Professor Errol P. Mendes is currently a Professor of Law at the University of Ottawa. He was Director of the Human Rights Research and Education Centre at the University of Ottawa from 1993-2001. As Director of the Centre, he was the Project leader for human rights, conflict resolution, governance and justice projects in China, Thailand, Indonesia, Brazil, El Salvador, Sri Lanka and India. He is a frequent speaker and media commentator on international business ethics, constitutional and human rights topics across the world and has lectured on these topics in the United States, Europe, Asia and Latin America. He has been invited to present numerous briefs to the Parliament of Canada, been Senior Adviser to the government of Canada in the areas of diversity, human rights, national security, corporate social responsibility and international policy and visiting professional in the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court in The Hague.