Kathleen E. Mahoney
Professor
LL.B. (UBC), LL.M. (Cambridge), Diploma, International Institute, Comparative Human Rights Law (Strasbourg)
F.R.S.C.
Member of the Law Societies of Alberta and Manitoba
Office: MFH4316
Telephone: 403.220.7254
Email: kmahoney@ucalgary.ca
Home Office Telephone: 403.239.8982
Home Office Fax: 403.208.1714
Kathleen teaches Law 406: Torts, Law 563: International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law and Law 579: Theoretical Foundations of Tort Law.
Kathleen's research interests are Human Rights, International Human Rights Law and Humanitarian Law, Constitutional Law, Women's Rights, Judicial Development and Aboriginal Law. In her pioneering work in judicial education, she has authored numerous foundational papers and organized conferences, workshops and collaborative international projects in Geneva, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Tanzania, Namibia, Spain, Israel, China, Vietnam, the United States, and the United Nations. She has published extensively in academic journals as well as in the popular media.
Within the Faculty, Kathleen chairs the Equality Committee and the Moting and Debating Committee. She also served onthe research and Scholarship Leave Committee.
Externally, Kathleen was Chair of the Board of Directors of the International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development for 6 years. She was a founder of the Women's Legal Education and Action Fund. She was recently named an expert advisor to the Interaction Council, an organization of former heads of state, and a member of the Board of Governors of the Canadian Red Cross.
Kathleen has appeared as counsel in leading hate speech and pornography cases in the Supreme Court of Canada and was counsel for Bosnia Herzegovina in their genocide action against Serbia in the International Court of Justice.
In 2006, Kathleen was named to be the Canadian Director of a 5 year project on judicial development and grassroots engagement in Vietnam. In 2009, she was a member of the International Bar Association's mission to the Democratic Republic of Congo to review the justice system and advise on a reformative plan.
Kathleen was the Chief Negotiator for the Assembly of First Nations for the historic Indian Residential School Settlement Agreement, achieving the largest settlement in Canadian history and was a major architect of Canada's Truth and Reconciliation Commission. She led the negotiations for the historic apology from the Canadian Parliament and from Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican.
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