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Anne L. Mactavish Justice of the Federal Court, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Born in Montreal, Quebec. Education at Bishop's University, University of New Brunswick and University of Ottawa. Called to the Bar of Ontario, 1982. Associate and Partner, Perley-Robertson, Panet, Hill & McDougall, 1982-1996. Appointed President of the Human Rights Tribunal Panel in 1995, and Chairperson of the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal in 1998. Past President of the County of Carleton Law Association; President, Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice. Appointed Judge of the Federal Court and Member ex officio of the Federal Court of Appeal on November 19, 2003. Appointed as a Judge of the Court Martial Appeal Court of Canada on March 23, 2004.
Jane has worked on a variety of projects with UNHCR, the European Union, the Czech–Helsinki Committee, Amnesty International, the Refugee Council of Australia, and the Refugee Studies Centre at the University of Oxford. She is a member of the Editorial Board of the Australian International Law Journal, a former General Editor of the Oxford University Commonwealth Law Journal, and a former member of the Editorial Board of the Sydney Law Review.
