Benjamin Perrin

Professor

Office:
Allard Hall, room 363
Phone: 604 822 1208
Fax: 604 822 8108

Email: perrin@allard.ubc.ca

Profile

Ben Perrin researches and teaches in the areas of criminal law and international law. He joined UBC in 2007 after serving as a law clerk at the Supreme Court of Canada and advising judges at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and Special Court for Sierra Leone. Ben was lead criminal justice advisor and in-house legal counsel to the Prime Minister of Canada.

In recent years, Ben was confronted with childhood and intergenerational trauma, addiction, mental health challenges, and disability in the lives of people close to him and his own. In this journey, he found freedom and peace in Jesus Christ. He is an advocate for compassionate, evidence-based approaches to pressing criminal justice and societal issues.

Ben is the author of policy papers, journal articles, and several books including Overdose: Heartbreak and Hope in Canada’s Opioid Crisis (Penguin Random House, 2020) and Victim Law: The Law of Victims of Crime in Canada (Thomson Carswell, 2017). His current project is on “Reimagining the Criminal Justice System”.

You can visit his website at www.benjaminperrin.ca.

Courses

Criminal Law & Procedure
Indigenous Settler Legal Relations

Publications

	Benjamin Perrin Overdose: Heartbreak and Hope in Canada's Opioid Crisis Toronto: Penguin Random House, 2020
	Benjamin Perrin “Social Media Threats: Examining the Canadian Criminal Law Response” (2018) 16 C.J.L.T. 75-106
	Benjamin Perrin Victim Law: The Law of Victims of Crime in Canada Toronto: Thomson Reuters, 2017 UBC Library Location
	Benjamin Perrin, Richard Audas, and Sarah Péloquin-Ladany The Case for a Justice System Report Card Ottawa: Macdonald-Laurier Institute, 2016 Online Access (with full-text)
	Benjamin Perrin Dissent from Within at the Supreme Court of Canada 2015 Year in Review Ottawa: Macdonald-Laurier Institute for Public Policy, 2014 Online Access (with full-text)
	Benjamin Perrin The Supreme Court vs. Parliament: Supreme Court of Canada 2016 Year in Review Ottawa: Macdonald-Laurier Institute, 2016 Online Access (with full-text)
	Benjamin Perrin “Out of the Shadows: A Comparative Assessment of the Role of Victims at the International Criminal Court and in Canada Full text: (2015) 93:2 Can. Bar Rev.459-500 UBC Library Location
	Benjamin Perrin Punishing the Most Heinous Crimes: Analysis and Recommendations Related to Bill C-53 (Life Means Life Act) Ottawa: Macdonald-Laurier Institute, 2015 Online Access (with full-text)
	Benjamin Perrin “Victim Participation at the International Criminal Court: Examining the First Decade of Investigative and Pre-Trial Proceedings ” Full text: (2015)15: 2 Int'l Crim. L. Rev. 298-338
	Benjamin Perrin How to Make Canada's New Prostitution Laws Work Ottawa: Macdonald-Laurier Institute, 2014 Online Access (with full-text) Allard Research Commons SSRN Paper
	Benjamin Perrin More Than Words: Enhancing the Proposed Canadian Victims Bill of Rights (Bill C-32) Ottawa: Macdonald-Laurier Institute for Public Policy, 2014 Online Access (with full-text) Allard Research Commons SSRN Paper
	Benjamin Perrin Oldest Profession or Oldest Oppression?: Addressing Prostitution after the Supreme Court of Canada Decision in Canada v. Bedford Ottawa: Macdonald-Laurier Institute, 2014 Online Access (with full-text) Allard Research Commons SSRN Paper
	Benjamin Perrin “The Supreme Court of Canada: Policy Maker of the Year” Full text: (December 2014) Inside Policy 7-11
	Benjamin Perrin The Supreme Court of Canada: Policy-Maker of the Year Ottawa: Macdonald-Laurier Institute, 2014 Online Access (with full-text) Allard Research Commons SSRN Paper
	Benjamin Perrin “Migrant Smuggling: Canada's Response to a Global Criminal Enterprise” Full text: (2013) 1:2 Int'l J. Soc. Sci Stud. 139-153 Allard Research Commons SSRN Paper
	Benjamin Perrin, “Conclusion” in Benjamin Perrin, ed., Modern Warfare: Armed Groups, Private Militaries, Humanitarian Organizations, and the Law Vancouver: UBC Press, 2012 pp. 362-366 UBC Library Location Online Access (with full-text)
	John Winterdyk, Benjamin Perrin & Philip Reichel Human Trafficking: Exploring the International Nature, Concerns, and Complexities Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2012 UBC Library Location SSRN Abstract
	Benjamin Perrin, “Introduction” in Benjamin Perrin, ed., Modern Warfare: Armed Groups, Private Militaries, Humanitarian Organizations, and the Law Vancouver: UBC Press, 2012 pp. 1-13 UBC Library Location Online Access (with full-text)
	Benjamin Perrin “Mind the Gap: Lacunae in the International Legal Framework Governing Private Military and Security Companies” Full text: (2012) 31:3 Crim. Justice Ethics 213-232 SSRN Abstract
	Benjamin Perrin, ed. Modern Warfare: Armed Groups, Private Militaries, Humanitarian Organizations, and the Law Vancouver: UBC Press, 2012 UBC Library Location Online Access (with full-text) SSRN Abstract
	Benjamin Perrin, “Introduction” in Benjamin Perrin, ed., Modern Warfare: Armed Groups, Private Militaries, Humanitarian Organizations, and the Law Vancouver: UBC Press, 2012 pp. 123-156 UBC Library Location Online Access (with full-text)
	Benjamin Perrin Written Submission on the Safe Streets and Communities Act (Bill C-10 - The Safe Streets and Communities Act) Brief to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights (October 13, 2011)
	Benjamin Perrin “Impacting Public Policy” in Alan Broadbent & Ratna Omidvar, eds, Five Good Ideas: Practical Strategies for Non-Profit Success Toronto: Coach House, 2011 pp. 218-223
	Benjamin Perrin Invisible Chains: Canada's Underground World of Human Trafficking (paperback version with new Epilogue) Toronto: Penguin Group, 2011 Featured in End of Modern Day Slavery website: http://www.endmoderndayslavery.ca/
	Benjamin Perrin Migrant Smuggling: Canada's Response to a Global Criminal Enterprise: With an Assessment of the Preventing Human Smugglers from Abusing Canada's Immigration System Act (Bill C-4) Ottawa: Macdonald-Laurier Institute, 2011 Online Access (with full-text) Allard Research Commons SSRN Paper
	Benjamin Perrin “Just Passing Through? International Legal Obligations and Policies of Transit Countries in Combating Trafficking in Persons” Full text: (2011) 14 Trends in Organized Crime 235-264
	Benjamin Perrin, "Humanitarian Assistance and the Private Security Debate: An International Humanitarian Law Perspective" in On the Edges of Conflict Policy Papers (Ottawa: Canadian Red Cross, 2008) pp. 14-22 Online Access (with full-text) Allard Research Commons SSRN Paper
	Benjamin Perrin Invisible Chains: Canada's Underground World of Human Trafficking Toronto: Viking Canada, 2010 UBC Library Location SSRN Abstract Featured in End of Modern Day Slavery website: http://www.endmoderndayslavery.ca/
	Benjamin Perrin “Just Passing Through? International Legal Obligations and Policies of Transit Countries in Combating Trafficking in Persons” Full text: (2010) 7 Eur. J. Criminol. 11-27 SSRN Abstract
	Benjamin Perrin “The Slave Trade is Back: Confronting Human Trafficking in Canada and Beyond” Full text: (2010) 4:2 C2C: Canada's Journal of Ideas Allard Research Commons SSRN Paper
	Benjamin Perrin Trafficking in Persons & Transit Countries: A Canada-U.S. Case Study in Global Perspective [Metropolis B.C. Working Paper 10-05 (April 2010)] Vancouver: Metropolis B.C., 2010 Online Access (with full-text) Allard Research Commons SSRN Paper
	Benjamin Perrin “Bill C-268: Minimum Sentences for Child Trafficking Needed” Full text: (March 12, 2009) Alta. L. Rev. Online Supplement Allard Research Commons SSRN Paper
	Benjamin Perrin “Confronting Human Trafficking in Canada” Full text: (6 February 2009) Lawyers Wkly. 13-14 UBC Library Location
	Benjamin Perrin “Searching for Accountability: The Draft U.N. International Convention on the Regulation, Oversight and Monitoring of Private Military and Security Companies” Full text: (2009) 47 Can. Y.B. Int'l Law 299-317 UBC Library Location SSRN Abstract
	Benjamin Perrin “Taking a Vacation from the Law? Extraterritorial Criminal Jurisdiction and Section 7(4.1) of the Criminal Code” Full text: (2009) 13:2 Can. Crim. L. Rev. 175-209 UBC Library Location SSRN Abstract
	Benjamin Perrin “Apprehension of Indicted War Criminals: Lessons from the Former Yugoslavia” in Roberta Arnold, ed., Law Enforcement in Peace Support Operations Leiden: Martinus Nijhoff, 2008 pp. 139-155 UBC Library Location SSRN Abstract
	Benjamin Perrin “Discussion Paper: Sexual Exploitation of Children & Adolescents (Canada)” in Canada-U.S. Consultation in Preparation for the World Congress III Against Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents Washington, D.C.: October 2-3, 2008
	Benjamin Perrin “Guns for Hire - With Canadian Taxpayer Dollars” Full text: (2008) 6:3 Human Security Bulletin 5-7
	Benjamin Perrin “Our Child Sex Offender Laws Should Cross Borders” Full text: (11 April 2008) 27:46 Lawyers Wkly. 15 UBC Library Location
	Benjamin Perrin “Searching for Law While Seeking Justice: The Difficulties of Enforcing International Humanitarian Law in International Criminal Trials” Full text: (2008) 39:2 Ottawa L. Rev. 367-403 UBC Library Location Allard Research Commons SSRN Paper
	Benjamin Perrin An Emerging International Criminal Law Tradition: Gaps in Applicable Law and Transnational Common Laws Montreal: Institute of Comparative Law, McGill Faculty of Law, 2007 Online Access (with full-text) Allard Research Commons SSRN Paper
	Benjamin Perrin “Ensuring Effective Implementation of Measures to Protect Victims and Creation of a Canadian Counter-Human Trafficking Office”, Brief to the House of Commons Standing Committee on the Status of Women Calgary: The Future Group, 2007
	Benjamin Perrin Faster, Higher, Stronger: Preventing Human Trafficking at the 2010 Olympics Calgary: The Future Group, 2007 Online Access (with full-text) Allard Research Commons SSRN Paper
	Sujit Choudhry & Benjamin Perrin “The Legal Architecture of Intergovernmental Transfers: A Comparative Examination” in Robin Boadway & Anwar Shah, eds., Intergovernmental Fiscal Transfers: Principles and Practice Washington, D.C.: World Bank, 2007 pp. 259-291 UBC Library Location Allard Research Commons SSRN Paper
	Benjamin Perrin “Phnom Penh: A World Capital for Human Trafficking” in humansecurity-cities.org, Human Security for an Urban Century: Local Challenges, Global Perspectives humansecurity-cities.org, 2007 pp. 52-53 Online Access (with full-text)
	Benjamin Perrin “The Threat and Opportunity of Non-State Actors to Conservative Foreign Policy” Full text: (2007) 1:2 C2C: Canada's Journal of Ideas 12
	Benjamin Perrin “Challenges Facing the EU Network of Competition Authorities: Insights from a Comparative Criminal Law Perspective” (2006) 31:4 Eur. L. Rev. 540-564 UBC Library Location
	Benjamin Perrin “Brief of the Future Group: Ensuring Effective Implementation of Measures to Protect Victims and Creation of a Canadian Counter-Human Trafficking Office” (Brief to the House of Commons Standing Committee on the Status of Women, Study on Human Trafficking) Calgary: The Future Group, 2006 Online Access (with full-text)
	Benjamin Perrin “Falling Short of the Mark: An International Study on the Treatment of Victims of Human Trafficking ” Calgary: The Future Group, 2006 Online Access (with full-text) Allard Research Commons SSRN Paper
	Benjamin Perrin “Making Sense of Complementarity: The Relationship Between the International Criminal Court and National Jurisdictions” Full text: (2006) 18:2 Sri Lanka J. Int'l L. 301-325
	Benjamin Perrin “Promoting Compliance of Private Security and Military Companies with International Humanitarian Law” Full text: (2006) 863 Int'l Rev. Red Cross 613-636 UBC Library Location Allard Research Commons SSRN Paper
	Benjamin E.A. Perrin “Child Soldiers: Legal and Military Challenges in Confronting a Global Phenomenon”, Book Review of Children at War by P.W. Singer Full text: (2005) 50 McGill L.J. 687-694 UBC Library Location Allard Research Commons SSRN Paper
	Benjamin Perrin “Terrorism, Secession & Multinational Constitutions: The Challenge of Sri Lanka” Full text: (2004) 16 Sri Lanka J. Int'l L. 175-234 UBC Library Location
	Benjamin Perrin, Shuvaloy Majumdar, Nicholas Gafuik & Stephanie Andrews The Future of Southeast Asia: Challenges of Human Trafficking and Child Sex Slavery in Cambodia Phnom Penh: Motorola Printers, 2001 Allard Research Commons SSRN Paper