Gib van Ert

Litigation counsel in Ottawa & Vancouver. President, Canadian Council on International Law. Author, Using International Law in Canadian Courts.

[Gib van Ert @gibvanert]

Overheard in the Vancouver Law Courts barristers’ lounge yesterday:

Counsel A: You must think I’m the most unreasonable lawyer in town.

Counsel B: No no. You’ve got instructions. I get it.

#civility

[Gib van Ert @gibvanert]

Returning briefly to this platform to share this article I co-wrote with Prof. Rob Currie KC and the Hon. Allan Rock KC on Canadian judicial resistance to US annexation: https://t.co/0iyOzNbp7X

[Gib van Ert @gibvanert]

Thank you, @asilorg President Hodgson, for today' statement on the United States and the international rule of law: https://t.co/vfvSgbXgcO

[Gib van Ert @gibvanert]

I am delighted to announce the forthcoming third edition of my book, Using International Law in Canadian Courts. It is greatly expanded, including new discussions of UNDRIP, the Charter and much more. https://t.co/Lylfl5o94m

[Gib van Ert @gibvanert]

“We are living in the time of Nero.”

[Andrew Coyne 🇺🇦🇮🇱🇬🇪🇲🇩 @acoyne]

My latest.
https://t.co/5JjUQZuSP0

[CCIL-CCDI @CCIL_CCDI]

CCDI 2024 - SÉANCE EN VEDETTE : « Démêler les contrôles à l’exportation et les sanctions économiques : de nouveaux enseignements surprenants ». L'inscription anticipé se termine le 15 octobre. Inscrivez-vous dès maintenant. Programme détaillé ici: https://t.co/XXHiKQRLAF

[CCIL-CCDI @CCIL_CCDI]

CCIL 2024 SESSION SPOTLIGHT: "Detangling Export Controls and Economic Sanctions: Surprising New Lessons." Early Registration for the Annual Conference ends October 15th. Register Now. Full program available here: https://t.co/XXHiKQRLAF

[CCIL-CCDI @CCIL_CCDI]

Join us for this Pre-Conference activity with Gregory Shaffer when you register for the CCIL Annual Conference. Tickets are $50 for conference registrants. Register now. https://t.co/XXHiKQRLAF

[Gib van Ert @gibvanert]

The errors have now been corrected by the Globe. Hoping CP corrects them, too.

[Gib van Ert @gibvanert]

Terrible work by @globeandmail and @CanadianPress here. McLachlin’s statement says she has confidence in the judges of the HK Court of Final Appeal, not the “system” generally. And she certainly does not say she has “faith in democracy in the territory”. Totally misleading.

[The Globe and Mail @globeandmail]

Former top judge Beverley McLachlin to end term in Hong Kong court, says she has ‘confidence’ in system https://t.co/sgq3Nceece

[Gib van Ert @gibvanert]

Here is an excerpt from the forthcoming 3rd edition of my book Using International Law in Canadian Courts on judicial notice and treaties--just in time for tomorrow's @SCC_eng appeal in the IATA case: https://t.co/nYlD1Qc6FC

[Misha Boutilier @MishaBoutilier]

Congrats to the @UofTLaw Jessup team for placing first in the @CanadaJessup rounds this weekend and advancing to the International Rounds!! Arik, Eyal, Foti, and Vidit you are amazing advocates and it’s been an honour for Daniel and I to coach you. Looking forward to Washington!

[CCIL-CCDI @CCIL_CCDI]

CCIL 2024 Annual Conference - Call for Proposals. THEME: International Law: Enforcement and Entanglements. Deadline to submit: March 25, 2024, 11:30pm ET. https://t.co/FxvraQsWVy
#newblogpost

[CCIL-CCDI @CCIL_CCDI]

Congrès annuel 2024 du CCDI - APPEL DE PROPOSITIONS. THÈME: Convergence et divergence : Perspectives sur la mise en œuvre du droit International. Date limite de soumission : le 25 mars 2024, 23 h 30 HE
https://t.co/stmHRb7kSR
#newblogpost

[BC Court of Appeal @BCCourtofAppeal]

Effective Feb 11, 2024, the Honourable Mr. Justice John J.L. Hunter retires from the Court of Appeal for British Columbia & the Court of Appeal of Yukon. He has served as a member of these Courts since being appointed directly from private practice on April 20, 2017. 🧵(1/5)

[Gib van Ert @gibvanert]

Yes indeed

[Gib van Ert @gibvanert]

@MAAWLAW Both but UNDRIP much more prominent. From the headnote, for example:

[Gib van Ert @gibvanert]

Reading this today, I think of the decades of work by Indigenous peoples campaigning for an international declaration of their rights, and the years of further work to achieve recognition of the UNDRIP in BC and federal law. Much more work lays ahead. But…

[Supreme Court of Canada @SCC_eng]

The Court has dismissed the AGQ’s appeal and allowed the AGC’s appeal in Reference re An Act respecting First Nations, Inuit and Métis children, youth and families. It ruled that the federal act was constitutional. Read our plain-language summary here: https://t.co/GxchUgwyMb

[Gib van Ert @gibvanert]

…what has been achieved today is truly remarkable. One day someone will write a history of the UNDRIP and the efforts of Indigenous peoples from this country will feature very prominently.

[Cour suprême du Canada @CSC_fra]

La Cour suprême rendra jugement dans l’appel suivant le 9 février 2024, à 9 h 45 HE : Procureur général du Québec, et al. c. Procureur général du Canada, et al. Un résumé en langage simple du jugement accompagnera la décision. https://t.co/IK9bmptgdS #DroitCdn

[Supreme Court of Canada @SCC_eng]

The Supreme Court will deliver its judgment on the following appeal on February 9, 2024, at 9:45 a.m. ET: Attorney General of Québec, et al. v. Attorney General of Canada, et al. A plain language summary of the judgment will accompany the decision https://t.co/Dhj6ldDjuq