The research cluster on Global Justice and Human Rights explores the study of the relationship between global governance, global justice, and human rights. The group brings students, faculty, activists and practitioners to critically engage research on such topics as decolonization, the state and global governance; anti-black and indigenous racism in governance theory and practice; the rights of people with disabilities; south-south relations and the ‘rewriting’ of ‘rights’; expert practices and global justice activism; human rights as discourse and relation; resistance, resilience, and humanitarianism response; redistributive justice, recognition and reconciliation.
Cluster Leads

Jasmin Habib
University of Waterloo

Alison Mountz
Wilfrid Laurier University
Photo: George Floyd protests in Uptown Charlotte, NC, USA. May 30, 2020
In The News…
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Good Reads
“The racist double standards of international development” by Jason Hickel in Al Jazeera, 13 July 2020.
Calls and Events
WATCH: Global Insights: “Racism, Anti-oppression, and International Affairs” Recorded on September 17, 2020
WATCH: Do Human Rights Treaties Matter: Making the Case for the UN CRPD, featuring Arlene Kanter. Recorded on November 9, 2020
Cluster Leads
Alison Mountz
Geography and Environmental Science
Wilfrid Laurier University
Global Justice and Human Rights – Research Cluster Members
Nawroos Shibli
Global Justice and Human Rights Cluster
Support Officer
Farah Afzal
Global Governance
Balsillie School of International Affairs
Ann Fitz-Gerald
Political Science
Balsillie School of International Affairs
Scott Hamilton
Political Science
Balsillie School of International Affairs
Andrew Thompson
History
University of Waterloo