UN Webcast (see 55 at 02:42:02) | PDF version Item: Item 3 Interactive Dialogue Speaker: Paulo de Tarso Lugon Arantes Date: Friday 31 May 2013 Re: Report of the Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises Oral Statement to … [Read more...]
Corporations and Human Rights: Oral Intervention at the UN Human Rights Council | Statement
31/05/2013
Canada: Oral Intervention at the UN Human Rights Council on Legal Aid in Canada | Statement
30/05/2013
PDF Version | UN Webcast (see 7 at 00:19:45) Item: Item 3 Interactive Dialogue Speaker: Paulo de Tarso Lugon Arantes Date: Thursday, 30 May 2013 Re: Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers Oral Statement to the 23rd Session of the UN Human Rights … [Read more...]
Help us reach our funding goal in 2013
25/05/2013
Thanks to our members and donors LRWC work contributes to saving lives, securing liberty, obtaining UN recommendations, changing opinions, assisting human rights defenders and promoting understanding of human rights and the rule of law. See our 2012 Annual General Report and our regular … [Read more...]
The Accountability Gap: Canadian Mining in Mexico (and beyond)
27/03/2013
Wednesday April 17, 2013, 7:00 – 8:30 pm at the Vancouver Public Library Emily Dwyer and Alejandra Ancheita will identify abuses by Canadian mining companies operating outside Canada and possible means of obtaining legal remedies for victims and promoting adherence to international human rights … [Read more...]
9 May 2013 | Robert A. Williams: Savage Anxieties: Indigenous Peoples’ Human Rights and the Not-So-Special Case of Hul’qumi’num Treaty Group v. Canada
02/02/2013
Savage Anxieties: Indigenous Peoples’ Human Rights and the Not-So-Special Case of Hul’qumi’num Treaty Group v. Canada before the Inter-American Human Rights Commission Robert A. Williams Throughout the centuries, conquest, war, and unspeakable acts of racist violence and colonial dispossession … [Read more...]
Canada: Governor General’s Attendance at First Nations Meeting 11 January 2013 | Letter
09/01/2013
View pdf: Governor General's Attendance at First Nations Meeting 11 January 2013 January 9, 2013 The Right Honourable Stephen Harper Office of the Prime Minister 80 Wellington Street Ottawa, ON K1A 0A2 Fax: 613-941-6900 E-mail: stephen.harper@parl.gc.ca; pm@pm.gc.ca Dear Prime … [Read more...]
Canada: Request the Governor General’s Attendance at First Nations Meeting 11 January 2013
09/01/2013
Request the Governor General's Attendance at First Nations Meeting 11 January 2013 (PDF) … [Read more...]
Canada: Arrange meeting requested by Chief Spence | Letter
29/12/2012
View pdf: Arrange meeting requested by Chief Spence, Lawyers Rights Watch Canada tells PM The Right Honourable Stephen Harper Office of the Prime Minister 80 Wellington Street Ottawa, ON K1A 0A2 Fax: 613-941-6900 E-mail: stephen.harper@parl.gc.ca; pm@pm.gc.ca Dear Prime … [Read more...]
This year… help LRWC to help the defenders
12/12/2012
Thanks to our members and donors LRWC work contributes to saving lives, securing liberty, obtaining UN recommendations, changing opinions, assisting human rights defenders and promoting understanding of human rights and the rule of law. See our 2012 Annual General Report. Research and … [Read more...]
Save a Lawyer for Christmas
08/12/2012
Join, renew or donate through PayPal, CanadaHelps, VISA or Cheque Memberships help pay for advocacy. Charitable donations pay for education and research. Join, renew or donate with PayPal: Full membership $50. Student Membership $15 Join, Renew or Donate (select … [Read more...]
