On 28 May 2026, Kate McInnes, Principal at Arendt Chambers, appeared before Canada's House of Commons Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development to provide expert testimony on proposed amendments to Canada's Magnitsky sanctions regime. Kate appeared alongside Sir William Browder, Vladimir Kara-Murza, and Marcus Kolga, and her testimony drew on a brief co-authored with Alex Prezanti of Artemis Chambers, analyzing Bill C-219 and its implications for Can

Our Partner, Elsa Wyllie, has been quoted in an International Bar Association article by Yola Verbruggen examining the implications of the United States’ military strikes on Venezuela and the capture of President Nicolás Maduro, and the broader questions these developments raise for international law. You can read this article here: https://www.ibanet.org/International-law-response-to-US-aggression .

Our Principal, Kate McInnes, has endorsed In Our Own Right, a joint civil society statement on disability rights and disarmament that was delivered before the United Nations General Assembly First Committee on 17 October 2025. In her words: The experiences of countless wars, past and present, prove beyond doubt that persons with disabilities are disproportionately affected by armed conflict. As the statement powerfully argues, “these uniquely at-risk and valuable members of t