China fails to deliver on UN commitments to protect lawyers | Joint mid-term report to the UN Universal Periodic Review of China
03/09/2026
Full pdf joint report Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada has joined The Law Society of England and Wales, Lawyers for Lawyers (L4L), the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI), and the Asian Lawyers Network (ALN) in a report to the United Nations (UN) Human Rights … [Read more...]
Wave of Withdrawals and New US Campaign Threaten Victims’ Access to Justice: The International Criminal Court Needs Immediate Action from Its States Parties | Joint Statement
31/08/2026
Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada is among 136 civil society organisations from 56 countries that issued a joint statement led by the Coalition for the International Criminal Court (CICC) calling on all States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court to respond collectively to … [Read more...]
Hong Kong SAR | Conviction of barrister Chow Hang-tung | Joint statement
24/08/2026
Full pdf joint statement Conviction of barrister Chow Hang-tung in Hong Kong SAR 24 August 2026 The Law Society of England and Wales, Lawyers for Lawyers, International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI), Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (Conseil des Barreaux … [Read more...]
United States: ICE arrests Chinese lawyer Wu Shaoping | Joint statement
29/07/2026
Full pdf joint statement Joint statement: ICE arrests Chinese lawyer Wu Shaoping 29 July 2026 The Law Society of England and Wales, Lawyers for Lawyers, Asian Lawyers Network, International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute, Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada, and the Council of Bars … [Read more...]
Defending Justice: A call to reject the United States’ Campaign Against the ICC | CICC Statement
17/07/2026
See the statement on the CICC website. LRWC is a member of the CICC. 17 JULY 2026 Author: Coalition for the International Criminal Court (CICC) The Coalition for the International Criminal Court (CICC) condemns in the strongest term possible the US administration’s newest … [Read more...]
Chilling effects of digital surveillance on human rights defenders | Joint oral statement to the 62nd session of the UN Human Rights Council
23/06/2026
Full pdf Joint Statement | Watch on UN WebTV at 01:12:27 Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada Item 3: Interactive Dialogue on the report of the Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association Date: 23 June 2026 Speaker: Catherine Morris Oral Statement … [Read more...]
Iran: Urgent call for intervention concerning renewed arrest of Nasrin Sotoudeh and continuing detention of Reza Khandan | Joint letter
15/04/2026
Full pdf joint letter On 10 April 2026, Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada joined a group of 30 international legal organizations in a letter to several UN Special Procedures mandate holders calling for their intervention to seek the immediate and unconditional release of Iranian human … [Read more...]
China: Release arbitrarily detained human rights lawyer Yu Wensheng at the end of his sentence | 中国：当局必须在刑满后释放被任意拘留的人权律师余文生，并确保其充分自由 | Joint statement
09/04/2026
Full pdf joint statement: EN | CN 中国：当局必须在刑满后释放被任意拘留的人权律师余文生，并确保其充分自由 China: Authorities must release arbitrarily detained human rights lawyer Yu Wensheng at the end of his sentence and ensure his full freedom Human rights lawyer Yu Wensheng is expected to be released on 13 April after … [Read more...]
China: Legal and human rights organisations condemn the conviction of Chinese human rights lawyer Xie Yang | Joint statement
06/04/2026
Full pdf joint statement Legal and human rights organisations condemn the conviction of Chinese human rights lawyer Xie Yang The undersigned organisations express deep concern over the conviction of human rights lawyer Xie Yang on 23 March 2026, sentencing him to five years’ imprisonment … [Read more...]
United States: Resume cooperation with the Universal Periodic Review | Joint oral statement to the UN Human Rights Council
23/03/2026
Full pdf oral statement Organization: Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada Item: Item 6: General Debate Date: 23 March 2026 Speaker: Joseph Doyle Oral Statement to the 61st Session of the UN Human Rights Council from Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada and the International Bar Association, NGOs … [Read more...]
