Canada Campaigns
Re Legal Funding for groups with standing at the Missing Women Commission of Inquiry
19/09/2011
LRWC AG Bond Missing Women Inquiry Legal Fundng Sept 19 11 … [Read more...]
Legal Funding for groups with standing at the Missing Women Commission of Inquiry
19/09/2011
Full PDF Version Re: Legal Funding for groups with standing at the Missing Women Commission of Inquiry To: Honourable Shirley Bond, Attorney General From: Gail Davidson, Executive Director, LRWC; Catherine Morris, BA, LLB, LLM Date: 2011-09-19 Lawyers Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) … [Read more...]
Denial of justice at the Missing Women Commission more than a shame to the country
14/09/2011
by Catherine Morris and Gail Davidson 14 September 2011 Opinion published in the Vancouver Sun, and the Victoria Times Colonist The B.C. government's refusal to provide legal representation to groups granted standing at the Missing Women Commission of Inquiry is more than a national shame. It's … [Read more...]
Recent public statements against Amnesty International Canada
21/08/2011
Re: Recent public statements against Amnesty International Canada To: The Honourable Jason Kenney, P.C., M.P. From: Catherine Morris, B.A., L.L.B., L.L.M.; Gail Davidson, Executive Director, LRWC Date: 2011-08-21 Dear Minister, Lawyers Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) is a committee of … [Read more...]
Canada: Petition to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights: Hul’qumi’num Treaty Group (on the merits) | Petition
03/06/2011
IACHR: LRWC on the Merits of the Hul'qumi'num Treaty Group Case No. 12.734 by Heather Neun, Grace Woo, Gail Davidson LRWC amicus brief to the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights in the Hul'qumi'num case … [Read more...]
HR advocates Harini Sivalingam, Gary Anandasangaree and Basil Fernando
11/01/2011
Re: Defamatory Listing on “WHO’S WHO OF SOME LTTE [Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam] ACTIVISTS, OPPONENTS etc. PAST AND PRESENT” of human rights advocates Harini Sivalingam, Gary Anandasangaree and Basil Fernando. To: Dr. Chandre Dharma-Wardana From: Gail Davidson, Executive Director, … [Read more...]
British Columbia: International Obligations to Provide Legal Aid | Report
25/10/2010
Canada: International Obligations to Provide Legal Aid by Gail Davidson, Catherine Morris, Heather Neun To: BC Public Commission on Legal Aid From: Lawyers Rights Watch Canada INTRODUCTION The purpose of this submission is to lay out the basic international human rights law concerning the … [Read more...]
Follow up on the independence of the human rights organization, Rights and Democracy
23/02/2010
Re: Follow up on the independence of the human rights organization, Rights and Democracy. To: Prime Minister Stephen Harper From: Catherine Morris, Gail Davidson, and Paul Copeland Date: 2010-02-23 This is further to our letter of 27 January 2010. To date, we have not received a … [Read more...]
UN Human Rights Council: Omar Khadr, LRWC Report to the 13th Session of the HRC
15/02/2010
UN Human Rights Council: Omar Khadr, LRWC Report to the 13th Session of the HRC by LRWC … [Read more...]
Independence of the human rights organization, Rights and Democracy
27/01/2010
Re: Independence of the human rights organization, Rights and Democracy To: Prime Minister Stephen Harper From: Catherine Morris, Gail Davidson, and Paul Copeland Date: 2010-01-27 LRWC has become aware of a serious concern about the independence of the human rights organization, Rights … [Read more...]
