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United States: 38 international civil society organizations file joint amicus brief in US lawsuit challenging Trump’s ICC sanctions
24/09/2026
Full pdf release 38 international civil society organizations file joint amicus brief in US lawsuit challenging Trump’s ICC sanctions Immediate release Vancouver, 24 September 2026 – Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) has joined Amnesty International and 36 other civil society … [Read more...]
Belarus: Call on Belarusian authorities to immediately release lawyer Dmitri Laevski | Joint statement
24/09/2026
Full .pdf joint statement 16 September 2026 Lawyers for Lawyers, Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada, the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute, the International Observatory for Lawyers and The Law Society of England and Wales strongly condemn the conviction and imprisonment … [Read more...]
Protection of human rights as a foundational pillar of the United Nations | Joint oral statement to the UN Human Rights Council
24/09/2026
Full pdf joint statement | Watch on UN WebTV at 1:41:34 Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada Item 5: General Debate 24 September 2026 Speaker: Catherine Morris Joint Oral Statement to the 63rd Session of the UN Human Rights Council from Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC), the … [Read more...]
Hong Kong SAR: Urgent concern for the conviction and sentencing of lawyer Chow Hang-tung | Joint statement
22/09/2026
Full .pdf joint statement, dated 21 September 2026 Urgent concern for the conviction and sentencing of lawyer Chow Hang-tung [21 September 2026] Lawyers for Lawyers, Asian Lawyers Network, the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe, the International Bar … [Read more...]
United States: Executive interference with independence of immigration judges | Joint statement to the UN Human Rights Council
22/09/2026
Full .pdf Joint Statement | Statement on UN WebTV at 02:09:20 (pinpoint time may change) Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada Item 4: General Debate 21 September 2026 Speaker: Gavin Magrath Joint Oral Statement to the 63rd Session of the UN Human Rights Council from Lawyers’ Rights Watch … [Read more...]
Russia: Escalating attacks on jurists and human rights defenders including transnational repression | Joint oral statement to the UN Human Rights Council
21/09/2026
Full .pdf joint oral video statement | See the text of the statement on the UN website| See the video on UN WebTV at 51:37 Also see the Special Rapporteur's report to the Human Rights Council A/HRC/63/60 in English and русский (Russian) and a 22 September 2026 press conference (English) with the … [Read more...]
The Dismantling of Independent Legal Defense in the Islamic Republic of Iran: Lawyers Under Attack | Written statement to the UN Human Rights Council
19/09/2026
Full pdf joint written statement | See the statement on the UN website | Also see WebTV for the Interactive dialogue with the UN Fact Finding Mission on Iran at 1:00 | See text of joint oral statement The Dismantling of Independent Legal Defense in the Islamic Republic of Iran: Lawyers Under … [Read more...]
Lawyers Under Siege: The Situation of Lawyers in the Russian Federation and in Exile | Side event at UN Human Rights Council, 23 September 2026
17/09/2026
Side event pdf Flyer Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada is one of the co-sponsors of a side event to be held in conjunction with the 63rd session of the UN Human Rights Council. “Lawyers Under Siege: The Situation of Lawyers in the Russian Federation and in Exile,” is scheduled for Wednesday, 23 … [Read more...]
China’s continued failure to ensure fair trials and protect lawyers | Joint oral statement to the Human Rights Council 63rd session
15/09/2026
Full pdf joint statement | UN WebTV at 03:12:22 | Transcript available on UN website Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada Item 3: Interactive Dialogue with the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention Date: 14 September 2026 Speaker: Harini Sivalingam Oral Statement to the 63rd Session of the … [Read more...]
Sri Lanka must be held accountable for mass graves in Chemmani | Joint oral statement to the UN Human Rights Council, 63rd session
08/09/2026
Full pdf joint statement statement | See video on UN WebTV at 01:24:50 Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada Item 2: General debate 7 September 2026 Speaker: Harini Sivalingam Oral Statement to the 63rd Session of the UN Human Rights Council from Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) and the … [Read more...]
