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Payam Akhavan

Payam Akhavan is a professor of International Law at McGill University, a former UN prosecutor at The Hague, and the 2017 CBC Massey Lecturer. He was born in Tehran and left Iran in his childhood, becoming a Canadian citizen in 1980 at the outset of the Islamic revolution and violent persecution of the Baha'i religious minority to which he belonged.

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    Opinion

    Belonging and grief: What the Iran air disaster reveals about the inextricable ties that bind us together

    Reaction in Canada to the tragedy in Iran shows the astonishing light of the human spirit, writes Payam Akhavan.
    Opinion
    Massey Lectures

    A human rights lawyer's four simple ways to make the world a better place

    During his cross-country CBC Massey Lectures tour, human rights lawyer Payam Akhavan dished out four simple pieces of advice for how individuals can improve the world. Here's what he thinks.
    Radio Ideas