Thank you,
CBA International Law Section Executive Committee