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...]
Groups call for apology from Prime Minister to UN Special Rapporteur on right to food: Open letter
30/05/2012
The Right Honourable Stephen Harper Prime Minister of Canada Office of the Prime Minister 80 Wellington Street Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0A2 By fax: 613-941-6900 By email: pm@pm.gc.ca May 30, 2012 Dear Prime Minister, We are writing this open letter to you as individuals and representatives … [Read more...]
Victoria Event: The Right to Know Our Rights: International law obligations to ensure international human rights education and training | June 15
27/05/2012
Friday, June 15, 2012 12:00 noon to 1:30 pm. Barristers' Lounge Courthouse Library Victoria, BC Event co-sponsored by LRWC and International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) What does the newly adopted UN Declaration on Human Rights Education and Training mean for the legal … [Read more...]
Cindy Blackstock: Remember the Children: What a landmark human rights case tells us about discrimination and justice in Canada | Video
25/05/2012
First Nations' Rights: The Gap Between Law and Practice: A Series of Five Talks The 2011-2012 series was sponsored by Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada (LRWC), Hul'qumi'num Treaty Group (HTG), Amnesty International and the Vancouver Public Library ALL TALKS IN THE SERIES: 1 Grace Woo: Ghost Dancing … [Read more...]
