Lloyd Axworthy, Author at World Refugee & Migration Council

Author: Lloyd Axworthy

The Honourable Lloyd Axworthy is the chair of the World Refugee Council and one of Canada’s leading voices on global migration and refugee protection. After a 27-year political career, where he served as Canada’s minister of Foreign Affairs and minister of Employment and Immigration, among other postings, Mr. Axworthy has continued to work extensively on human security, refugee protection and human rights in Canada and abroad. He was presented with the Pearson Peace Medal by the Governor General of Canada in May 2017. In his term as president and vice-chancellor of the University of Winnipeg, Mr. Axworthy initiated innovative programs for migrant and aboriginal youth communities, and has also done a great deal of work on refugee reform as a Richard von Weizsäcker fellow at Germany’s Robert Bosch Academy.

Lloyd Axworthy on World Refugee Day: 100 Million Displaced a Crisis of Political Will

Posted on June 20, 2022June 20, 2022 by Lloyd Axworthy in Statement

WRMC Chair Lloyd Axworthy marks World Refugee Day as 100 million people worldwide are forcibly displaced.

Two wise men from Lviv gave us the legal foundation to prosecute Putin for war crimes

Posted on April 25, 2022April 25, 2022 by Lloyd Axworthy in News, Opinion

As Russian atrocities in Ukraine compound, the debate over how to hold Russian President Vladimir Putin and his accomplices accountable for their crimes is mounting amongst international-law experts and government policy makers.

The United Nations can use its blue helmets to save lives in Ukraine

Posted on March 24, 2022March 24, 2022 by Lloyd Axworthy in News, Opinion

The war in Ukraine has renewed calls to reform the United Nations – in particular, the dysfunctional Security Council. Fortunately, there is a way.

Canada should lead in creating an international court to fight corruption

Posted on October 12, 2021January 26, 2022 by Lloyd Axworthy in Opinion

‘Canada should take the lead in promoting the development of an International Anti-Corruption Court.’ Lloyd Axworthy and Fen Osler Hampson The stunning revelations in the Pandora Papers, a leak of offshore corporate records of the rich and famous disseminated by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, is but the latest in a string of eye-popping […]

WRMC Chair Lloyd Axworthy IN CONVERSATION WITH Peace Magazine

Posted on October 1, 2021December 9, 2021 by Lloyd Axworthy in In the media

Peace Magazine‘s Metta Spencer spoke with Lloyd Axworthy about his role as chair of the World Refugee & Migration Council. The following is an excerpt. METTA SPENCER: Did I read that there are 80 million people who’ve had to flee? LLOYD AXWORTHY: Actually, the latest numbers are 82 million. That’s the UN count, not including […]