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Sri Lanka: 3rd and 4th Periodic Report on the Implementation of the Convention Against Torture
31/10/2011
Executive Summary: These submissions are made by Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada in aid of the Committee against Torture’s (CAT) examination of the combined 3rd and 4th Periodic Report of Sri Lanka outlining its implementation of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading … [Read more...]
Cambodia: Human Rights Report – October 2011
28/10/2011
View PDF Cambodia: Human Rights Report - October 2011 by LRWC LRWC monitor and researcher, Catherine Morris(1), visited Cambodia during the month of October to discuss with human rights workers the priority concerns for protection of human rights defenders there. The main concerns are curbs … [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...]
Sri Lanka Accountability: Statement to the Human Rights Council 12 September 2011
27/09/2011
Human Rights Council: Interactive Dialogue Accountability for war crimes in Sri Lanka – Recommendations of Panel of Experts. see full statement … [Read more...]
Gambia: Judicial Harassment against Lawyer Moses Richards
25/09/2011
Re: Judicial Harassment against Lawyer Moses Richards To: Defence Minister, Alhaji Yahya A. J. J. Jammeh; Attorney General, Edward Tony Gomiz; Secretary of State, Ousman Sonko; Ambassador, Moses Benjamin Jallow From: Vicheka Lay, LRWC Member; Jessica Fletcher, LRWC Member Date: … [Read more...]
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...]
Cambodia: LRWC and CLD criticize draft NGO law | Letter
12/09/2011
Cambodia: LRWC and CLD criticize draft NGO law: Full PDF version 12 September 2011 H.E. Hun Sen Prime Minister Office of the Prime Minister Phnom Penh, Kingdom of Cambodia Fax: +855 23 36 06 66 / 855 23 88 06 24 (c/o Council of Ministers) Email: leewood_phu@nida.gov.kh H.E. Sok … [Read more...]
