François Crépeau

François Crépeau is the Hans & Tamar Oppenheimer Professor in Public International Law at the Faculty of Law of McGill University. In 2011, he was appointed United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants.

The focus of his current research includes migration control mechanisms, the rights of foreigners, the conceptualization of security as it applies to migrants, and the Rule of Law in the face of globalization.

François Crépeau has given many conferences, published numerous articles, and written or directed five books: Les migrations internationales contemporaines – Une dynamique complexe au cœur de la globalisation (2009), Penser l’international, Perspectives et contributions des sciences sociales (2007), Forced Migration and Global Processes - A View from Forced Migration Studies (2006), Mondialisation des échanges et fonctions de l’État (1997) and Droit d’asile: De l’hospitalité aux contrôles migratoires (1995).

He heads the “Mondialisation et droit international” collection at Éditions Bruylant (Brussels), and is a fellow of the Institute for Research in Public Policies (IRPP).

From 2001 to 2008, he was a professor at the Université de Montréal, holder of the Canada Research Chair in International Migration Law, and founding scientific director of the Centre d’études et de recherches internationales de l’Université de Montréal (CÉRIUM). From 1990 to 2001, he was a professor at the Université du Québec à Montréal.

Until 2011, he was a member of the Canadian Commission for UNESCO and sat on the Barreau du Quebec’s Committee on Human Rights and Committee on Citizenship and Immigration. He also served as vice-president of the Canadian Human Rights Foundation (now Equitas) (1992-2004) and director of the Revue québécoise de droit international (1996-2004. He participated in observer missions in the occupied Palestinian territories (2002) and in El Salvador (1991).

François Crépeau holds diplomas from McGill University (BCL and LLB), Bordeaux University (DEUG and Licence in law, Master’s in private law), Paris II University (DEA in sociological jurisprudence) and Paris I University (Ph.D. in law).

List of François Crépeau’s publications.

François Crépeau’s publications available on the Social Science Research Network.

To find out more about François Crépeau’s work as Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants: http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Migr...

Pour en savoir plus sur le travail de François Crépeau comme Rapporteur Spécial sur les droits de l’homme des migrants: http://www2.ohchr.org/french/issues...