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Turkey: Immediately Release and Ensure Adequate Medical Treatment for Mustafa Aydin | Letter
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LRWC Newsletter: February – March 2018 Edition

The Right to Dissent: International law obligations to respect, protect and fulfill the right to participate in public affairs by engaging in criticism, opposition and dissent | Handbook

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LRWC Successes

Turkey: Istar Gozaydin Acquitted of All Charges | 31 January 2018
China: Son of Detained Rights Lawyers Arrives in Australia After Battle to Leave China | News
Egypt: Lawyer Mahienour el-Massry and trade unionist Moatasem Medhat Acquitted | News
France/Canada: French Judge Dismisses Allegations and Releases Hassan Diab from Prison | News
Honduras: Group of Experts Calls for International Supervision of Honduras police investigation in Berta Caceres’ murder | Press Release
Turkey: Eight Human Rights Defenders Released Pending Trial
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Featured Letter

Turkey: Immediately Release and Ensure Adequate Medical Treatment for Mustafa Aydin | Letter

April 17, 2018

Full PDF Version Tuesday, April 17, 2018 President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan Cumhurbaskanligi 06100 Ankara, Turkey Fax: +90 312 468 5026 Email: cumhurbaskanligi@tccb.gov.tr Mr. Abdulhamit Gül Minister of Justice 06659 Kizilay Ankara, Turkey Tel: +90 (0312) 417 77 70 Fax: +90 (0312) 419 33 70 Email: info@adelet.gov.tr Re: International law obligations to release Mustafa Aydin for medical treatment Dear President Erdogan and Minister of Justice Gül; We are … [Read More...]

LRWC at the UN Human Rights Council

China: Arrest, Detention, Conviction and Imprisonment of Lawyers and Human Rights Defenders | Written Statement to the 37th Session of the UN Human Rights Council

March 28, 2018

Turkey: Situation of Lawyers and Other Human Rights Defenders in Turkey Since July 2016 | Written Statement to the 37th Session of the UN Human Rights Council

March 28, 2018

Sri Lanka: Hold Accountable Those Responsible for Atrocity Crimes during and after the Armed Conflict | Oral Statement to the 37th Session of the UN Human Rights Council

March 10, 2018

China: Draft Resolution on Promoting the International Human Rights Cause through Win-Win Cooperation” at 37th UN Human Rights Council Session | Joint Letter

March 9, 2018

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Latest Newsletter

LRWC Newsletter: February – March 2018 Edition

April 3, 2018

LRWC Action News and Updates | UN Human Rights Council, 37th Session, 26 February - 23 March | Conferences and Global Campaigns | Annual General Meeting - 27 April 2018 | LRWC Members Working Pro Bono in February and March Full PDF … [Read More...]

 

 

LRWC Publications

Canada: Consular protection and diplomatic intervention | Submission to the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development

March 12, 2018

Full .pdf version (with references) Consular protection and diplomatic intervention: International law duties to provide access to remedies for human rights violations against Canadians abroad Submission to the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development, Parliament of Canada by Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC)* 12 March 2018 Drafted by Catherine Morris, LRWC’s UN Liaison […]

The Law of Protest Workshop | Canadian Association of Labour Lawyers 2017 Annual Conference

January 13, 2018

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