207. Ombuds Institutions and Their Role in Protecting Human Rights (With Prof. Linda Reif)

In this episode, our host Prabhjot Punnia sits down with Professor Linda Reif to discuss the role and mandates of ombuds institutions. Professor Reif has published extensively on national human rights institutions, ombuds institutions, children’s rights institutions, international human rights law, international trade law and international business law. Her work is widely cited and includes Ombuds Institutions, Good Governance and the International Human Rights System (Brill/Nijhoff, 2d revised edition, 2020), co-authorship of Kindred’s International Law: Chiefly as Interpreted and Applied in Canada (Emond, 9th edition, 2019), and numerous book chapters and law review articles, including in the Harvard Human Rights Journal and Human Rights Law Review.

Ombuds Institutions, Good Governance and the International Human Rights System can be accessed here.

Professor Reif’s other selected research and publications can be accessed here.