@gibvanert

Litigation counsel in Ottawa & Vancouver. President, Canadian Council on International Law. Author, Using International Law in Canadian Courts.

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Joined June 2008
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Overheard in the Vancouver Law Courts barristers’ lounge yesterday: Counsel A: You must think I’m the most unreasonable lawyer in town. Counsel B: No no. You’ve got instructions. I get it. #civility
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Returning briefly to this platform to share this article I co-wrote with Prof. Rob Currie KC and the Hon. Allan Rock KC on Canadian judicial resistance to US annexation: policyoptions.irpp.org/magaz…
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Thank you, @asilorg President Hodgson, for today' statement on the United States and the international rule of law: asil.org/sites/default/files…
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I am delighted to announce the forthcoming third edition of my book, Using International Law in Canadian Courts. It is greatly expanded, including new discussions of UNDRIP, the Charter and much more. utppublishing.com/doi/book/1…

Using International Law in Canadian Courts, 3rd edition - University of Toronto Press

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“We are living in the time of Nero.”
Andrew Coyne 🇺🇦🇮🇱🇬🇪🇲🇩
@acoyne6 Nov 2024
My latest. theglobeandmail.com/opinion/…

Opinion: Trump’s election is a crisis like no other, not only for the U.S. but the world

There is no sense in understating the depth of the disaster of Donald Trump’s re-election

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Gib van Ert retweeted
CCIL-CCDI@CCIL_CCDI10 Oct 2024
CCDI 2024 - SÉANCE EN VEDETTE : « Démêler les contrôles à l’exportation et les sanctions économiques : de nouveaux enseignements surprenants ». L'inscription anticipé se termine le 15 octobre. Inscrivez-vous dès maintenant. Programme détaillé ici: site.pheedloop.com/event/cci…
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CCIL-CCDI@CCIL_CCDI10 Oct 2024
CCIL 2024 SESSION SPOTLIGHT: "Detangling Export Controls and Economic Sanctions: Surprising New Lessons." Early Registration for the Annual Conference ends October 15th. Register Now. Full program available here: site.pheedloop.com/event/cci…
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CCIL-CCDI@CCIL_CCDI23 Sep 2024
Join us for this Pre-Conference activity with Gregory Shaffer when you register for the CCIL Annual Conference. Tickets are $50 for conference registrants. Register now. site.pheedloop.com/event/cci…
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Terrible work by @globeandmail and @CanadianPress here. McLachlin’s statement says she has confidence in the judges of the HK Court of Final Appeal, not the “system” generally. And she certainly does not say she has “faith in democracy in the territory”. Totally misleading.
The Globe and Mail
@globeandmail10 Jun 2024
Former top judge Beverley McLachlin to end term in Hong Kong court, says she has ‘confidence’ in system theglobeandmail.com/canada/a…

McLachlin to retire from seat on Hong Kong’s highest appellate court when term ends

The announcement from the Canadian judge follows the resignation of two British judges from the same court earlier this month

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The errors have now been corrected by the Globe. Hoping CP corrects them, too.
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Here is an excerpt from the forthcoming 3rd edition of my book Using International Law in Canadian Courts on judicial notice and treaties--just in time for tomorrow's @SCC_eng appeal in the IATA case: gibvanert.com/2024/03/24/jud…

Judicial notice and treaties: excerpts from Using International Law in Canadian Courts, 3rd ed

An upcoming appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada from the decision of the Federal Court of Appeal in International Air Transport Association v Canadian Transportation Agency, 2022 FCA 211 raises i…

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Congrats to the @UofTLaw Jessup team for placing first in the @CanadaJessup rounds this weekend and advancing to the International Rounds!! Arik, Eyal, Foti, and Vidit you are amazing advocates and it’s been an honour for Daniel and I to coach you. Looking forward to Washington!
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CCIL-CCDI@CCIL_CCDI14 Feb 2024
CCIL 2024 Annual Conference - Call for Proposals. THEME: International Law: Enforcement and Entanglements. Deadline to submit: March 25, 2024, 11:30pm ET. wix.to/xPDnk3t #newblogpost

CCIL 2024 Annual Conference - Call for Proposals

The CCIL Conference Organizing Committee welcomes proposals in relation to specific fields of international law, including (but not limited to) health, human rights, trade and investment, environme...

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CCIL-CCDI@CCIL_CCDI14 Feb 2024
Congrès annuel 2024 du CCDI - APPEL DE PROPOSITIONS. THÈME: Convergence et divergence : Perspectives sur la mise en œuvre du droit International. Date limite de soumission : le 25 mars 2024, 23 h 30 HE wix.to/HeDm3Oz #newblogpost
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Effective Feb 11, 2024, the Honourable Mr. Justice John J.L. Hunter retires from the Court of Appeal for British Columbia & the Court of Appeal of Yukon. He has served as a member of these Courts since being appointed directly from private practice on April 20, 2017. 🧵(1/5)
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Yes indeed
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Reading this today, I think of the decades of work by Indigenous peoples campaigning for an international declaration of their rights, and the years of further work to achieve recognition of the UNDRIP in BC and federal law. Much more work lays ahead. But…
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@SCC_eng9 Feb 2024
The Court has dismissed the AGQ’s appeal and allowed the AGC’s appeal in Reference re An Act respecting First Nations, Inuit and Métis children, youth and families. It ruled that the federal act was constitutional. Read our plain-language summary here: scc-csc.ca/case-dossier/cb/2…
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…what has been achieved today is truly remarkable. One day someone will write a history of the UNDRIP and the efforts of Indigenous peoples from this country will feature very prominently.
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La Cour suprême rendra jugement dans l’appel suivant le 9 février 2024, à 9 h 45 HE : Procureur général du Québec, et al. c. Procureur général du Canada, et al. Un résumé en langage simple du jugement accompagnera la décision. decisions.scc-csc.ca/scc-csc… #DroitCdn
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The Supreme Court will deliver its judgment on the following appeal on February 9, 2024, at 9:45 a.m. ET: Attorney General of Québec, et al. v. Attorney General of Canada, et al. A plain language summary of the judgment will accompany the decision decisions.scc-csc.ca/scc-csc…
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David@Zero_416 Jan 2024
Tory MP Michael Fabricant: “Could she tell me how many illegal asylum seekers per head of pop Scotland is accommodating & how many illegal asylum seekers per head of pop England is” SNP’s Alison Thewliss: “There is no such thing as an illegal asylum seeker” #RwandaBill
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