Parliament, international law, and Canada's global commitments—where do they intersect? Join us on Wednesday, October 28, 2026, for The Role of Parliamentarians in International Law, a special pre-conference event leading into the CCIL 2026 Annual Conference. From treaty scrutiny and legislative action to government accountability and the influence of international legal principles—including soft law—Parliament plays a unique role in shaping how international law is receive

The theme of this year’s conference is "Bend, Not Break: Resilience and Evolution of International Law". The conference will test the extent to which the international legal order can adapt to new challenges without sacrificing its foundations. It will gather subject-matter experts - including practitioners, scholars and government officials - to discuss the significant shifts at play, their impacts, and how those effects might be mitigated, exploited, or resisted. We are p

The Canadian Council on International Law (CCIL), in partnership with the University of New Brunswick Faculty of Law (UNB Law), invites proposals for papers or panels in relation to the theme of the CCIL’s inaugural Winter Meeting: Atlantic Canada and International Law: From Regional Perspectives to Global Contributions. Atlantic Canada has a profound, if often under-recognized, relationship with international law. The region produced John Peters Humphrey of Hampton, New Brun

The CCIL welcomes the appointment of Her Excellency the Right Honourable Louise Arbour as Canada’s 31st Governor General. Over the course of her distinguished career, she has served as Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, as well as United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. In 2009, she was awarded the Read Medal by the CCIL in recognition of her outstanding contribution