Louis-Benoit Lafontaine

Louis-Benoit Lafontaine is simultaneously completing a master’s degree in international studies and in international and transnational Law at Laval University. During the fall of 2020, he worked as a researcher at the International Criminal and Humanitarian Law Clinic (ICHLC) at Laval University. His research focuses on the place occupied by international Law in States’ foreign policy and on armaments issues. His recent essay, written last summer 2021, explores Riyadh’s instrumentalization of international Law in its rhetoric regarding the persecution of the Uyghur ethnic minority in China.

Expertise

Instrumentalization of International Law
Public International Law
Foreign Policy

Selected Publications

Justin Massie, Stéphanie Chouinard and Louis-Benoit Lafontaine, “Foreign Policy and the 44th General Election in Canada,” Hot Takes, Network for Strategic Analysis, 17 September 2021.
Louis-Benoit Lafontaine & Université Laval, Le positionnement stratégique de Riyad sur l’enjeu ouïghour : un exemple d’instrumentalisation du droit international (dissertation). Université Laval (École d’études internationales): 2021.

Network Publications

The Space Occupied by International Law in the Dynamics of Sino-American Competition

Law proves to be omnipresent in international relations today, notably acting as a regulator of interstate activities or as…

Canada’s Role in the New Nuclear Landscape

The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) review conference is scheduled for January 2022. Since its ratification in 1968 and the…

The Taliban and the Uyghur Dilemma: Where to Stand?

While the 20th anniversary of September 11 terrorist attack is a reminder of the U.S. intervention in Afghanistan and…

Foreign Policy and the 44th General Election in Canada

“Canada’s foreign policy is more important now than it has been in a generation,” states the Conservative Party of…