Irwin Cotler
Hillel Neuer, executive director of UN Watch, told JNS that his mentor has “dedicated his life to fighting injustice, defending the oppressed and advancing human rights.”
“We need a concerted effort by the community of democracies to hold the Iranian regime to account,” the former Canadian justice minister tells JNS.
Authorities had knowledge of two suspects in the plot, but it was unknown whether they were arrested or fled the country, according to news reports.
Ottawa’s former justice minister traces the eruption of Jew-hatred on North American college campuses to the 1970s.
The 83-year-old received a lifetime achievement award at a Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs conference in Ottawa.
André Azoulay, a senior adviser to King Mohammed VI, and former Canadian Justice Minister Irwin Cotler are among the prize’s 13 recipients.
A speech given by Canada’s special envoy for Holocaust remembrance and anti-Semitism Irwin Cotler brought controversy to campus.
The special envoy works with the minister of foreign affairs; the minister of Canadian heritage; and the minister of housing, and diversity and inclusion.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau: “It’s everyone’s challenge to take on, especially governments.”
“Over 30 countries have adopted the IHRA definition of anti-Semitism, but only 10 countries announced they wouldn’t participate,” says Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan.
“No one more qualified to lead the fight against it on Canada’s behalf on the international stage,” said Jeffrey Rosenthal of the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs.