Peace Mediation: the Work of the UN Standby Team of Mediation Experts
The McGill Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism and the Oppenheimer Chair in Public International Law are pleased to welcome three mediation experts.
The panelists, who were all members of the United Nations Standby Team, a group of experts that can be rapidly deployed to provide technical advice to UN officials leading conflict prevention efforts, will discuss the role and function of peace mediation and reflect on some of their personal experiences.
The panelists
Michael Brown – Land & Natural Resource Conflicts Expert - Professor of Practice in Conflict Mediation, Institute for the Study of International Development (Ï㽶ÊÓƵ)
John Packer – Constitutions & Process Design Expert - Director, Human Rights Research and Education Centre (University of Ottawa)
Marie-Joëlle Zahar – Power Sharing Expert - Professor of Political Science & Fellow at the Centre for International Research and Studies (Université de Montréal)
The Panel will be chaired by Louise Otis, judge, arbitrator and mediator in administrative and commercial matters, and former Judge at the Quebec Court of Appeal.
Please note that the event will be bilingual. For the speaker bios, please visit on the Oppenheimer Chair site.
For more information, please contact oppenheimer [at] mcgill.ca or visit
A request for accreditation for 1.5 hours of continuing legal education has been made.
