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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...]
LRWC, the United Nations, and the International Criminal Court | Report of Activities May-June 2026
10/07/2026
Full .pdf report LRWC, the United Nations, and the International Criminal Court 8 July 2026 In May and June 2026, LRWC continued to contribute to the work of the UN General Assembly, UN Human Rights Council’s Special Procedures, and the UN Human Rights Council’s 62st regular session. The … [Read more...]
Why Canadians Need the Luxembourg Convention on Protection of the Legal Profession | Article
07/07/2026
By Catherine Morris First published in Slaw.ca: Canada’s online legal magazine, 28 May 2026. Republished by permission. Several Canadian governments have been using politicised rhetoric against “self-interested” lawyers and “biased” courts to garner popular support for increased control of the … [Read more...]
Iran: Escalating attacks on lawyers defending human rights | Joint oral statement to the UN Human Rights Council
26/06/2026
Full .pdf joint statement | Watch video on UN WebTV at 02:27:30 Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada Item 3: Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on independence of judges and lawyers Date: 25 June 2026 Speaker: Paria Saremi Oral Statement to the 62nd Session of the UN Human … [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...]
Attacks against the International Criminal Court: Who cares about victims of atrocity crimes? | Article
01/05/2026
By Catherine Morris First published in Slaw.ca: Canada’s online legal magazine, 28 January 2026. Republished by permission. When the distinguished Canadian jurist, Kimberly Prost, began her term as a judge of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in 2017, she could not have imagined what … [Read more...]
LRWC and the United Nations | Report of Activities January through April 2026
01/05/2026
Full pdf report LRWC and the United Nations January to April 2026 From January to April 2026, LRWC continued to contribute to the work of the UN General Assembly, the UN Human Rights Committee, UN ECOSOC (Committee on NGOs), UN Human Rights Council Special Procedures, and the UN Human … [Read more...]
