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Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada at the UN Human Rights Council’s 60th Session | Report
31/10/2025
Full pdf report LRWC at the UN Human Rights Council’s 60th Session 8 September to 8 October 2025 During the 60th session of the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council, 8 September to 8 October 2025, Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) led the drafting and delivery of eight oral … [Read more...]
New UN investigative mechanism for Afghanistan
31/10/2025
On 6 October the Human Rights Council unanimously adopted a long-sought resolution (60/2) to create an independent investigative mechanism (IIM) to advance accountability for past and ongoing international crimes and grave human rights violations committed in Afghanistan. Led by the European Union, … [Read more...]
China: Chinese lawyer Zhang Wenpeng reportedly tortured while in detention | Joint statement
30/10/2025
Full pdf joint statement Joint Statement: Chinese lawyer Zhang Wenpeng reportedly tortured while in detention 30 October 2025 The Law Society of England and Wales, Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada, Lawyers for Lawyers, International Bar Association Human Rights Institute, Asian Lawyers … [Read more...]
China: Travel ban and deteriorating health of human rights lawyer Lu Siwei | Joint statement
20/10/2025
Full pdf joint statement Travel ban and deteriorating health of human rights lawyer Lu Siwei The Law Society of England and Wales, The Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe, Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada, Lawyers for Lawyers, Asian Lawyers Network, and International Bar … [Read more...]
Cambodia: Further deterioration of the rule of law | Joint Statement to the UN Human Rights Council
03/10/2025
Full pdf joint statement See full debate video on UN WebTV at 44:27. LRWC joint statement at 1:50:47. Organization: Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada Item: Item 10: Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia Date: 3 October … [Read more...]
United States: Halt sanctions against Council Special Procedures, ICC jurists and human rights defenders | Joint Statement to the UN Human Rights Council
25/09/2025
Full pdf joint statement | Watch on UN WebTV at 2:44:24 Organization: Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada Item: Item 5: General Debate Date: 25 September 2025 Speaker: Catherine Morris Oral Statement to the 60th Session of the UN Human Rights Council from Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada, the … [Read more...]
Iran: Crackdown on human rights since the June 2025 ceasefire between Iran and Israel | Joint Statement to the Human Rights Council
23/09/2025
Full pdf joint statement | Watch on UN WebTV at 1:25:23 Organization: Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada Item 4: General debate Date: 23 September 2025 Speaker: Paria Saremi Oral Statement to the 60th Session of the UN Human Rights Council from Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC), and … [Read more...]
“Seismic decline” in Russia’s human rights situation | Joint statement to UN Human Rights Council
22/09/2025
Full pdf joint statement | Watch the full debate on UN WebTV starting at 14:00. See LRWC statement at 01:37:36. Also see IBAHRI separate statement (co-sponsored by LRWC) at 1:27:52 Organization: Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada Item 4: Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on … [Read more...]
Protecting Environmental Lawyers: Advancing Climate Justice | Side event, UN Human Rights Council 22 September 2025
19/09/2025
Poster: PDF | PNG Protecting Environmental Lawyers: Advancing Climate Justice Side event, UN Human Rights Council, Geneva 22 September 2025 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm (CET) (5 am Eastern time). Watch the event online. Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada is co-sponsoring a side event at the UN Human Rights … [Read more...]
China: Systematic arbitrary detention and enforced disappearances of human rights lawyers and defenders | Joint statement to the UN Human Rights Council
19/09/2025
Full pdf joint statement | Watch on UN WebTV at 02:08:28 Organization: Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada Item 3: General debate Date: 18 September 2025 Speaker: Joseph Doyle Oral Statement to the 60th Session of the UN Human Rights Council from Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC), the … [Read more...]
