Irwin Cotler

Irwin Cotler (politician)
Born	8 May 1940
Member of	Banned from Russia 2015, Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies, Counter Extremism Project, Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China, Justice for Kurds, U.S. Committee for Human Rights in North Korea, United Against Nuclear Iran

Irwin Cotler was Canada's Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada from 2003 until the Liberal government of Paul Martin lost power following the 2006 federal election. He was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons for the constituency of Mount Royal in a by-election in November 1999, winning over 91% of votes cast. He was sworn into Cabinet on December 2003.

Irwin Cotler has been termed by the political activist Howard Galganov as "a totally unabashed defender and supporter of Israel". Alan Dershowitz, in his book Chutzpah, described Irwin Cotler as his "Canadian mirror image".

Affiliations

• Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies (BESA; Israel) – Academic Advisory Board
• International Center for Terrorism Studies, International Research Council
• Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs
• UN Watch

 

Events Participated in

Event	Start	End	Location(s)	Description
Democracy & Security International Conference	5 June 2007	6 June 2007	Czech Republic Prague	The "Neoconservative International" that reports it was intested in "building a world of free and democratic states"
Halifax International Security Forum/2012	21 November 2012	23 November 2012	Canada Halifax Nova Scotia	Spooky conference in Canada discussing the "New Normal" and Western nations' "special burden".
Herzliya Conference/2007	21 January 2007	24 January 2007	Israel Tel Aviv Reichman University	"The conference examined the array of dangers, threats and difficulties Israel has faced since early 2006, identified a broad web of problems in all of the fundamental strata upon which national security is based, and proposed strategies for action."

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