David Hughes

David Hughes teaches in the Ethics, Society & Law program at Trinity College, University of Toronto and in the first-year program at Osgoode Hall Law School. From 2022-2024, he was an Assistant Professor at the Canadian Forces College. Before that, he was the Trebek Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Ottawa. He holds a PhD from Osgoode Hall Law School during which time he spent two years at the University of Michigan Law School as a Grotius Research Fellow. David has written about various topics and themes relating to international law which have appeared in several leading journals including the Harvard Journal of International Law, the European Journal of International Law, the Georgetown Journal of International Law, the Melbourne Journal of International Law, and the Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law. Currently, he co-leads a project about double standards and international law. His publications can be found here. Before beginning his doctoral research, David worked at the Council of Europe, with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, and with civil society organizations in Strasbourg, Geneva, Brussels, and Jerusalem.