Governance
Pursuant to the CCIL's Constitution and By-Laws, the organization is managed by a Board of Directors of not more than thirty-six members and no fewer than eight members. The by-laws also include a number of persons as ex officio members of the Board of Directors as follows: the Legal adviser of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (or a successor Department); the Assistant Deputy Minister of Justice Canada responsible for international law, the President of the Société québécoise de droit international and the immediate past president of the Board of Directors.
Directors are elected for three year, renewable terms from among the CCIL membership and shall, to the greatest extent possible, reflect the diversity of Canada and the geographic distribution and professional backgrounds of Members (including academia, public sector, private sector, international organizations, and non-governmental organizations).
The CCIL's officers -- a president, a treasurer, and a secretary -- are drawn from the members of the Board of Directors and are appointed by that body for three year terms.
Executive Committee
Charles-Emmanuel Côté
President
October 2024 - October 2027
Charles-Emmanuel Côté is Associate Dean for Research and External Affairs and Full Professor at the Faculty of Law of Université Laval in Quebec City, as well as a member of the École supérieure d’études internationales (ESEI). He teaches Public International Law, International Economic Law, and Constitutional Law. He holds a doctorate degree in law from McGill University and is a lawyer called at the Quebec Bar. He is Vice-President of the Société québécoise de droit international (SQDI), and a member of the board of directors of the Canadian Council on International Law (CCIL). Full Bio
Alexandra Logvin
Treasurer
October 2022 – October 2025
Alexandra is a commercial litigator regularly appearing before various courts and tribunals, including international and domestic commercial and sport arbitration panels, Superior Court of Ontario, the Federal Court of Canada, the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT), and the Sport Dispute Resolution Centre of Canada (SDRCC). In addition to general commercial including judicial review, Alexandra’s practice embraces dispute resolution in the areas of procurement in the context of Canada’s domestic and international trade agreements, copyright, white-collar crime, and various commercial litigation matters involving CBSA regulatory regime. She has also advised on such matters as accession to the WTO, subsidies regimes, and Brexit issues / disintegration from the EU.
Alexandra earned a Master’s of Law degree in 2003 from the University of Ottawa focusing on investment arbitration and international trade law. Alexandra is a member of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Canada Arbitration Committee. She also sits on the Board of Directors of the Ottawa chapter of the Organization of Women in International Trade (OWIT), the Canadian Council on International Law (CCIL), the Membership Committee of the County of Carleton Law Association (CCLA), and has authored the Parliamentary section of the Canadian Yearbook of International Law since 2003.
Alexandra speaks several languages, including English, German, Belarusian, Russian, and French, and also has a working knowledge of Polish and Ukrainian.
Justin Mohammed
Secretary
October 2024 – October 2027
Justin is Counsel at the Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Section of the Department of Justice and an LL.M student at the University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Law. He obtained a Bachelor of Public Affairs and Policy Management degree from Carleton University in 2009, a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Ottawa in 2013, and a Master of Arts in International Affairs from Carleton University in 2013. He was called to the Ontario bar in 2014.
Prior to his role at the Department of Justice, he has held positions at Amnesty International Canada (English Section), the Federal Court of Canada, the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), Peace Brigades International and the Library of Parliament.
Members-at-Large
Tajesh (TJ) Adhihetty | Justice Canada
Payam Akhavan | Human Rights Chair, Massey College, University of Toronto
Olabisi D. Akinkugbe | Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University
Louis-Martin Aumais | Legal Adviser, Global Affairs Canada
Ghuna Bdiwi | Osgoode Hall Law School, York University
Marie-Claude Boisvert | Global Affairs Canada
Kristen Boon | University of Ottawa, Editor-in-chief, Canadian Yearbook of International Law
Miriam Cohen | Université de Montréal
Scott Fairley | Cambridge LLP
Amanda Garay | Global Affairs Canada
Amanda Ghahremani | Simone de Beauvoir Institute at Concordia University
Catherine Gribbin | Canadian Red Cross
Joanna Harrington | University of Alberta
Joan Kasozi | Cambridge LLP
Asad Kiyani | University of Victoria
Camille Lefebvre | International Court of Justice
Céline Lévesque | Université d'Ottawa
Mark A. Luz | Global Affairs Canada
Tamar Meshel | University of Alberta
Dan Moore | Justice Canada
Valerie Oosterveld | University of Western Ontario
Maria Panezi | University of New Brunswick
LCol. Gary Pattison | Office of the Judge Advocate General
David Pavot | Président, Société québécoise de droit international (SQDI)
Marilynn Rubayika | Justice Canada
Pierre-Olivier Savoie | Savoie Arbitration
Erick Sullivan | Université Laval
Azadeh Tamjedi | international refugee law
Gib van Ert | OLTHUIS VAN ERT
Angela Veitch | Permanent Mission of Canada to the International Organizations in Vienna
Elizabeth Whitsitt | University of Calgary
James Yap | President, Canadian Lawyers for International Human Rights