Prof. Rebecca Cook

Rebecca J. Cook, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto, is an internationally recognized leader in the development of international human rights law. She is noted for her expertise on women's rights, women's health, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women and state responsibility for violations of women's human rights. Through her scholarship and activism, she has made linkages between global issues affecting women and international human rights law. Her work has led to concrete improvements in women's lives worldwide, and has been widely disseminated in leading law and health journals.