Sustain! Podcast: Migrants at the Border (Part 1)

Migrants at the Border (Part 1): A thoughtful discussion of migration, law and the human experience with Prof. François Crépeau

The first part of this discussion with Prof. Crépeau discusses migrations not as the “red button” issue it so often is in the media, but instead as what it really is: a normal part of the human experience.

François Crépeau, O.C., F.R.S.C., Ad. E., is a Full Professor and the Hans & Tamar Oppenheimer Chair in Public International Law, at the Faculty of Law of McGill University, as well as the Director of the McGill Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism.

Professor Crépeau was the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants between 2011 and 2017. In this capacity, he has conducted official visits to Albania, Tunisia, Turkey, Italy (twice), Greece (twice), Qatar, Sri Lanka, Malta, the European institutions in Brussels and Vienna (several times), Angola, Australia and Nauru. He has also produced several thematic reports: the detention of migrants, the protection of migrants’ rights at the external borders of the European Union (two times), climate change and migration, global migration governance (twice), labour exploitation of migrants, labour recruitment practices, trade agreements and migration. He was the Chair of the Coordination Committee of the United Nations Human Rights Procedures (2014-2015).

Professor Crépeau is an Officer of the Order of Canada (2017), an Advocatus Emeritus of the Quebec Bar Association (2013), a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (2012), and a Fellow of the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation (2008-2011).

Professor Crépeau has given many conferences, published numerous articles, and written, edited or co-edited ten books: Research Handbook on Climate Change, Migration and the Law (2017); Human Rights & Diverse Societies(2014), Terrorism, Law and Democracy: 10 Years after 9/11 – Terrorisme, Droit et Démocratie : 10 ans après le 11 septembre 2001 (2012); Recueil de droit des réfugiés: Instruments, Jurisprudences et Documents (The Refugee Law Reader) (1re éd. 2010, 2e éd. 2012); Les migrations internationales contemporaines – Une dynamique complexe au cœur de la globalisation (2009); Penser l’international, Perspectives et contributions des sciences sociales (2007); Forced Migration and Global Processes – A View from Forced Migration Studies (2006); Les juridictions internationales: complémentarité ou concurrence ? (2005); Mondialisation des échanges et fonctions de l’État(1997); and Droit d’asile : De l’hospitalité aux contrôles migratoires (1995).