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SPECIAL SEMINAR CO-HOSTED BY BORDER CRIMINOLOGIES, THE REFUGEE
STUDIES CENTRE, AND THE OXFORD HUMAN RIGHTS HUB:
Catherine Dauvergne
Professor of Law, University of British Columbia, Canada
Human Smuggling Before the Supreme
Court of Canada
This talk will explain the constitutional challenge to Canada’s human smuggling
laws that was argued before the Supreme Court of Canada in February 2015.
The case asks whether Canada’s criminalization of human smuggling is
unconstitutional because it can penalize individuals and groups who assist
refugees in seeking international protection in Canada. Catherine Dauvergne
provided expert evidence at the trial level in this case, and has watched it
closely as a member of the Canada Council for Refugees Legal Affairs
Committee.
13:00, Wednesday, 6 May 2015
Senior Common Room, Faculty of Law, St Cross Building,
University of Oxford
Professor Catherine Dauvergne works in the area of immigration
and refugee law in Canada and around the world. Her research
is grounded in a belief that how we define and police the
boundaries of our societies determines the terrain of our
political engagements and says much about our national
identity. Border laws are a space of unabashed discrimination,
where aspirations of nationhood are writ large. Professor
Dauvergne is currently completing a research project
investigating the failure of Canada's Charter of Rights and
Freedoms to protect non-citizens.
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