Side Event on the Occasion of the Presentation of the First Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Promotion of Truth, Justice, Reparations and Guarantees of Non-recurrence Invitation to the Side Event (pdf) September 12, 2012, Palais des Nations, Geneva: LRWC and the Asian Legal Resource … [Read more...]
Sudan: Arbitrary Arrest and Detention of Human Rights Defenders
07/08/2012
HE Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir Office of the President People’s Palace PO Box 281 Khartoum, Sudan Ali Ahmed Karti Ministry of Foreign Affairs/External Relations PO Box 873 Kharthoum, Sudan Advisory Council for Human Rights, Rapporteur PO Box 302 Khartoum, Sudan Ibrahim Mahmoud … [Read more...]
China: The Persecution of Ni Yulan | Letter
07/08/2012
Premier WEN Jiabao The State Council General Office 2 Fuyoujie, Xichengqu, Beijingshi 100017, People's Republic of China Fax: 011 86 10 6596 1109 (c/o Ministry of Foreign Affairs) Dear Mr. Premier: Re: The Persecution of Ni Yulan Lawyers Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) promotes advocacy … [Read more...]
Cambodia: Detention of Mam Sonando, independent broadcaster and President of the Democrats Association
03/08/2012
Centre for Law and Democracy, along with Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada and the International Federation of Journalists – Asia Pacific, have sent an open letter to Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen to protest the detention of Mam Sonando, an independent broadcaster and prominent critic of Cambodia’s … [Read more...]
Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand: Business enterprises and attacks on human rights defenders and protestors | Oral Statement, UN Human Rights Council
20/06/2012
Full PDF Version 21 June 2012 Item 3: Interactive Dialogue with the Working Group on the Issue of Human Rights and Transnational Corporations and Other Business Enterprises Oral Statement to the 20th Session of the UN Human Rights Council from Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC), a … [Read more...]
Human Rights Education integral to the realization of human rights: Oral Statement to the 20th Session of the Human Rights Council 18 June 2012
18/06/2012
18 June 2012 Item 2 General Debate Speaker: Ms. Catherine Morris. Oral Statement to the 20th Session of the UN Human Rights Council from Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC), a non-governmental organization in special consultative status Re: Human Rights Education as integral to the … [Read more...]
LRWC Newsletter May 2012
04/06/2012
NGO in Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations www.lrwc.org – lrwc@portal.ca – Tel: +1 604 738 0338 – Fax: +1 604 736 1175 LRWC Newsletter May 2012 Edition pdf version LRWC ACTION NEWS Bahrain – Al Khawaja stops hunger strike, … [Read more...]
PRESS RELEASE | Omar Khadr: Committee against Torture recommends transfer to Canada and redress for human rights violations
01/06/2012
Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) and International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group (CMLG) For Immediate Release Friday, June 01, 2012 (pdf version) Omar Khadr: Committee against Torture recommends transfer to Canada and redress for human rights violations The Committee against Torture … [Read more...]
PRESS RELEASE | Canada must prosecute any foreign national suspected of torture
01/06/2012
Immediate Release Friday, June 01, 2012 Canada must prosecute any foreign national suspected of torture (committed anywhere and against anyone) when the suspect enters Canada even temporarily, says Committee against Torture. The Committee against Torture (“Committee”), in an advance version of … [Read more...]
