Full PDF Statement (ENG) See the oral video statement as seen at the UN Human Rights Council (at 1:36:50) See the full Interactive Dialogue with the WGAD NGOs in Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations Video Intervention: Check against … [Read more...]
Iran: Continued Detention and Deteriorating Health of Nasrin Sotoudeh and Amirsalar Davoodi | Joint Letter
16/09/2020
Full PDF (ENG) BY PRIORITY AIRMAIL His Excellency Ayatollah Ali Hosseini Khamenei Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran The Office of the Supreme Leader Tehran Province, Tehran, District 11, Islamic Republic of Iran Amsterdam, 15 September 2020 Your Excellency, Lawyers for … [Read more...]
China: Global call for international human rights monitoring mechanisms on China | Joint letter
11/09/2020
Full PDF (ENG) Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada joins more than 300 civil society groups in a joint open letter to the UN Secretary General, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and UN member states to call for an international mechanism to address human rights violations by China. Global … [Read more...]
Colombia: Lawyers at risk and support for judicial independence | Joint Letter
03/09/2020
Full PDF (ENG) (Letter to UN SR) Full PDF (ENG) (Letter to I-A Rapp) Colombia: Lawyers at risk and support for judicial independence The Law Society of England and Wales, Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales, Lawyers for Lawyers, Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada, Council of Bars … [Read more...]
Turkey: Obituary for Turkish lawyer Ebru Timtik | Joint press release
02/09/2020
Full PDF (TUR) Obituary for Turkey Lawyer Ebru Timtik, died 27 August 2020 Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada joins lawyers around the world in mourning the death of Turkish lawyer Ms. Ebru Timtik on 27 August 2020 after 238 days of fasting to strengthen her demand for a fair trial for … [Read more...]
United Nations Treaty Body Review: Informal Consultations 28 August 2020 | Oral Statement
29/08/2020
Full pdf oral statement (ENG) See LRWC's full briefing paper See the informal consultations on the review of the United Nations human rights treaty body system: New York: 27 July 2020. Geneva: 28 August 2020, morning and afternoon (video). Direct link to oral video … [Read more...]
Philippines: UN Human Rights Council should urgently launch an independent international investigative mechanism on human rights situation | Joint Letter
27/08/2020
Full PDF (ENG) To member and observer States of the United Nations Human Rights Council Re: UN Human Rights Council should urgently launch an independent international investigative mechanism on the human rights situation in the Philippines Geneva, 27 August 2020 Your … [Read more...]
Burundi: Vital role of the Commission of Inquiry in prompting meaningful human rights progress | Joint Letter
21/08/2020
Full PDF (EN) | Full PDF (FR) To Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council, Geneva, Switzerland 21 August 2020 Burundi: Vital role of the Commission of Inquiry in prompting meaningful human rights … [Read more...]
Belarus: Brutal Post-Election Crackdown on Peaceful Protestors Must End | Joint Statement
18/08/2020
Full PDF (ENG) STATEMENT Belarus: Brutal Post-Election Crackdown on Peaceful Protestors Must End The Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (“BHRC”) and Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (“LRWC”) condemn the mass arrests, violence and excessive use of force against peaceful protesters … [Read more...]
Temisan Boyo | Board of Directors
16/08/2020
Temisan Boyo Fanou is a lawyer and adjudicator based in Toronto. She is a Member of the Refugee Protection Division of the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (IRB), where she hears and decides refugee claims from persons fearing persecution in their home countries. She is also a consultant to … [Read more...]
