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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...]
Video: Justice for Omar Khadr
11/01/2010
January 11, 2010 LRWC, B.C. Civil Liberties Association and StopWar.ca contributed to Amnesty International’s public forum, at Simon Fraser University. LRWC participated in the Justice for Omar Khadr Event held in Vancouver on January 11, the 8th anniversary of the opening of Guantanamo Bay … [Read more...]
IN THE MATTER OF A HEARING REGARDING THE CONDUCT OF ROBERT P. LEE
06/07/2009
Re: IN THE MATTER OF A HEARING REGARDING THE CONDUCT OF ROBERT P. LEE, A MEMBER OF THE LAW SOCIETY OF ALBERTA To: Law Society of Alberta From: Brian M. Samuels, Barrister and Solicitor (BC) & Gail Davidson, Executive Director, LRWC Date: 2009-07-06 This letter of support is provided … [Read more...]
Robert P. Lee, a member of the Law Society of Alberta
14/05/2009
Re: Robert P. Lee, a member of the Law Society of Alberta To: Jennifer Rothery, Discipline Hearing Coordinator, and Heather Ross, Chair of Law Society of Upper Canada From: Brian M. Samuels, member of LRWC, and Gail Davidson, Executive Director of LRWC Date: 2009-05-14 We understand that … [Read more...]
Robert P. Lee, Lawyer
18/02/2009
Re: Robert P. Lee, Lawyer To: the Right Honorable Premier Ed Stelmach, and others From: Brian M. Samuels, executive director, LRWCR Date: 2009-02-18 We are writing to express our concern about the conduct of representatives of the Alberta Government, which appear designed to: a) … [Read more...]
Video: Torture and Canada-US Relations
12/02/2009
February 12, 2009 The Coalition for the Equal Treatment of Canadians Detained Abroad organized a speakers’ lunch on "Torture and Canada-US Relations" for press and parliamentarians on Parliament Hill, 12 February 2009. LRWC Director Maureen Webb was a featured speaker along with Amnesty … [Read more...]
Honourable Madam Justice Louise Arbour, UN High Commissioners for Human Rights
19/06/2008
Re: Honourable Madam Justice Louise Arbour, UN High Commissioners for Human Rights To: To Whom it May Concern From: The Honourable Madam Justice Claire L'Heureux-Dubé (Québec), Charles B. Davison (Edmonton), James Tate (Vancouver), Steven Kelliher (Victoria), Gail Davidson (Vancouver), on … [Read more...]
