Sexuality and the Law

Evan Rankin, 2L, was an International Human Rights Program (IHRP) intern at the UN Economic and Social Council for Asia and the Pacific (Thailand) during the summer of 2014. This report was first published in the IHRP's Rights Review magazine.

In a commentary in The Globe and Mail, SJD student and Trudeau Scholar Kyle Kirkup argues that a Canadian Judicial Council (CJC) investigation is targeting a victim of "revenge porn" and should be dropped ("The legal inquiry into Justice Lori Douglas must end," October 22, 2014).

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By Suzanne Bowness

By Sandra Bartlett

“If someone is going to have a WorldPride Human Rights conference, it should be us.”  

SJD student and Trudeau scholar Kyle Kirkup has written a commentary in The Globe and Mail analyzing the Government of Canada's proposed new law to regulate prostitution ("New prostitution laws, same old harms to sex workers," June 4, 2014).

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In a commentary in The Globe and Mail, Prof. Brenda Cossman looks at how one can engage with the Olympics without turning their backs on LGBT communities ("How to be a gay rights ally during the Sochi Games," Februrary 7, 2014).

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How to be a gay rights ally during the Sochi Games

By Brenda Cossman

Februrary 7, 2014

Passionate debate: protesters unfurled their signs when Kim Pate, of the Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies, spoke about the dangers of decriminalizing the sex trade.

By Lucianna Ciccocioppo

In a commentary in The Globe and Mail, Prof. Brenda Cossman looks at the potential consequences of the Supreme Court of Canada's decision striking down three laws relating to sex work ("What if Ottawa now criminalizes prostitution?", December 20, 2013).

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