The Safe Third Country Agreement is Unsafe – and Unconstitutional
When vulnerable asylum seekers arrive at our border, they deserve to be treated lawfully and with dignity. We can no longer assume that if we send them back to ... Read more.
Allan Rock on the creation of an International Anti-Corruption Court (IACC)
WRMC Special Advisor Allan Rock discusses the creation of an International Anti-Corruption Court, along with its purpose, benefits, jurisdiction, and administra... Read more.
The United Nations can use its blue helmets to save lives in Ukraine
The war in Ukraine has renewed calls to reform the United Nations – in particular, the dysfunctional Security Council. Fortunately, there is a way.... Read more.
Many Afghans Are Still Stuck In Purgatory. We Must Not Let Their Plight Fall Off Our Agenda
Last year, thousands of Afghans at risk escaped Kabul after it fell to the Taliban. Far too many remain in Afghanistan, facing ever bleaker prospects.... Read more.
Allan Rock on migration and the lethal combination of climate change and violent conflict
Allan Rock discusses the changing nature of contemporary migration and refugee flows resulting from the lethal combination of climate change and violent conflic... Read more.
Memo to the new cabinet: Canada must meet the moment in Afghanistan
Imagine that you are a female judge in Afghanistan at this very moment: having gone from being in the epicenter of justice just a few months ago to a basement h... Read more.
It’s time for an International Anti-Corruption Court
By Lloyd Axworthy and Allan Rock This article was first published in Diplomat Magazine. The World Bank estimates that each year between US $20 billion and ... Read more.
Canada should support legal limits on UN Security Council vetoes
Few threats to international peace are more urgent and compelling than the possibility of mass atrocity. When the UN Security Council becomes aware that genocid... Read more.
Canada must stop returning asylum seekers to the United States. Even one more is too many
Lloyd Axworthy and Allan Rock write in this Globe & Mail op-ed that the premise of the US-Canada Safe Third Country Agreement – that both countries are safe f... Read more.
Let’s hold the kleptocrats to account
Two recent and innovative proposals might help. Each of them is designed to deal with political corruption: to deter it, to detect it, and to punish it.... Read more.