Full PDF (ENG) Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada is among ten lawyers' organizations expressing concern about criminal investigations launched in Turkey against the Ankara Bar Association and the Diyarbakir Bar Association for “openly disrespect[ing] the religious belief of a group” (article … [Read more...]
LRWC Annual Report 2019
24/05/2020
LRWC Annual Report 2019 PDF (ENG) NGO in Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations LRWC ANNUAL REPORT 2019 January 1, 2019 to December 31, 2019 “Promoting human rights by protecting those who defend them.” MISSION Lawyers’ Rights … [Read more...]
Turkey: Release Lawyer Turan Canpolat from Unlawful Detention | Joint Letter
17/05/2020
Full PDF (ENG) Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada on 15 May 2020 endorsed a letter with eleven other human rights organizations calling on for the release of lawyer Turan Canpolat, detained without trial for more than four years in violation of international human rights law binding on … [Read more...]
Cambodia: Civil society seeks changes to State of Emergency Law to comply with international human rights law | Joint Statement
15/05/2020
Full PDF (ENG) | Full PDF (Khmer) Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada on 13 May 2020 endorsed a joint statement of more than 60 Cambodian civil society organizations and community groups outlining concerns about Cambodia's recently passed State of Emergency Law and calling on the Royal Government of … [Read more...]
Turkey: International law obligations to release Lawyers and others Illegally Imprisoned | Letter
14/05/2020
Full PDF (ENG) LRWC calls for the immediate release of prisoners unlawfully detained and convicted under anti-terrorism laws. As those convicted under these provisions were denied internationally protected rights essential to a fair trial, there is no legal justification for their detention. … [Read more...]
China: Landmark Decision from London People’s Tribunal | Article
20/04/2020
Landmark Decision from London People’s Tribunal[*] Clive Ansley[**] For almost thirty years, China has been running a hugely lucrative Murder for Organs Industry in which scores of thousands of China’s citizens are systematically examined for blood type, tissue type, and organ condition, … [Read more...]
Harini Sivalingam | Board of Directors
14/05/2019
Harini Sivalingam obtained her LL.B. at Osgoode Hall Law School (Toronto) and her LL.M. in International Comparative Law at McGill University (Montreal). She has worked as a lawyer in private practice in the area of immigration and refugee law, and at a community legal aid clinic providing legal … [Read more...]
Reports from the Assembly of State Parties to the International Criminal Court
25/11/2016
Full PDF: Report from the 15th Assembly of State Parties – 16-24 November 2016 … [Read more...]
Mexico: In the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, Case No. 12.579 Valentina Rosendo Cantú et. al. v. The United States of Mexico
25/06/2010
Full PDF: Mexico: In the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, Case No. 12.579 Valentina Rosendo Cantú et. al. v. The United States of Mexico … [Read more...]
