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Who's Involved

HONORARY COUNCIL

The Canadian Centre for International Justice established its Honorary Council in 2008. The Honorary Council includes seven Canadians whose contributions to human rights and international justice have been exemplary over the course of their careers. The Honorary Council is comprised of the following individuals:

The Honourable Raynell Andreychuk, former judge of the Saskatchewan provincial court, has served as Canada’s High Commissioner to Kenya and Uganda and Ambassador to Somalia and the Comoros. She was named to the Canadian Senate in 1993 where she has worked on numerous committees, often involving matters related to foreign affairs and human rights. 

Maher Arar is a telecommunications expert and Syrian-born Canadian.  In 2002 he was detained by US officials at a US airport before being removed to Syria, where he was beaten, tortured, and forced to make a false confession. Now cleared of all charges by a public inquiry in Canada, Mr. Arar is a passionate advocate of human rights and civil liberties with the hope that the horrors he experienced will not happen to other Canadian citizens.

The Honourable Madam Justice Louise Arbour has a long and distinguished record as a professor, lawyer, judge and advocate for human rights and international justice. She is perhaps best known to Canadians for her work as Chief Prosecutor of War Crimes at the International Criminal Tribunals for Rwanda and the Former Yugoslavia, as a Supreme Court Justice from 1999 to 2004, and more recently for her work as UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.

Dr. Lloyd Axworthy, former Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs, had a distinguished political career which spanned 27 years. Dr. Axworthy, who was the founding Director of the Liu Institute for Global Issues at the University of British Columbia, is now President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Winnipeg. He has been nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize and is an Officer of the Order of Canada.

Dr. Ed Broadbent began his political career as an MP in the House of Commons, serving as the leader of the NDP for 14 of his 21 years in Parliament. He returned to politics in 2004, where he served in the NDP shadow cabinet. Dr. Broadbent is currently a Fellow in the School of Policy Studies at Queen's University, and a Companion of the Order of Canada.

Judge Philippe Kirsch, recently called the ‘Father of the International Criminal Court’ by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, held the distinguished roles of Chair of Rome Diplomatic Conference that developed the International Criminal Court (ICC) treaty, and of the subsequent UN sessions to flesh out the details of how the Court would function.  In 2003 he was elected as one of the ICC’s first judges and as its President.  He is a lawyer and a diplomat who has served in several posts, including at the United Nations and as Canada’s Ambassador to Sweden.  He is now an ad hoc judge at the International Court of Justice, having completed his term with the ICC.

The Honourable Madam Justice Claire L’Heureux-Dubé was the first woman from Quebec to be appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada, where she served from 1987-2002. Among her numerous accomplishments, her work as an activist for the promotion of human rights through equality is widely recognized as being at the forefront of Canadian law.

The Honourable Flora MacDonald served as an MP from 1971-1988, during which time she became Canada’s first female foreign minister. Since leaving politics, she has become a high profile advocate of humanitarian causes, serving on numerous boards and advisory councils of prominent organizations, and receiving multiple awards for exemplary work in the areas of human rights, peace, security, and development.

Erna Paris is the author of seven acclaimed books of literary non-fiction, the winner of ten national and international writing awards, and the former Chair of the Writers' Union of Canada. She began her writing career as a magazine journalist, book reviewer, and radio documentary broadcaster (in French and English). Erna's books explore themes related to the history, politics and implications of massive human rights abuses, and the important role of the emerging system of international justice.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

The CCIJ's Board of Directors is comprised of the following leaders in this field:

• Alex Neve (Chair), a lawyer and the Secretary General of Amnesty International-Canada, recently awarded the Order of Canada.
• Stacy Glenn, a Senior Staff Accountant and I.T. Manager at Logan Katz LLP Chartered Accountants.
• Dr. Gerald Gray, a psychotherapist, Co-Director of the Institute for Redress & Recovery at Santa Clara University, founding Director of the US Center for Justice and Accountability, and an Ashoka Fellow.
• Patrick Johnston, former President and CEO and now Senior Fellow at the Walter and Duncan Gordon Foundation, and Fellow, Mowat Centre for Policy Innovation.
• David Matas, a Winnipeg-based lawyer specializing in immigration, refugee and human rights law, and recipient of the 2007 Tarnopolsky Human Rights Award.
• Dr. Ezat Mossallanejad, an Iranian-born Settlement Counselor and Policy Analyst for the Canadian Centre for Victims of Torture in Toronto.
• Seiko Watanabe, an Occupational Therapist in British Columbia and former Member of the Board of Amnesty International – Canada.
• Jayne Stoyles (ex officio), see bio below.

ADVISORY COMMITTEE

The Board of Directors and staff are supported by experts from a variety of related fields who comprise the Advisory Committee.  The Advisory Committee includes:

• Lina Anani
• Mark Arnold
• Dr. Bruce Broomhall
• Peter Burns, QC
• Luc Côté
• Janet Dench
• Megan Ellis, QC
• Carla Ferstman
• Dr. François Larocque
• Dr. Pacifique Manirakiza
• Dr. Valerie Oosterveld
• Francisco Rico-Martinez
• Beth Van Schaak
• Dr. Joan Simalchik

STAFF & FELLOWS

• Jayne Stoyles (Executive Director) is a lawyer, the first Executive Director of the Canadian Centre for International Justice, an Ashoka Canada Fellow, and the recipient of the 2010 Walter S. Tarnopolsky Human Rights Award.  Jayne 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 that 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, helped to establish the Conflit Prevention Working Group of the Canadian Peacebuilding Coordinating Committee, and taught international law. Before and during her law degree, Jayne did volunteer placements in Africa, Latin America and a First Nations community in northern Canada.  Jayne regularly offers presentations, training and media interviews on international criminal justice issues.

• Matt Eisenbrandt (Legal Coordinator) focuses primarily on CCIJ's casework and outreach.  He previously served as the Legal Director for the Center for Justice & Accountability (CJA), a U.S.-based non-profit organization that also works to prevent torture and other severe human rights abuses by helping survivors hold perpetrators accountable through legal cases. During more than five years at CJA, he was the organization’s lead counsel in federal trials against military commanders from El Salvador and Haiti as well as a lawsuit against a former Air Force captain for his role in the murder of beloved Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero. In his free time, Matt is writing a book about the Romero assassination and CJA’s investigation of the case. He received a J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law in 2001 and B.A. degrees in Latin American Studies and History from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1997.

• Sébastien Jodoin (Fellow, International & Training Programmes) leads CCIJ's activities on international issues and works on training and education projects in Canada and abroad. He is a member of the Amnesty International Working-Group on International Justice and served on the delegation to the First Review Conference of the International Criminal Court. He recently held a Public Interest Law Articling Fellowship at Amnesty International Canada, where he worked on human rights litigation and research in cases before Canadian and U.S. courts and tribunals. He previously worked as an Associate Legal Officer in the Chambers of the U.N. International Criminal Tribunals for Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia, and as a Legal Researcher at the McGill Legal Clinic for the Special Court for Sierra Leone. Sébastien holds Master's degrees from the University of Cambridge and the London School of Economics, and Bachelors of Civil Law and Common Law from McGill University. He has published articles on international criminal law in leading academic journals.
  

This core team is also complemented by part-time and volunteer support with accounting, web and database development and management, project evaluation, and communications. All of these consultants are highly experienced professionals who also work part-time with partner organizations in the not-for-profit sector.