Janine Lespérance is a Maritimes-based human-rights lawyer interested in equality and minority rights, accountability mechanisms and transitional justice. From 2019 to 2024, she was an independent external decision-maker providing oversight regarding structured intervention units in Canadian penitentiaries.
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