The members
Co-researchers
Students

Amélie Cossette
Master's student with thesis at the Faculty of Law of ULaval
Amélie Cossette is currently pursuing a master’s degree in law with an essay under the supervision of Professor Christine Vézina. Her essay focuses on the self-determination of people with disabilities, more specifically on the legal anchors offered by Canadian domestic law.

Camille Betencourt
Doctoral student at the Faculty of Law of ULaval
et coordinatrice de COMRADES
Camille Betencourt is currently pursuing a doctorate in law at ULaval under the direction of Professor Christine Vézina. Her thesis focuses on the legality of systemic discrimination in international human rights law.

Faiza Kadri
Doctoral student in law and lecturer at the Faculty of Political Science and Law of UQAM
Faiza Kadri is currently pursuing a doctorate in law at the Faculty of Lay of UQAM under the supervision of Professor Mirja Trilsch. Her doctoral research focuses on happiness in law.

Hugo Rinfret-Paquet
Undergraduate student at the Faculty of Political Science and Law of UQAM
Hugo Rinfret-Paquet is an undergraduate student at the Faculty of Political Science and Law of UQAM. He is currently working as a research assistant at COMRADES with Professor Christine Vézina and the Protecteur du citoyen.

Isabelle Carrière
Undergraduate student at the Faculty of Law of ULaval
Isabelle Carrière is currently a bachelor of Law student at ULaval. She works as a research assistant within COMRADES with Professor Christine Vézina.

Marie Carpentier
Doctorate of the Faculty of Political Science and Law at UQAM
Marie Carpentier defended her thesis “La légitimité démocratique de la justiciabilité du droit à la santé en droit québécois” in August 2023. Her thesis focuses on the democratic legitimacy of the justiciability of the right to health before Canadian and, particularly, Quebec courts. She uses the basket of health services, an object with a delimited outline, as a reification of the right to health.

Souhila Baba Ahmed
Master's student at the Faculty of Law of ULaval
Souhila Baba Ahmed is currently pursuing a master’s degree in law with thesis at ULaval under the direction of Professor Christine Vézina. Her master’s project consists of evaluating, in the city of Quebec, the needs in terms of access to justice in the context of the right to health. Her approach is part of a larger project leading to the creation of an interdisciplinary clinic with a human rights-based approach.

Wago Irène-Raissa Zohoré
Doctoral student at the Faculty of Law of ULaval
Wago Irène-Raïssa Zohoré is a doctoral student in law at ULaval under the supervision of professors Christine Vézina and Julie Desrosiers. Her thesis focuses on the right to education of adolescents in preventive detention: a comparative study between Canada and Côte d’Ivoire.

Valérie Kelly
Doctorante à Faculté de droit de l'ULaval
Valérie Kelly, LL.B (UQAM, 2017), LL.M. (Laval, 2021), is currently pursuing a doctorate in law at ULaval under the direction of Professor Marie-Claude Prémont and Patrick Taillon. Her doctoral research focuses on municipal reforms and land use planning law in the regulate urban sprawl, as well as their influences on socio-spatial inequalities and the environment.

Jessica Thibault-Hubert
Doctoral student at the Faculty of Law of UdeM
Jessica Thibault-Hubert is currently a doctoral student in law at UdeM under the supervision of Professor Annick Provencher. Her thesis focuses on the rights of migrant domestic workers. She is interested in the right to fair and reasonable working conditions in the context of their work and seeks to assess their freedom of choice as to their place of residence.

Olivia Deschênes
Undergraduate student at the Faculty of Law of UdeM
Olivia Deschênes is currently a bachelor of law student at the UdeM. Her research interests focus on the justiciability of economic and social rights in Canada, and on strategies for implementing the right to housing.