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François Larocque is a Full Professor and Research Chairholder in the Faculty of Law at the University of Ottawa, specializing in language rights and transnational human rights litigation. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge (2008) and earned his LL.B. (summa cum laude) and B.A. (summa cum laude) from the University of Ottawa in 2000 and 1997, respectively.
His research focuses on two core areas: Language Rights in Canada and Civil Liability for Grave Breaches of International Human Rights. As the inaugural holder of the Canadian Francophonie Research Chair in Language Rights (renewed in 2023), he leads initiatives to strengthen legal frameworks for official language minorities and Indigenous communities through interdisciplinary analysis, litigation support, and public engagement tools like the Planctus mobile application. His transnational human rights work builds on his doctoral thesis at Cambridge, addressing the intersection of domestic and international law in cases such as Bouzari v Islamic Republic of Iran and Kazemi v Islamic Republic of Iran.
Larocque has authored seminal works including Civil Actions for Uncivilized Acts (Irwin Law, 2010), the first Canadian treatise on transnational human rights litigation, and co-authored Les droits linguistiques au Canada, a leading text in the field. He actively contributes to legislative and judicial processes, testifying before parliamentary committees and collaborating with Francophone community associations.
Scientific Awards:
- Commonwealth Scholar
- SSHRC Doctoral Fellow
- Fondation Baxter & Alma Ricard scholar
- Honorary Prince of Wales Scholar
