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Rhoda E. Howard-Hassmann is a Canada Research Chair in International Human Rights, jointly appointed to the Department of Political Science and the School of International Policy and Governance (Balsillie School of International Affairs). She is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. Her most recent books include Reparations to Africa (2008) and Can Globalization Promote Human Rights? (2010), as well as her co-edited The Age of Apology (2008) and the forthcoming co-edited Human Right to Citizenship: A Slippery Concept.
She maintains a website on political apologies and a blog, Rights & Rightlessness, which can be accessed at rhodahassmann.blogspot.com.
My current research is for a book on state food crimes, where states create situations in which their own citizens, or people under their authority, experience famine or malnutrition. The first case study is of manipulation of land rights and food distribution in Zimbabwe since 2000. The second case is North Korea, where there was a severe famine in the 1990s. I also investigate economic policies in contemporary Venezuela that cause food shortages, and malnutrition in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. From these case studies I draw implications for human rights, for the international law of genocide and crimes against humanity, and for the responsibility to protect.
- 2014. Named Distinguished Scholar of Human Rights by the Human Rights Section of the International Studies Association.
- 2013. Recipient, Sir John William Dawson Medal for Interdisciplinary Research, Royal Society of Canada.
- 2006. Named first Distinguished Scholar of Human Rights by the Human Rights Section, American Political Science Association.
- 2004: Awarded 2004 Outstanding Book in Human Rights, by the Human Rights Section, American Political Science Association (for Compassionate Canadians: Civic Leaders Discuss Human Rights, University of Toronto Press, 2003).
- 2003-17. Named Canada Research Chair, Tier I, Wilfrid Laurier University.
- 1993. Inducted as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.
- 2015. "The Right to Food under Hugo Chavez," accepted for publication in Human Rights Quarterly.
- 2013. "Reconsidering the Right to Own Property," Journal of Human Rights, vol. 12, pp. 180-97.
- 2012. "State-Induced Famine and Penal Starvation in North Korea," Genocide Studies and Prevention, vol.7, no. 2/3, pp. 147-65.
- 2012. "Official Apologies," Transitional Justice Review, vol. 1, no.1, pp. 31-53. 2012. "Human Security: Undermining Human Rights?" Human Rights Quarterly, vol. 34, no. 1, pp. 88-112.
- 2011. "Universal Women's Rights since 1970: The Centrality of Autonomy and Agency," Journal of Human Rights, vol. 10, no. 4, pp. 433-39.
- Laurier's Rhoda Howard-Hassmann believes civic engagement is key to preserving human rights (Brant News – July 9, 2015)
Contact Info:
T: 905.529.9995
Office location: Balsillie School of International Affairs - 305
Languages spoken: English, some French