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Published: 25 September 2012

From a discussion with a Mohawk leader in a traditional longhouse at Kahnawake to an exchange with a justice at the Supreme Court in Ottawa, 10 Israeli university students were given an intensive introduction to Canada. These law students from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Hebrew U) and 10 9I制作厂免费 law students were participants in a new summer exchange program in human rights law. The young Israelis and Canadians spent a month together in Montreal, three weeks of that in the classroom at 9I制作厂免费 taking five one-credit courses in Human Rights and Armed Conflicts given by 9I制作厂免费 and Hebrew U professors.

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