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LRWC releases its 2021 Annual Report | News
31/05/2022
Full Annual Report 2021 (pdf) Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada has released its 2021 Annual Report featuring highlights of 2021 as well as summaries of countries of concern, publications and educational events in 2021. LRWC advocated for lawyers and other human rights defenders in 24 countries of … [Read more...]
Eritrea: Extend the UN Special Rapporteur mandate and enshrine his “benchmarks for progress” | Joint letter to member and observer States of the UN Human Rights Council
31/05/2022
Full .pdf letter (EN) 20 May 2022 To Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the United Nations Human Rights Council (Geneva, Switzerland) Eritrea: Extend the UN Special Rapporteur mandate and enshrine his “benchmarks for progress” Excellencies, Ahead of the UN Human … [Read more...]
Sudan: Ensure continued public debates on the human rights situation | Joint letter to member and observer States of the UN Human Rights Council
31/05/2022
Full pdf letter (EN) | Full .pdf letter (FR) To Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council (Geneva, Switzerland) 19 May 2022 Sudan: Ensure continued public debates on the human rights situation … [Read more...]
Qatar: Lawyers receive life sentence | بيان مشترك: الحكمبالسجن المؤبدعلى محاميينقطريينقطريين | Joint Statement
24/05/2022
Full .pdf joint statement (EN) بيان مشترك: الحكمبالسجن المؤبدعلى محاميينقطريينقطريين 24 May 2022 The undersigned organisations are gravely concerned about the sentencing to life imprisonment of Qatari lawyers Hazza bin Ali Abu Shurayda al-Marri and Rashed bin Ali Abu Shurayda al-Marri by … [Read more...]
Tunisia: Arrest, Detention and Prosecution of Lawyer Abderrazak Kilani | Joint letter
16/05/2022
Full .pdf letter On 10 May 2022, Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada signed a joint letter to Tunisia's President Kais Saied expressing grave concern about the arrest, detention and prosecution before a military tribunal of Mr. Abderrazak Kilani, a lawyer and former President of The Law Society of … [Read more...]
Cambodia Should Scrap Rights-Abusing National Internet Gateway | Joint Statement
16/05/2022
16 May 2022 We, the following 32 human rights organizations, call on the Cambodian authorities to revoke the Sub-Decree on the Establishment of the National Internet Gateway (NIG). Since passage of the sub-decree on February 16, 2021, the government has yet to address the serious human rights … [Read more...]
Thailand: Letter to US President Re Thailand’s Abusive Draft Law on Not-For-Profit Organizations | Joint Letter
12/05/2022
Full .pdf joint letter May 12, 2022 President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. The White House Washington, DC Re: Thailand’s abusive draft law on not-for-profit organizations Dear President Biden, We, the undersigned non-profit organizations, are writing to express our serious concerns … [Read more...]
Ukraine: Deteriorating human rights situation in Ukraine stemming from the Russian aggression | Joint statement to the Special Session of the UN Human Rights Council
12/05/2022
Full pdf joint statement See the Special Session. LRWC / IBAHRI statement at 23:51 See the resolution adopted at the Special Session Organization: Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada Item: 34th special session of the Human Rights Council on the deteriorating human rights situation in Ukraine … [Read more...]
Colombia: Report to UN Human Rights Committee | Joint submission
03/05/2022
Full pdf joint report See the submission on the UN OHCHR site On 2 May 2022, Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) joined Lawyers for Lawyers (L4L) in a submission to the UN Human Rights Committee (HRCttee) in preparation for the next review of Colombia's implementation of the International … [Read more...]
China: UN High Commissioner must uphold principled and coherent response to China’s human rights crisis | 联合国高级专员必须坚持原则性和连贯性来应对中国的人权危机 | Joint statement
26/04/2022
Full .pdf statement (EN) | Full pdf Statement (中文) 19 April 2022 UN High Commissioner must uphold principled and coherent response to China's human rights crisis 联合国高级专员必须坚持原则性和连贯性来应对中国的人权危机 UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet announced on 8 March that she has secured a … [Read more...]
