Alex Neve

Alex Neve served as Secretary General of Amnesty International Canada’s English Branch from 2000-2020. In that role, he led and been part of numerous human rights research and advocacy delegations throughout Africa, Asia, Latin America, Guantánamo Bay and First Nations communities across Canada. Alex is a lawyer, with an LLB from Dalhousie University and a master’s in International Human Rights Law from the University of Essex. He has served as a member of the Immigration and Refugee Board, taught at Osgoode Hall Law School, been affiliated with York University's Centre for Refugee Studies, and worked as a refugee lawyer in private practice and in a community legal aid clinic. Alex is an Officer of the Order of Canada. He is a recipient of a Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal. He has received honorary Doctorate of Laws degrees from St. Thomas University, the University of Waterloo and the University of New Brunswick. Alex is a visiting professor of international human rights law with the Faculties of Law and Social Sciences at the University of Ottawa, and adjunct professor with the Schulich School of Law at Dalhousie University.

• Human rights
• Refugee protection
• Rights of indigenous people
• Gender equality