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Sarah Morales: Cooperation or Conquest: Coast Salish Legal Traditions & the Canadian State | Video

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...]

Cindy Blackstock: Remember the Children: What a landmark human rights case tells us about discrimination and justice in Canada | Video

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...]

Kenneth Deer: Indigenous Rights in the UN System | Video

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...]

Event | Robert Morales: Seeking Justice Elsewhere, February 23 | Video

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...]

Event | Grace Woo: Ghost Dancing with Colonialism, 12 January | Video

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...]

Dennis Edney: Rule of Law in an Age of Terror | Video

  In this talk given at UBC on Sept. 15 2011, Dennis Edney, who was Omar Khadr's Lawyer for eight years, talks about the "War on Terror," his visits to Guantanamo to see Omar where witnessed the continued building of that illegal prison, and his frustration with the Canadian public's apathy … [Read more...]

Spain: Judge Baltasar Garzón: On Combating Impunity | Podcast

This is a recording of a talk by Judge Baltasar Garzón delivered on June 3rd 2011 in Geneva as part of an event on “Combating Impunity: The role of judges and lawyers.” As a judge of Spain’s Audiencia Nacional – —Judge Garzón has approved investigations and prosecutions of many controversial … [Read more...]

Alyssa Brierley: Second International Caravana to Colombia | Video

  Alyssa Brierley, LRWC Colombia Monitor, speaks about the Second Caravana of Jurists investigates attacks on lawyers and access to justice in Colombia   … [Read more...]

Mexico: Cara Gibbons: Recalling the Rule of Law | Video

  Recalling the Rule of Law: A report on the protection of human rights defenders and the rule of law in Guerrero and Oaxaca, Mexico Cara Gibbons, LRWC Director & Mexico Monitor … [Read more...]

Paul Copeland – Criminal Violations, Civil Liberty, Professional Misconduct

Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pt1Cv9FBc_o&list=PL24B83D0BFC03134E&index=1 Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8YGVzgd7_o&list=PL24B83D0BFC03134E&index=2 Part 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2B-ntLDUT8&index=3&list=PL24B83D0BFC03134E … [Read more...]