"The level of academic inquiry and scholarship that was brought together by IIGHRS was unparalleled and I had not felt this challenged in...

"I promise you, we will work on our school books to also talk about genocide. But again, not because Turkish children are guilty but...

The Zoryan Institute and the International Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies presents an overview of the year's projects,...

Statement by Professor William A. Schabas International Lawyer and Board Member of the Zoryan Institute On 9 December 1948, the General...

“Genocide is not an accident; it is a choice. It occurs because human beings make it happen and let it happen” says Roger Smith, the...

Toronto --- Joyce Apsel, Course Director of Zoryan Institute's GHRUP welcomes new scholars, Dr. Andrew Woolford, Dr. Stephan Astourian,...

MONTREAL – A conference sponsored by the Zoryan Institute was held March 8-9 at McGill University's Faculty of Law to examine the...

Members of the New Board of Directors of the Zoryan Institute forecast Gross Human Rights Violations and even Genocide as a result of...

You may recall that last September, Dr. Payam Akhavan, Professor of law at McGill University, acted as the Zoryan Institute’s legal...

Today, December 9, 2015, marks the first International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of Victims of the Crime of Genocide and...

(L-R) Doris Bergen (University of Toronto), Joyce Apsel (New York University), George Shirinian, Mark McGowan (University of Toronto)...

Strasbourg, France-- The European Court of Human Rights delivered a Grand Chamber judgment in the case of Perinçek v. Switzerland at a...

Nineteen students from countries around the world including Argentina, Armenia, Canada, Germany, Greece, Israel, Turkey, and the United...

A Symposium at the University of Toronto October 22, 2015 States have many tools at their disposal to suppress their subjects: the...

Washington, DC—George Washington University Law School and the International Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies (A Division...

State Oppression, Violence against Minorities, and the Possibility for Remedial Secession and Independence: An International Conference...

Strasbourg, France—The European Court of Human Rights held a Grand Chamber hearing today, Wednesday, January 28, 2015 at 9.15 a.m. in...

On January 28, 2015, the lawsuit Doğu Perinçek v. Switzerland will begin retrial in the Grand Chamber, which acts in the capacity of...

Dr. Payam Akhavan is a Professor of International Law at McGill University in Montreal, Canada, and a Visiting Fellow at Oxford...