Member of the Order of Canada

• Awarded on: October 17, 2025

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.