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...]
Burma: Attacks on demonstrators; Arrest of political dissident, Nyi Nyi Lwin (U Gambira) | Letter
07/12/2012
Attacks and arrests of peaceful demonstrators 29 November and 3 December LRWC has been extremely disturbed by the violent police crackdown on 29 November 2012 against peaceful villagers and monks demonstrating against expansion of the Lapadaung Taung Copper Mine. More than 50 monks and 40 villagers … [Read more...]
Civil Society Denounces Adoption of Flawed ASEAN Human Rights Declaration: AHRD falls far below international standards
19/11/2012
On 19 November 2012, Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) joined a statement by a group of NGOs raising deep concerns about the ASEAN Human Rights Declaration adopted by the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) on 18 November 2012. The NGOs stated: "We will not use it in our work as groups … [Read more...]
Speaker’s Corner: Officials must stop demonizing Omar Khadr
22/10/2012
Monday, 22 October 2012 | Written by Catherine Morris | Opinion published in the Law Times The Canadian government has claimed Omar Khadr had the benefit of due process in the United States.His return to Canada on Sept. 29 prompted yet more official statements and headlines labelling him a … [Read more...]
