James Yap

James Yap

@jamesyap.bsky.social

Canadian lawyer specializing in international human rights and the accountability of multinational business.

167 Followers 58 Following 6 Posts Joined Oct 2023
1 month ago

This is why @nationalpost.bsky.social is irrelevant to anyone concerned with facts. I left U of T over six months ago, but noone bothered to fact-check that. None of this is relevant to anything - what a joke. Still, it warms my heart that someone wasted their time writing this! 😂

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3 months ago

These crimes must be investigated and prosecuted. Excellent work by my colleagues at @claihr, together with our partners @hindrajabfoundation.be and Palestinian Centre for Human Rights.

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3 months ago

It’s unreal that Canada would detain and interrogate a 95-year-old, world-renowned Ivy League scholar and his wife for four hours on his birthday on spurious “national security” grounds.

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1 year ago
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Amnesty International investigation concludes Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza Amnesty International investigation concludes Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza Read full report Share: ‘You Feel Like You Are

Anyone who’s worked with Amnesty International knows they’re extremely cautious about using the word genocide. Many criticize them for it, but it greatly magnifies the significance of statements like this. amnesty.ca/gazagenocide

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1 year ago

Incredibly proud of the many students who contributed tremendous work to this important project.

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1 year ago
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Join us next Monday, Nov. 25th, 12:45-2pm, @uoftlaw.bsky.social for a conversation with Kate Kempton and Professor John Borrows as they discuss an upcoming landmark case confronting proposed mining in the Ring of Fire and the effects of colonialism in Canada.

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1 year ago

Skeet skeet 😂

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1 year ago
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Human-rights experts speak out on the suffering of women and girls in Gaza | TVO Today TVO Today talks to lawyers James Yap and Anjli Parrin about how the war has affected maternal health care — and why they’re urging the UN to hold Canada to account.

"Canadians are not helpless to stop this — Canadians are very much involved." — Human-rights experts @jamesyap.bsky.social (@uoft.bsky.social) and Anjli Parrin (University of Chicago Law) talk to Kunal Chaudhary about the suffering of women and girls in Gaza.

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