Fran莽ois Cr茅peau

Biography

Fran莽ois Cr茅peau, O.C., O.Q., F.R.S.C., Dr.h.c. Clermont-Auvergne, Trudeau Fellow 2008, Ad.E., is Emeritus Professor of Public International Law at the Faculty of Law of 91黑料网. He held the Hans & Tamar Oppenheimer Chair in Public International Law from 2009 to 2022, and was Director of the 91黑料网 Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism from 2015 to 2020.听

Fran莽ois Cr茅peau served as United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants from 2011 to 2017. In that capacity, he carried out official visits to Albania, Tunisia, Turkey, Italy, Greece, Qatar, Sri Lanka, Malta, the European institutions in Brussels and Vienna, Angola, Australia (including Australian detention centres on Nauru). He also published several thematic reports on the detention of migrants, the protection of migrants鈥� rights at the external borders of the European Union, climate change and migration, global migration governance, trade agreements and migration, recruitment practices for migrant workers, and labour exploitation of migrants. From 2014 to 2015, he was Chair of the Coordination Committee of United Nations Human Rights Procedures.听

Fran莽ois Cr茅peau has been a member of the Scientific Committee of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA, Vienna, AT), of the Advisory Board of the International Migration Initiative of the Open Society Foundations (NY) from 2017 to 2021, Chair of the Thematic Working Group: Migrant Rights and Integrations in Host Communities, KNOMAD 鈥� Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development, World Bank Group (Washington, DC) from 2018 to 2023, and a member of the Board of Directors of the International Bureau for Children鈥檚 Rights (Montreal) from 2018 to 2021.听

From 2010 to 2020, Fran莽ois Cr茅peau was an annual visiting professor at the Universit茅 catholique de Louvain. At the invitation of a group of Belgian universities (U. Li猫ge, U. Antwerp, ULB, U. Saint-Louis, U. Ghent, KUL) led by the Universit茅 catholique de Louvain, he held the International Francqui Professor Chair in the Humanities for the year 2017鈥�2018. He was the 2016鈥�2017 Robert F. Drinan, S.J. Visiting Professor of Human Rights Chair at Georgetown University (Washington, DC). He has also been a visiting professor at the following institutions: Centre for Human Rights Research, Universit茅 de Paris Panth茅on-Assas (2018); International Institute of Human Rights (Strasbourg) (2001, 2002, 2007, 2008, 2015); Graduate Institute for International Studies (IUHEI-Geneva, 2007); Institute of Advanced International Studies, Universit茅 de Paris II (2002); Universit茅 d鈥橝uvergne-Clermont 1 (1997).听

Fran莽ois Cr茅peau is an Officer of the Order of Canada (2017), Officer of the National Order of Quebec (2022), Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (2012), and Fellow of the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation (2008). He received an Honorary Doctorate from the Universit茅 de Clermont-Auvergne (2018) and is an Emeritus Lawyer of the Barreau du Qu茅bec (2013).听

From 2001 to 2008, Fran莽ois Cr茅peau was a professor at the Universit茅 de Montr茅al, where he held the Canada Research Chair in International Migration Law and was the founding Director of the Centre d鈥櫭﹖udes et de recherches internationales (C脡RIUM). From 1990 to 2001, he was a professor at the Universit茅 du Qu茅bec 脿 Montr茅al.听

Until 2011, Fran莽ois Cr茅peau was a member of the Canadian Commission for UNESCO and of the Barreau du Qu茅bec鈥檚 committees on Human Rights and on Citizenship and Immigration, as well as Coordinator of the 鈥淛ustice, Police and Security鈥� domain of the Quebec Metropolis Centre. He was also Vice-President of the Canadian Human Rights Foundation (now Equitas) from 1992 to 2004, and Editor of the Quebec Journal of International Law from 1996 to 2004. He has taken part in observation missions in the occupied Palestinian territories (2002) and in El Salvador (1991).听

Fran莽ois Cr茅peau holds degrees from the Faculty of Law at 91黑料网 (BCL and LLB, 1982), from the Universit茅 de Bordeaux (Licence and Master鈥檚 in Private Law, 1982), from Universit茅 de Paris II (DEA in Sociology of Law, 1985) and from Universit茅 de Paris I (DEA in Business Law, 1984, and Doctorate in Law, 1990).听

Books

• MAYER Benoit, CR脡PEAU, Fran莽ois (eds.), , Cheltenham (UK): Edward Elgar Publishing, 2017.
• CR脡PEAU, Fran莽ois, SHEPPARD, Colleen (eds.), Human Rights & Diverse Societies, Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014.
• FORCESE, Craig, CR脡PEAU, Fran莽ois (eds.), Terrorism, Law and Democracy: 10 Years after 9/11 鈥� Terrorisme, Droit et D茅mocratie: 10 ans apr猫s le 11 septembre 2001, 2011, Montreal: Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice, 2012.
• CR脡PEAU, Fran莽ois, RANGER, Julie (dir.), Recueil de droit des r茅fugi茅s: Instruments, Jurisprudences et Documents (The Refugee Law Reader), 2e 茅dition en fran莽ais, Budapest: Hungarian Helsinki Committee, 2012.
• CR脡PEAU, Fran莽ois (dir.), Recueil de droit des r茅fugi茅s: Instruments, Jurisprudences et Documents (The Refugee Law Reader), 1^re 茅dition en fran莽ais, Budapest: Hungarian Helsinki Committee, 2010.
• CR脡PEAU, Fran莽ois, NAKACHE, Delphine, ATAK, Idil (dir.), Les migrations internationales contemporaines 鈥� Une dynamique complexe au c艙ur de la globalisation, Montr茅al: Presses de l鈥橴niversit茅 de Montr茅al, 2009.
• BYRNE, Rosemary, AUKOT, Ekuru, CHIMNI, Bhupinder, CR脡PEAU, Fran莽ois, FULLERTON, Maryellen, GARLICK, Madeline, GUILD, Elspeth, JAKULEVICIENE, Lyra, NAGY, Boldiszar, PERAL, Luis, VEDSTED-HANSEN, Jens (dir.), The Refugee Law Reader 鈥� Cases, Documents and Materials, 5^th edition, , Budapest/Dublin: Hungarian Helsinki Committee, 2008.
• CR脡PEAU, Fran莽ois, TH脡RIEN, Jean-Philippe (dir.), Penser l'international, Perspectives et contributions des sciences sociales, Montr茅al: Presses de l鈥橴niversit茅 de Montr茅al, 2007.
• CR脡PEAU, Fran莽ois, NAKACHE, Delphine, COLLYER Michael, GOETZ, Nathaniel H., HANSEN, Art, MODI, Renu, NADIG, Aninia, SPOLJAR-VRZINA, Sanja, Van WILLIGEN, Loes H.M., (eds.), Forced Migration and Global Processes 鈥� A View from Forced Migration Studies, Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2006.
• DELAS, Olivier, C脭T脡, Ren茅, CR脡PEAU, Fran莽ois, LEUPRECHT, Peter (dir.), Les juridictions internationales: compl茅mentarit茅 ou concurrence ?, Bruxelles, Bruylant, 2005.
• CR脡PEAU, Fran莽ois (dir.), Mondialisation des 茅changes et fonctions de l鈥櫭塼at, Bruxelles: Bruylant, 1997.
• CR脡PEAU, Fran莽ois, Droit d鈥檃sile: De l鈥檋ospitalit茅 aux contr么les migratoires, Bruxelles: Bruylant, 1995.

Recent Academic Publications

• ATAK, Idil, CR脡PEAU, Fran莽ois, 芦 Asylum in the Twenty-First Century: Trends and Challenges 禄, in TRIANDAFYLLIDOU, Anna (Ed.), Routledge Handbook of immigration and Refugee Studies, 2^nd edition, Oxford: Routledge, 2023.
• ATAK, Idil, CR脡PEAU, Fran莽ois, 芦 Le d茅fi de la gouvernance des migrations internationales 禄, in Christian Nadeau, Philippe N茅m茅h-Nombr茅 (Dir.), Les droits en mouvements - L鈥檃venir des libert茅s, Montr茅al : 脡ditions Somme Toute, 2022.
• CR脡PEAU, Fran莽ois, 鈥淢igration Law and Policy on the Road to Redemption: Hostile Identity Politics v. Individual Rights and Socioeconomic Benefits鈥�, Foreword to: Jean-Yves Carlier, Marie-Claire Foblets, Law and Migration in a Changing World, Basel (CH): Springer International Publishers, 2022, pp v-xii.
• CR脡PEAU, Fran莽ois, 芦鈥�鈥楢ccroche ta charrue 脿 une 茅toile鈥� 鈥� Une perspective 脿 long terme sur la mobilit茅 humaine鈥�禄, in鈥�: FLEURY-GRAFF, Thibaut, JACOB Patrick, Migrations et droit international, Colloque 2021 de la Soci茅t茅 fran莽aise de droit international, en collaboration avec le Projet RefWar (ANR 2019-2023), Paris鈥�: 脡ditions Pedone, 2022, pp 573-584.

• ATAK, Idil, CR脡PEAU, Fran莽ois, 芦鈥疪efugees as Migrants鈥�禄, Chapter 7 in: Cathryn Costello, Michelle Foster, Jane McAdam, The Oxford Handbook of International Refugee Law, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2021, 134-151. Online at:
• CARLIER, Jean-Yves, CR脡PEAU, Fran莽ois, PURKEY, Anna, 鈥淔rom the 2015 European 鈥淢igration Crisis鈥� to the 2018 Global Compact for Migration: A Political Transition Short on Legal Standards鈥�, 91黑料网 Journal of Sustainable Development Law, Vol. 16, 2020, online at: /mjsdl/jsdlponline/volume-161-2020

Recent Communications

• 2023.09.26: 鈥淢igration Governance and Human Rights: Toward long-term strategic 鈥榝acilitation鈥� of mobility鈥�, Guest lecture in the course on 鈥淢igration and Human Development鈥�, by Pr Daniel Naujoks, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University.
• 2023.06.21: 芦 Asylum in Canada 禄, in the webinar series on the "Legal Avenues to Access International Protection", with Pr Shauna Labman (University of Winnipeg) and Ad猫le Garnier (Universit茅 Laval), organised by the Italian Academy of Law and Migration, Universit脿 degli Studi della Tuscia, Viterbo, IT.
• 2023.06.07 : 芦 La protection des enfants migrants dans le Pacte mondial pour les migrations, entre principes et mesures concr猫tes de mise en 艙uvre 禄, in : 芦 Le cadre normatif relatif aux enfants migrants 禄, Atelier d'information organis茅 par le Groupe de travail national pour le suivi et l鈥檌mpl茅mentation du Pacte mondial pour les migrations, H么tel Mechtel, Tunis, Tunisie.
• 2023.04.25: 芦 La gouvernance multilat茅rale de la mobilit茅 humaine: un d茅fi plan茅taire 禄, 贵补肠耻濒迟茅 de droit, Universit茅 de Sherbrooke. (Videoconference)
• 2023.05.05: 鈥淢igration Detention & Alternatives to Detention鈥�, Specialists' Course on International Refugee Law, Department of International Refugee Law and Migration Law, International Institute of Humanitarian Law, Sanremo (Italy), 14 March - 9 June 2023. (Videoconference)
• 2023.04.25: 芦 La gouvernance multilat茅rale de la mobilit茅 humaine: un d茅fi plan茅taire 禄, 贵补肠耻濒迟茅 des Sciences Juridiques, 脡conomiques et Sociales de Rabat-Agdal, Universit茅 Mohamed V, Agdal, Rabat, Maroc.
• 2023.04.05: 芦 Midi-discussion sur l鈥檃sile au Canada : Quelques r茅ponses du droit international 禄, webinaire organis茅 par l鈥橭bservatoire sur les Migrations Internationales, les R茅fugi茅s, les Apatrides et l'Asile (OMIRAS), Universit茅 du Qu茅bec 脿 Montr茅al. (vid茅oconf茅rence)
• 2023.03.24: 鈥淟a gouvernance multilat茅rale de la mobilit茅 humaine: un d茅fi plan茅taire 禄, dans le cours Droit international des r茅fugi茅s, de Me Camille Marquis-Bissonnette, Universit茅 de Sherbrooke. (vid茅oconf茅rence)
• 2023.03.20: 鈥淪ecuring borders and facilitating mobility are not incompatible. On the contrary鈥︹��, in a panel on 鈥�Border Controls, Securitization and the Way Forward鈥�, with Pr Hakan Gurcan Sicakkan and Pr Pierre-Georges VanWolleghem, University of Bergen, and Pr Elspeth Guild, Queen Mary University of London, at the 鈥淏ordering Migration Workshop 鈥� Theoretical Debates and Recent Developments in Border Policies and Practice鈥�, organised by Pr Idil Atak, at the Canada Excellence Research Chair in Migration and Integration (CERC Migration), Toronto Metropolitan University, 20-21 March 2023.
• 2023.02.23: 鈥淭he international Law of Human Trafficking鈥�, in a webinar on 鈥淗uman Trafficking in Aviation鈥�, organised by the Institute of Air and Space Law of 91黑料网, in a panel with Prof. Michel Veuthey (Ambassador of the Sovereign Order of Malta), Linda Ristagno (Assistant Director, External Affairs, IATA), Martin Maurino (Technical Officer, Global Aviation Safety, ICAO), Youla Alhaddadin (Senior Advisor on Trafficking in Persons, OHCHR), Prof. Martine De Serres, (Adjunct Professor, 91黑料网), online at:

Recent interviews and media interventions

• 16 juin 2023 : Interview avec Alec Castonguay, 芦 L鈥檈ntente de tiers pays s没r valid茅e 禄, 脡mission Midi-Info, Radio-Canada Radio, (脿 12h11)
• 30 mai 2023 : 芦 T锚te-脿-t锚te avec Fran莽ois Cr茅peau: L鈥櫭﹖ernelle question migratoire 禄, interview avec l鈥橭bservatoire des droits de la personne du C茅rium, Centre d鈥櫭﹖udes et de recherches internationales de l鈥橴niversit茅 de Montr茅al.
• 30 mai 2023 : 芦 Venir au Canada en temps de crise : d茅lais, difficult茅s et d茅fis 禄, interview par Aidan Carpio-Lanthier et Michelle Akim, 茅diteurs juniors, Revue de droit de 91黑料网, Universit茅 91黑料网.
• 20 avril 2023: Interview avec Laurette de Vivie Aufroy, 芦 Apr猫s Roxham, le calme 禄,
• 17 April 2023: Interview with Camila Franco: 鈥淭he closure of Roxham Road: ineffective, inhumane and unjust immigration policy鈥�, 鈥淟egalEase@CKUT鈥� radio show (a radio show broadcast by RadLaw, a collective of law students at the Faculty of Law of 91黑料网, and a podcast available on Spotify), CKUT 90.3 FM Montreal, (from 2:45 to 22:22)
• 4 April 2023: Interview with Matt Galloway: 鈥淒eaths in St. Lawrence River highlight problem of human smuggling鈥�, The Current, CBC Radio One, (at 12:28 minutes)

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