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National Administrative Law Week

A CIAJ & CCAT Joint Event
June 5-9, 2023, in person in Ottawa & Online

Creating Cultures Beyond Bias

With award-winning author and science writer Jessica Nordell
June 5, 2023

Decision Writing Seminar

Joint program with CCAT (2023 Edition)
June 6-7, 2023, Online

Bias and Decision-Making: What’s Changed?

National Roundtable on Administrative Law
June 9, 2023, in person in Ottawa

47th Annual Conference: The Law of Borders

October 25-27, 2023
In person in Ottawa

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Join a multidisciplinary and bilingual legal network across Canada! Since its inception in 1974, the Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice (CIAJ) brings together individuals and institutions involved in the administration of justice and promotes excellence through knowledge, learning and the exchange of ideas. CIAJ offers customized training and multidisciplinary programs designed for all stakeholders in the justice system, prepares reports and issues recommendations that could lay the groundwork for change.

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The Effect of an Arrest Warrant Issued by the International Criminal Court

In this piece, CIAJ's collaborator James Hendry considers the effect of the arrest warrants issued last March by the ICC for Vladimir Putin and his Commissioner for Children’s Rights, Maria Lvova-Belova.