The IHRP Working Group on Law and Armed Conflict invites you for a presentation with Jayne Stoyles, Executive Director of the Canadian Centre for International Justice (CCIJ). The Canadian Centre for International Justice works with survivors of genocide, torture and other atrocities to seek redress and bring perpetrators to justice. In particular, working through appropriate domestic, foreign and international courts, and other mechanisms, the CCIJ's mandate is to help ensure that individuals with a strong connection to Canada who experienced serious human rights violations are able to pursue justice against those who may have been responsible. This includes survivors of atrocities as well as family or those with close relationships to victims. The CCIJ seeks to ensure that individuals present in Canada who are accused of responsibility for serious human rights violations are held accountable and their victims recognized, supported and compensated. The CCIJ carries out this work in close cooperation with, and for the benefit of, affected communities and individuals in Canada and abroad, and endeavours to contribute to the success of the international justice system as a whole. The CCIJ also works collaboratively with domestic and international organizations and experts from a variety of fields in the fulfillment of its goals. Jayne Stoyles is a lawyer, the first Executive Director of the Canadian Centre for International Justice, and an Ashoka Canada Fellow. Ms. Stoyles served for several years as the Program Director of the NGO Coalition for the International Criminal Court in New York, a network of 2,000 NGOs worldwide that helped bring about the establishment of the Court and was twice nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize. She has been a Senior Adviser to the Institute for Global Policy in New York on issues of human security, UN reform and international justice, provided International Humanitarian Law training for the Red Cross, and taught international law. Before and during her law degree, Ms. Stoyles did volunteer placements in Africa, Latin America and a First Nations community in northern Canada. She articled with a human rights law firm in Toronto and then began her career as an advocate. For more information about this event or the Working Group on Law and Armed Conflict, please contact Tuca Bihari at luiz.bihari@utoronto.ca
