Frederic Megret

Faculty of Law

Biography

Frédéric Mégret is an Associate Professor of Law and the Canada Research Chair on the Law of Human Rights and Legal Pluralism.

Before joining the University of McGill, Professor Mégret was an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Law of the University of Toronto, a Boulton fellow at McGill University and a research associate at the European University Institute in Florence.

Professor Mégret is the author of “Le Tribunal pénal international pour le Rwanda” (Pedone, 2002). He is currently co-editing the second edition of “The United Nations and Human Rights: A Critical Appraisal” (Oxford University Press, 2012) with Professor Philip Alston.

His main research interests focus on the theory of international criminal justice and transitional justice, the development of international human rights law, and the dilemmas raised by the laws of war. Professor Mégret is more generally interested in legal pluralism and the representation of law in popular culture.

Note: on sabbatical leave until August 2012.

Education

Ph.D., Graduate Institute of International Studies (University of Geneva) / Université Panthéon-Sorbonne (Paris I), 2006.

Lauréat avec les félicitations, Institut d'études politiques de Paris, international section. Erasmus student at Leiden University, 1996-98

Diploma in advanced studies in international public law and international organisations law, Université Panthéon-Sorbonne, 1996-98

LL.B., King’s College, London, 1994

Maîtrise de droit privé, Université de Paris I, 1994

Employment

Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, McGill University 2005-2011

Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto 2004-2005

Boulton fellow, Faculty of Law, McGill University, 2003-2004

Research associate, Law Department, European University Institute (Florence), 2001-2002

Attaché and consultant, International Organizations Division, International Committee of the Red Cross (Geneva), 1998-1999

Attaché, French diplomatic delegation, Rome Conference on the creation of an International Criminal Court, 1998

Areas of Interest

Public international law, international protection of human rights, international criminal law, the laws of war, international relations.