Payam Akhavan
Payam Akhavan is a prominent legal scholar and human rights advocate, currently serving as the Human Rights Chair at the University of Toronto’s Massey College. He is a co-founder of the Iran Human Rights Documentation Centre and has worked as a UN prosecutor at The Hague, where he focused on war crimes and crimes against humanity. Akhavan has been vocal in his condemnation of the Iranian government's repressive actions against its citizens, especially in light of the recent protests against systemic oppression and economic hardship.
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Payam Akhavan is the Human Rights Chair at the University of Toronto’s Massey College, a founder of the Iran Human Rights Documentation Centre, and a former UN prosecutor at The Hague.
Iran is crying out for its Nuremberg moment
Canada· 2026-01-29
Payam Akhavan is the Human Rights Chair at the University of Toronto’s Massey College, a founder of the Iran Human Rights Documentation Centre, and a former UN prosecutor at The Hague.
As Iran cracks down on protesters again, the world cannot be silentCanada· 2026-01-12
