Publications

Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada at the UN Human Rights Council’s 60th Session | Report

31/10/2025

Full pdf report LRWC at the UN Human Rights Council’s 60th Session 8 September to 8 October 2025 During the 60th session of the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council, 8 September to 8 October 2025, Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) led the drafting and delivery of eight oral … [Read more...]

New UN investigative mechanism for Afghanistan

31/10/2025

On 6 October the Human Rights Council unanimously adopted a long-sought resolution (60/2) to create an independent investigative mechanism (IIM) to advance accountability for past and ongoing international crimes and grave human rights violations committed in Afghanistan. Led by the European Union, … [Read more...]

China: Chinese lawyer Zhang Wenpeng reportedly tortured while in detention | Joint statement

30/10/2025

Full pdf joint statement Joint Statement: Chinese lawyer Zhang Wenpeng reportedly tortured while in detention 30 October 2025 The Law Society of England and Wales, Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada, Lawyers for Lawyers, International Bar Association Human Rights Institute, Asian Lawyers … [Read more...]

China: Travel ban and deteriorating health of human rights lawyer Lu Siwei | Joint statement

20/10/2025

Full pdf joint statement Travel ban and deteriorating health of human rights lawyer Lu Siwei The Law Society of England and Wales, The Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe, Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada, Lawyers for Lawyers, Asian Lawyers Network, and International Bar … [Read more...]

Cambodia: Further deterioration of the rule of law | Joint Statement to the UN Human Rights Council

03/10/2025

Full pdf joint statement See full debate video on UN WebTV at 44:27. LRWC joint statement at 1:50:47. Organization: Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada Item: Item 10: Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia Date: 3 October … [Read more...]

United States: Halt sanctions against Council Special Procedures, ICC jurists and human rights defenders | Joint Statement to the UN Human Rights Council

25/09/2025

Full pdf joint statement | Watch on UN WebTV at 2:44:24 Organization: Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada Item: Item 5: General Debate Date: 25 September 2025 Speaker: Catherine Morris Oral Statement to the 60th Session of the UN Human Rights Council from Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada, the … [Read more...]

Iran: Crackdown on human rights since the June 2025 ceasefire between Iran and Israel | Joint Statement to the Human Rights Council

23/09/2025

Full pdf joint statement | Watch on UN WebTV at 1:25:23 Organization: Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada Item 4: General debate Date: 23 September 2025 Speaker: Paria Saremi Oral Statement to the 60th Session of the UN Human Rights Council from Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC), and … [Read more...]

“Seismic decline” in Russia’s human rights situation | Joint statement to UN Human Rights Council

22/09/2025

Full pdf joint statement | Watch the full debate on UN WebTV starting at 14:00. See LRWC statement at 01:37:36. Also see IBAHRI separate statement (co-sponsored by LRWC) at 1:27:52 Organization: Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada Item 4: Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on … [Read more...]

Protecting Environmental Lawyers: Advancing Climate Justice | Side event, UN Human Rights Council 22 September 2025

19/09/2025

Poster: PDF | PNG Protecting Environmental Lawyers: Advancing Climate Justice Side event, UN Human Rights Council, Geneva 22 September 2025 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm (CET) (5 am Eastern time). Watch the event online. Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada is co-sponsoring a side event at the UN Human Rights … [Read more...]

China: Systematic arbitrary detention and enforced disappearances of human rights lawyers and defenders | Joint statement to the UN Human Rights Council