LRWC Action News | UN Human Rights Council | International Delegation of Lawyer to Colombia | Education Events | The Right to Know Our Rights | Publications Click here for the pdf version LRWC ACTION NEWS Burma Seven lawyers in Burma have been readmitted to the bar after having been … [Read more...]
LRWC Annual General Report 2011
24/07/2012
Throughout the reporting period LRWC effectively promoted advocacy rights and the rule of law through campaigns, legal research and education. LRWC campaign activities during the reporting period involved lawyers and other human rights defenders subjected to murder, assault, threats, false arrest, … [Read more...]
Pakistan: Plot to assassinate Asma Jahangir, prominent human rights lawyer
24/07/2012
Asif Ali Zardari President's Secretariat Islamabad, Pakistan Fax: 011 92 51 920 4974 Rajaz Pervaz Ashraf Prime Minister House Islamabad, Pakistan Fax: 011 92 51 921 3780 E-mail: secretary@cabinet.gov.pk General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani c/o … [Read more...]
Sudan: Arbitrary Arrest and Detention of 13 Defenders
19/07/2012
HE Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir Office of the President People’s Palace PO Box 281 Khartoum, Sudan Mohammed Boushara Dossa Ministry of Justice PO Box 302 Al Nil Avenue Khartoum, Sudan Ali Ahmed Karti Ministry of Foreign Affairs/External Relations PO Box 873 Kharthoum, … [Read more...]
Turkey: July trial ignored fundamental guarantees of the rights of the defence | Joint press release
18/07/2012
From July 16 to 18, 2012, our organisations attended in Istanbul the opening of the trial indicting 46 lawyers, 3 of their staff members and 1 journalist. They insist that identifying a lawyer with his client amounts to an unacceptable criminalization of the lawyers' profession. Our … [Read more...]
Grace Li Xiu Woo | Board of Directors
17/07/2012
Dr. Grace Li Xiu Woo participated in trade with the Peoples Republic of China in the late 70’s, worked at the Immigration and Refugee Board, and taught in the Program of Legal Studies for Native People at the University of Saskatchewan. She is the author of Ghost Dancing with Colonialism: … [Read more...]
Heather Neun | Board of Directors
17/07/2012
Heather Neun practices in the areas of human rights and labour law. Her international experience extends back several decades. In 2008-2009, she volunteered with the Costa Rican office of the Centre for Justice and International Law (CEJIL), helping research and write submissions on behalf of two … [Read more...]
Gail Davidson | Board of Directors
17/07/2012
Gail Davidson believes ‘the pen is mightier than the sword.’ For the past 20 years, she has worked to promote improved understanding and enforcement of international human rights law. She was the founder in 2000 and, until 1 June 2020, the Executive Director, of LRWC. In 2001, she co-founded with … [Read more...]
Paul Copeland | Board of Directors
17/07/2012
Paul Copeland is a Toronto-based criminal defence and national security issues lawyer. He co-founded the Law Union of Ontario, was the Vice-President of the Criminal Lawyers Association, and was the Co-President of the Association in Defence of the Wrongly Convicted (AIDWYC). Mr. Copeland from 1990 … [Read more...]
Lisa Barrett | Board of Directors
17/07/2012
Lisa Barrett has been a social justice activist since her early teens. She’s a director with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives and Vancity Credit union and a member of the Policy Council for the Canadian Community Economic Development Network. She’s also a member of the BC Civil … [Read more...]
