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The presentation would explain and justify the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of antisemitism as a particularly useful tool in combating antisemitism. The definition has meet with various objections, which the presentation would address and answer. Operationalizing the definition of antisemitism adopted by IHRA requires action at different levels of government and at each level by different components of the level. The presentation would address what has been done and what needs to be done to implement comprehensively and effectively in Canada the IHRA definition.
Honorary Senior Counsel, B'nai Brith Canada; NGO member of the Canadian delegation to International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance; international human rights lawyer, based in Winnipeg.