Canada Campaigns
PRESS RELEASE | Omar Khadr: Canada in Breach of Convention Against Torture and Child Rights Convention
15/05/2012
On May 21-22, 2012, the United Nations Committee against Torture will review Canada’s failure to comply with its obligations under the Convention against Torture to prevent, punish and remedy the torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment of Canadian Omar Khadr during his ongoing … [Read more...]
Briefing to the Committee Against Torture on the Omar Khadr Case
28/04/2012
On April 18, 2012, LRWC and the International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group (CLMG) filed a report on the Omar Khadr case with the Committee Against Torture. To view the report, please click here. Also see related press releases: Press release of LRWC and CLMG, 1 June 2012 Press … [Read more...]
Canada: Briefing to the Committee against Torture (48th Session, May 2012) on the Omar Khadr Case from Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada and The International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group | Briefing
10/04/2012
Full PDF Version This briefing addresses Canada’s failure to comply with obligations under the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment (the Convention) to prevent, prosecute, and remedy the torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or … [Read more...]
Canada: Situation of Omar Khadr in Guantanamo Bay Prison: Oral Statement to UNHRC
24/03/2012
UNHRC: Situation of Omar Khadr in Guantanamo Bay Prison, LRWC oral statement March 2012 by LRWC … [Read more...]
Event | Robert Morales: Seeking Justice Elsewhere, February 23 | Video
24/02/2012
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...]
PRESS RELEASE: Canada Won’t Deal With Women’s Human Rights Crisis At Home
22/02/2012
Press Release: UN Committee to End Racial Discrimination Report from LRWC and BC CEDAW Group For immediate release February 22, 2012 Failure to address cases of missing and murdered Aboriginal women an international shame, say leading human rights groups (Vancouver) Canada and British … [Read more...]
Canada: Statement to the Human Rights Council on the situation of Omar Khadr in Guantánamo Bay Prison
13/02/2012
1. This statement is a follow-up of the: September/08/2008 report by LRWC and 40 other NGOs and individuals to the Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights for consideration on the Universal Periodic Review of Canada; the February/15/2010 LRWC statement to the Council; and, the … [Read more...]
Canada: CERD Report on Missing Women and Murdered Women in BC and Canada
19/01/2012
Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women and Girls in British Columbia and Canada. Submission to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on the occasion of its review of Canada’s 19th and 20th reports, January 2012, by Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada and the B.C. CEDAW … [Read more...]
Missing Women Commission of Inquiry (Commission) Inequality in funding lawyers for groups appearing before Commission
22/10/2011
LRWC.AG.Bond.Missing.Women.Oct.22 … [Read more...]
British Columbia: Missing Women Commission of Inquiry
22/10/2011
Full PDF Version Re: Missing Women Commission of Inquiry Inequality in funding lawyers for groups appearing before Commission To: Honourable Shirley Bond, Attorney General From: Gail Davidson, Executive Director, LRWC; Catherine Morris, BA, LLB, LLM Date: 2011-10-22 Thank you … [Read more...]
