Education
Certificate in Transnational Law - Faculty of Law, University of Geneva
Juris Doctor (JD) - Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa
Master of Science (MSc) - Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University
Honours Bachelor of Arts - Glendon College, York University
Teaching Experience
Practicum Supervisor, "Global Health Law" - M.Sc. in Global Health, McMaster University (2020-present)
Lecturer, "Legal Research & Writing" - Lincoln Alexander School of Law, Toronto Metropolitan University (2022)
Lecturer, Osgoode PD Certificate in Cannabis Law and Regulation - Osgoode Hall Law School, York University (2021-2022)
Guest Lecturer, "International Law in the Global South" - School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University (2022)
Guest Lecturer, "Global Health Law: An Intensive Problem-Based Exploration" - Georgetown University Law Center, Georgetown University (2022)
Guest Lecturer, "Global Health Policy and Systems" - School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, University of British Columbia (2022)
Health in Theory and Practice" - Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto (2022)
Guest Lecturer, "Health and Human Rights" - Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ottawa (2021)
Guest Lecturer, "Germs, Globalization and Governance" - School of Law, University of Washington (2021, 2022)
Course Instructor, Medicines Policy, Economics and Ethics - Sydney Health Ethics, University of Sydney (2018 - 2020)
Professional Experience
Research Coordinator - Global Health Law Consortium via Global Strategy Lab, York University (2020-present)
Principal - Roojin Habibi Consulting (2019-present)
Research Fellow - Global Strategy Lab, York University (2016-present)
International Consultant in Gender and Human Rights - Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) (2019-2021)
Workplace Violence & Harassment Investigator - Freelance (2019)
Candidate Lawyer - Legal Department, Canadian Medical Association (2018-2019)
Policy Analyst - Sciences Strategies Branch, Canadian Institutes of Health Research (2016-2018)
Research and Policy Intern - HIV Legal Network (formerly Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network) (2017)
Public Interest Law Fellow - Gender Research and Advocacy Project, Legal Assistance Centre (Windhoek, Namibia) (2016)
Awards
- Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation Scholarship (2022-2025)
- Joseph-Armand Bombardier CGS Program, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (2021-2024)
- Emergency Powers Campaign - Rapid Response Grant, Open Society Foundations (2021-2022)
- Connection Grant, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (2021-2022)
- Ontario Graduate Scholarship (2021-2022), declined
- Fellowship, Canadian International Council (2020-2022)
- Newton W. Rowell Graduate Scholarship (Ontario Graduate Scholarship), Osgoode Hall Law School (2020-2021)
- Harry W. Arthurs Fellowship, Osgoode Hall Law School (2019)
- Manulife Award for Research on International Health Policy (2019)
- Graduate Program in Law Scholarship, Faculty of Graduate Studies - York University (2019)
- Fellowship in Public Interest Law, Faculty of Law - University of Ottawa (2016)
- Graduate Program Entrance Scholarship, School of Graduate Studies - McMaster University (2012)
Publications
Works in Edited Books
- Roojin Habibi & Thana de Campos. Commercial Determinants of Health: Corporate Social Responsibility as Global Health Policy? GLOBAL HEALTH LAW AND POLICY: ENSURING JUSTICE FOR A HEALTHIER WORLD (L. Gostin & B. Meier (Eds.), Oxford: Oxford University Press, forthcoming 2023).
- Sharifah Sekalala & Roojin Habibi. Global Health Law: Legal Frameworks to Advance Global Health. GLOBAL HEALTH LAW AND POLICY: ENSURING JUSTICE FOR A HEALTHIER WORLD (L. Gostin & B. Meier (Eds.), Oxford: Oxford University Press, forthcoming 2023).
- Roojin Habibi. COVID-19 and the Rights of Older Persons. AGEING AND INTERNATIONAL LAW: TOWARDS AN INTERNATIONAL LEGAL FRAMEWORK TO ADVANCE THE HEALTH AND HUMAN RIGHTS OF OLDER PERSONS (A. L. Taylor & P. C. Kuszler (Eds.), Elgar, forthcoming 2022).
- Benjamin Mason Meier, Ana Ayala & Roojin Habibi. Global Health Law. PUBLIC HEALTH LAW: CONCEPTS AND CASE STUDIES (M. Ransom and L. Valladares (Eds.), Warren, MI: Springer Publishing, 2021).
- Roojin Habibi & Steven J. Hoffman. Cannabis Legalization is the Inconvenient Test of Canada’s Commitment to the Rule of International Law and a Rules-Based World Order. HIGH TIMES: THE LEGALIZATION AND REGULATION OF CANNABIS IN CANADA (A. Potter and D. Weinstock (Eds.), Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2019).
Refereed Articles
- Steven J. Hoffman, Pedro Villarreal, Roojin Habibi & Sophie Campbell. Mending Dispute Resolution under the International Health Regulations. INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS LAW REVIEW (forthcoming 2022).
- Pedro Villarreal, Roojin Habibi & Allyn L. Taylor. Strengthening the Monitoring of States’ Compliance with the International Health Regulations. INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS LAW REVIEW (forthcoming 2022).
- Alicia Ely Yamin, Stefania Negri & Roojin Habibi. Of Sea Monsters and Sandcastles: Revisiting International Legal Frameworks Regarding Public Health and Human Rights in Global Health Emergencies. YEARBOOK OF INTERNATIONAL DISASTER LAW (forthcoming 2022).
- Benjamin Mason Meier, Allyn Taylor, Mark Eccleston-Turner, Roojin Habibi, Sharifah Sekalala & Lawrence Gostin. The World Health Organization in Global Health Law. 48 JOURNAL OF LAW, MEDICINE AND ETHICS 796-799 (2021).
- Roojin Habibi, Steven J. Hoffman, Gian Luca Burci, Thana C. de Campos, Danwood Chirwa, Margherita M. Cinà, Stephanie Dagron, Mark Eccleston-Turner, Lisa Forman, Lawrence Gostin, Benjamin Mason Meier, Stefania Negri, Gorik Ooms, Sharifah Sekalala, Allyn L. Taylor, & Alicia Ely Yamin. The Stellenbosch Consensus on Legal National Responses to Public Health Risks Clarifying Article 43 of the International Health Regulations. INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS LAW REVIEW (published online, forthcoming, 2022).
- Margherita M. Cinà, Steven J. Hoffman, Gian Luca Burci, Thana C. de Campos, Danwood Chirwa, Stephanie Dagron, Mark Eccleston-Turner, Lisa Forman, Lawrence Gostin, Roojin Habibi, Benjamin Mason Meier, Stefania Negri, Gorik Ooms, Sharifah Sekalala, Allyn L. Taylor, & Alicia Ely Yamin. The Stellenbosch Consensus on the International Legal Obligation to Collaborate and Assist in Addressing Pandemics: Clarifying Article 44 of the International Health Regulations. INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS LAW REVIEW (published online, forthcoming 2022).
- Sharifah Sekalala, Lisa Forman, Roojin Habibi & Benjamin Mason Meier. Health and human rights are inextricably linked in the COVID-19 response. BMJ GLOBAL HEALTH 5: e003359 (2020).
- Benjamin Mason Meier, Hanna Huffstetler & Roojin Habibi. Human Rights Must Be Central to the International Health Regulations. HEALTH AND HUMAN RIGHTS JOURNAL (2020).
- Lawrence O. Gostin, Roojin Habibi & Benjamin Mason Meier. Has Global Health Law Risen to Meet the COVID-19 Challenge? Revisiting the International Health Regulations to Prepare for Future Threats. 48 JOURNAL OF LAW, MEDICINE AND ETHICS 376-381 (2020).
- Allyn L. Taylor & Roojin Habibi. The Collapse of Global Cooperation under the WHO International Health Regulations at the Outset of COVID-19. 24 AMERICAN SOCIETY OF INTERNATIONAL LAW INSIGHTS (2020).
- Allyn L. Taylor, Roojin Habibi, Gian Luca Burci, Stephanie Dagron, Mark Eccleston-Turner, Benjamin M. Meier, Alexandra L. Phelan, Pedro A. Villarreal, Alicia Ely Yamin, Danwood Chirwa, Lisa Forman, Gorik Ooms, Sharifah Sekalala & Steven J. Hoffman. Solidarity in the wake of COVID-19: Reimagining the International Health Regulations. 396 THE LANCET 82-83 (2020).
- Alicia Ely Yamin & Roojin Habibi. Human Rights and Coronavirus: What’s at Stake for Truth, Trust, and Democracy? HEALTH AND HUMAN RIGHTS JOURNAL (2020).
- Roojin Habibi, Gian Luca Burci, Thana C. de Campos, Danwood Chirwa, Margherita M. Cinà, Stephanie Dagron, Mark Eccleston-Turner, Lisa Forman, Lawrence O. Gostin, Benjamin Mason Meier, Stefania Negri, Gorik Ooms, Sharifah Sekalala, Allyn L. Taylor, Alicia Ely Yamin & Steven J. Hoffman. Do not violate the International Health Regulations during the COVID-19 outbreak. 395 THE LANCET 664 (2020).
- Roojin Habibi. L’affaire Araya et l’accès aux recours civils fondés sur le droit coutumier international au Canada. 2 PHILIPPE KIRSCH INSTITUTE GLOBAL JUSTICE JOURNAL (2018).
- Roojin Habibi & Steven J. Hoffman. Legalizing Cannabis Violates the UN Drug Control Treaties, But Progressive Countries Like Canada Have Options. 49 OTTAWA LAW REVIEW 427 (2018).
- Quinn Grundy, Roojin Habibi, Adrienne Shnier, Christopher M. Mayes, & Wendy Lipworth. Decoding Disclosure: Comparing Conflict of Interest Policy Among the United States, France, and Australia. 122 HEALTH POLICY 509 (2017).
- Roojin Habibi, Joel Lexchin, Barbara Mintzes & Anne Holbrook. Unwarranted Claims of Drug Efficacy in Pharmaceutical Sales Visits: Are Drugs Approved on the Basis of Surrogate Outcomes Promoted Appropriately? 83 BRITISH JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY 2549 (2017).
- Roojin Habibi, Line Guenette, Joel Lexchin, Ellen Reynolds, Mary Wiktorowicz & Barbara Mintzes. Regulating Information or Allowing Deception? Pharmaceutical Sales Visits in Canada, France and the United States. 44 JOURNAL OF LAW, MEDICINE & ETHICS 4 (2016).
- Christopher Mayes, Ian Kerridge, Roojin Habibi & Wendy Lipworth. Conflicts of interest in neoliberal times: perspectives of Australian medical students. 25 HEALTH SOCIOLOGY REVIEW 256 (2016).
- Steven J. Hoffman & Roojin Habibi. International legal barriers to Canada’s marijuana plans. 188 CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION JOURNAL E215 (2016).
- Roojin Habibi. Do efficacy claims in pharmaceutical sales visits vary by approved product information or national policy? Hamilton, ON: McMaster University (2015).
- Roojin Habibi & Joel Lexchin. Quality and quantity of information in Summary Basis of Decision Documents issued by Health Canada. 9 PLOS ONE 3: e92038 (2014).
Engaged Scholarship
- Benjamin M. Meier (...) & Roojin Habibi. Revisiting travel restrictions amid the omicron variant: an imperative to revise global health law to reflect public health evidence (forthcoming 2022).
- Roojin Habibi. The COVID-19 Vaccination Race. Maryland Journal for International Law (forthcoming 2022).
- Tim Fish Hodgson, Roojin Habibi, Benjamin Mason Meier, Sharifah Sekalala, Ian Seiderman, Tomaso Falchetta, Thomas Schwarcz, Letta Tayler, Sean Tait, Gerald Staberock, and Sara (Meg) Davis. Human Rights Must Guide a Pandemic Treaty. Health and Human Rights Journal (November 2021).
- Roojin Habibi et al. Open Letter Signed by 200 Experts to the Government of Canada: Vaccine Equity and Booster Shots. Canadian Association for Global Health (September 2021).
- Roojin Habibi, Steven J. Hoffman & Lisa Forman. Vaccine booster nationalism is selfish and reckless. Toronto Star (August 2021).
- Roojin Habibi, Tim Fish Hodgson, Benjamin Mason Meier, Ian Seiderman & Steven J. Hoffman. Reshaping Global Health Law in the Wake of COVID-19 to Uphold Human Rights. Opinio Juris and Health & Human Rights Journal (June 2021).
- Roojin Habibi & Joel Lexchin. The COVID-19 Vaccination Race: Why Wealthy Countries Like Canada Must Do More to Help Poorer Ones Get Across the Finish Line. Open Canada (March 2021).
- Roojin Habibi, Benjamin Mason Meier, Tim Fish Hodgson, Saman Zia-Zarifi, Ian Seiderman & Steven J. Hoffman. Harmonizing Global Health Law and Human Rights for Rights-Based Approaches to Global Health Emergencies. Opinio Juris (February 2021).
- Benjamin Mason Meier, Roojin Habibi & Tony Yang. Travel restrictions violate international Law [Response to M. Chinazzi et al]. Science (March 2020).
- Steven J. Hoffman & Roojin Habibi. Canada should not join other countries in instituting travel restrictions – or in breaking international law. Globe & Mail (February 2020).
- Roojin Habibi. Legalizing Cannabis: The International Drug Control Regime. Inter Alia: Faculty of Common Law Student Newspaper uOttawa (March 2017).
- Roojin Habibi. Les Canadiens méritent d'en savoir plus sur les médicaments qu'on leur prescrit. Huffington Post Québec (April 2014).
- Roojin Habibi & Joel Lexchin. Health Canada dangerously opaque when it comes to pharmaceuticals. The Toronto Star (March 2014).
Commissioned Reports
- Roojin Habibi et al. How Should Canada Engage in the World to Protect the Health of Canadians? Canadian International Council (CIC), Canadian Partnership for Women and Children’s Health (CanWaCH) & Global Canada (2021).
Theses
- Roojin Habibi. Do Efficacy Claims in Pharmaceutical Sales Visits Vary by Approved Product Information or National Policy? Open Access Theses and Dissertations - McMaster University (2015)
Presentation
- "Human Rights Principles and Guidelines for Public Health Emergency Prevention, Preparedness and Response" - Global Health Law Consortium and the International Commission of Jurists. 22 to 23 November 2021 (Co-Convenor)
- "Vaccine Apartheid & Canada’s Role in Global Health" - LegalVoices Conference (Lincoln Alexander School of Law). 13 November 2021 (Panel Expert)
- "Global Health Law in the Time of COVID-19: Towards Systemic Integration in International Trade Law, Human Rights Law and Global Health Law" - Canadian Council of International Law Annual Meeting. 22 October 2021 (Chair)
- "Draft Principles on Human Rights for the Proposed Pandemic Treaty" - Open Society Foundations. 14 October 2021 (Moderator)
- "Precarity in a Time of Global Health Crisis: Reconciling International Legal Imperatives in Public Health, Human Rights, and Solidarity" - Faculty of Law, University of Cape Town & Berkeley Center for Comparative Equality and Anti-Discrimination Law. 14 July 2021 (Keynote Address)
- "COVID-19 & cross-border health measures: Lessons learned and critical questions for the future of the International Health Regulations" - Global Health Centre (74th World Health Assembly Side Event). 26 Mary 2021 (Panel Expert)
- "Pandemic, Inequalities, Human Rights, and Nation States: Analyzing the Impact of Globalization and Canada’s Role" - Canadian International Council Winnipeg Branch. 15 April 2021 (Panel Expert)
- "From Revision to Revival: Transforming the International Health Regulations for a Pandemic Resilient Future" - International Studies Association 2021 Annual Conference. 6 April 2021 (Panel Expert)
- "The COVID-19 Vaccination Race: Roundtable Discussion on Global Access to the COVID-19 Vaccine" Maryland Journal of International Law. 2 April 2021 (Panel Expert)
- "Foreign Policy by Canadians: Global Public Health" - Canadian International Council (CIC), Canadian Partnership for Women and Children’s Health (CanWaCH) & Global Canada. 30 March 2021 (Panel Expert)
- "New Approaches and Lessons Learned in Inter-Governmental Pandemic Response Coordination" - American Society of International Law 2021 Annual Meeting (Reconceiving International Law: Creativity in Times of Crisis). 26 March 2021 (Panel Expert)
- "Harnessing Global Health Law to Respond to Pandemic Threats" - Consortium of Universities for Global Health 2021 Conference. 14 March 2021 (Panel Expert)
- "Health, Human Rights and Covid-19" - University of Toronto International Human Rights Program, and Queen’s University. 24 February 2021 (Panel Expert)
- "Emerging into the Future: Trends in Law, Medicine and Technology Post-Pandemic" Center for Global Governance and Emerging Law. 18 February 2021 (Panel Expert)
- "Human Rights in the Age of COVID" - The Society for International Affairs (Trinity College Dublin). 26 November 2020 (Panel Expert)
- "The International Health Regulations: Are They Working?" O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law Colloquium. 11 November 2020 (Panel Expert)
- "What Would Everyday Canadians Want Canada To Do? Framing the Debate for Citizens" - Canadian International Council. 9 November 2020 (Panel Expert)
- "Article 43 of the WHO’s International Health Regulations. Consensus Conference on Global Health Law" - Stellenbosch, South Africa. 10 - 12 April 2019 (Oral Presentation and Consensus Discussion Facilitator).
- "Health Law in Research and Practice" Queen’s Health Law Association, Kingston, Ontario. 4 March 2019 (Panel Expert)
- "2018 Calgary Luncheon Speaker Series: Cannabis" - Canadian Global Affairs Institute. Calgary, Alberta. 30 November 2018 (Panel Expert).
- "International legal dimensions of cannabis legalization: reconciling national priorities with international obligations" - McGill Institute for Health and Social Policy. Montreal, Québec. 26 - 27 April 2018 (Speaker).
- "Redesigning the Leaky Pipeline in Academia: Gender Equity in the Health Research Enterprise" - Canadian Institutes of Health Research Leadership Day 2017. Ottawa, Ontario. 27 July 2017 (Speaker).
- « La réglementation sur la visite médicale, qu’en pensez-vous? » Une étude comparant les opinions des informateurs clés sur la réglementation en matière de visite médicale en France, au Canada et aux États-Unis. Réncontres Prescrire. Paris, France. 2014 (Speaker).
- "Do promotions by pharmaceutical sales representatives vary according to the level of clinical evidence and national policy? A research in progress" - Pharmaceutical Policy Research Collaboration Meetig. Ottawa, Ontario. 28 - 30 April 2014 (Speaker).