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Dr. James C. Hathaway

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Order of Canada

  • Member of the Order of Canada

    Awarded on: 2025-10-17
    James Hathaway, C.M. Vancouver, British Columbia James Hathaway is one of the world’s leading scholars of public international law. This professor emeritus of law at the University of Michigan reconceived refugee protection as surrogate protection of human rights, and designed a global refugee regime based on collectivized responsibility. His seminal work is dedicated to justice for the displaced.