Continued deterioration of human rights in the Russian Federation | Oral Statement to the UN Human Rights Council
18/10/2024
Full .pdf statement Other statements at the 57th session of the HRC Organization: Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada Item 4: Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Russian Federation Date: 23 September 2024 Oral Statement to the 57th Session … [Read more...]
Cambodia: Comply with international law and stop harassing defenders and dissidents | Oral statement at the UN Human Rights Council
18/10/2024
Full .pdf statement See more LRWC statements at the 57th session of the UN Human Rights Council Organization: Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada Item 10: Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia Date: 7 October 2024 Oral Statement to the … [Read more...]
Myanmar: Escalating human rights violations and atrocity crimes by junta | Oral statement to the UN Human Rights Council
18/10/2024
Full .pdf statement Other statements at the 57th session of the HRC Organization: Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada Item 2: Interactive dialogue on report of Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar Date: 9 September 2024 Oral Statement to the 57th Session of the UN Human Rights … [Read more...]
Occupied Palestinian Territories: Human rights defenders targeted amid ongoing war crimes | Oral statement to the UN Human Rights Council
18/10/2024
Full pdf statement Other statements at the 57th session of the HRC Organization: Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada Item 7: General Debate: Human rights situation in Palestine and other occupied Arab territories Date: 2 October 2024 Oral Statement to the 57th Session of the UN Human Rights … [Read more...]
Briefing notes for BC Election Candidates: The 2024 Legal Professions Act (“Bill 21”) violates British Columbia’s international law obligations
25/09/2024
Full PDF Briefing Notes on Bill 21 for BC Election Candidates 2024 Briefing Notes on Bill 21, “Legal Professions Act.” Catherine Morris, JD, LLM Past Executive Director and current UN Representative for Lawyers Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) 25 September 2024 The 2024 Legal Professions Act … [Read more...]
2024 Colombian Caravana – Your Support Needed!
04/07/2024
DONATE AT THIS LINK: Donate to LRWC’s VIII Caravana fund through Canada Helps Support LRWC Board Member Heather Neun’s Participation in VIII Colombian Caravana 24/06/2024 DONATE AT THIS LINK: Donate to LRWC’s VIII Caravana fund through Canada Helps Colombia remains the most dangerous … [Read more...]
Open Letter: Premier David Eby Stop the criminalization of Wet’suwet’en land defenders!
03/07/2024
Full PDF joint open letter [EN] | [FR] Wet’suwet’en land defenders, under the governance of the Wet’suwet’en Nation’s Hereditary Chiefs, oppose the construction of a natural gas pipeline by the Canadian-based company Coastal GasLink Pipeline Ltd. (CGL), owned by TC Energy Corporation. This … [Read more...]
Joint Statement: BC Government Must Withdraw Bill 21 (Legal Professions Act)
16/05/2024
Canada: British Columbia government’s sweeping changes to the legal profession undermine the international human rights and the rule of law Full PDF Version Statement 15 May 2024 The undersigned are deeply concerned by sweeping changes to the legal profession proposed by the government of … [Read more...]
BC, Canada: Bill 21 “Legal Professions Act” is fundamentally flawed and should be withdrawn. Why? | Briefing Notes
24/04/2024
Full PDF briefing notes on Bill 21 (3 pages) | See more on Bill 21 Briefing Notes on Bill 21, “Legal Professions Act.” Catherine Morris, member and former Executive Director, Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada 23 April 2024 Bill 21 “Legal Professions Act” is fundamentally flawed and should be … [Read more...]
British Columbia, Canada: Analysis of Bill 21 shows clear violation of international law and standards on independence of lawyers
17/04/2024
Full pdf 17 April 2024 briefing paper | 17 April 2024 pdf letter to Attorney General of BC (AGBC) | 18 April 2024 Media release .pdf 24 April 2024 briefing notes Also see LRWC's 25 September 2024 briefing for BC election candidates | 12 April 2024 pdf letter | Letter 10 April 2024 | Brief … [Read more...]
