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Series: First Nations’ Rights – The Gap Between Law and Practice
25/04/2013
PDF version Savage Anxieties - The Invention of Western Civilization ; Indigenous Rights and the Hul’qumi’num Treaty Group case May 9/13 Professor Robert Williams explores justifications for conquest, war, acts of racist violence and colonial dispossession from the time of the ancient Greeks to … [Read more...]
Guatemala: Human Rights Defenders at Risk | Letter
25/04/2013
To: Claudia Paz y Paz Bailey, Fiscal General de la República de Guatemala, Ministerio Público; Mauricio López Bonilla, Ministro de Gobernación From: Naveen Mehta, General Counsel & Director of Human Rights, Equity, and Diversity, UFCW Canada Re: Guatemala – Human Rights Defenders at … [Read more...]
Tajikistan: Disappearance of Tajikistan lawyer | Letter
25/04/2013
To: President of Tajikistan From: Amy E. Reier B.A., M.A., L.L.B Re: Mr. Salim Shansiddinov – disappearance of Tajikistan lawyer Date: April 17, 2013 Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC), a committee of Canadian lawyers, provides support internationally to lawyers in danger and promotes … [Read more...]
First Nations’ Rights Speaker Series: The Gap between Law and Practice – May 9, 2013
19/04/2013
Savage Anxieties: Indigenous Peoples’ Human Rights and the Not-So-Special Case of Hul’qumi’num Treaty Group v. Canada before the Inter-American Human Rights Commission Throughout the centuries, conquest, war, and unspeakable acts of racist violence and colonial dispossession have all been … [Read more...]
Colombia: Members of José Alvéar Restrepo Lawyers’ Collective v. Colombia | Amicus Curiae
17/04/2013
LRWC and Lawyers Without Borders Canada (LWBC) have prepared joint submission amicus curiae submissions for consideration by the IACHR in the matter of Members of José Alvéar Restrepo Lawyers’ Collective v. Colombia, Case No. 12.380 (English version | Spanish version). This case is based on … [Read more...]
Bahrain: IAP Executive Committee member Dr. Ali bin Fadhel Al-Buainain | Letter
17/04/2013
Download To: Wendy Stephen, Q.C. From: Gail Davidson, Executive Director, LRWC Re: International Association of Prosecutors (IAP) Executive Committee member Dr. Ali bin Fadhel Al-Buainain Date: April 17, 2013 It has come to our attention that Dr Ali bin Fadhel Al-Buainain, the Attorney … [Read more...]
Iran: Furlough request for Abdolfattah Soltani | Letter
17/04/2013
To: Ayatollah Sayed ‘Ali Khamenei, Leader of the Islamic Republic; President Mr. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad From: Hugh Gwillim, LRWC Re: Request for Furlough for human rights lawyer Abdolfattah Soltani Date: March 26, 2013 Lawyers’ Rights Watch of Canada (LRWC) requests that an appropriate bail … [Read more...]
The Accountability Gap: Canadian Mining in Mexico (and Beyond) | April 17
17/04/2013
Wednesday, April 17 Vancouver Public Library, central branch, lower level, 350 West Georgia Street Doors open at 6:30 pm for public reception / panel discussion at 7 pm Join us for a lively discussion on the impact Canadian mining companies are having on communities in Mexico and elsewhere in … [Read more...]
Bahrain: IAP Executive Committee member, Ali bin Fadhel Al-Buainain | Letter
15/04/2013
Full PDF Version This letter is written in relation to Executive Committee member Ali bin Al-Buainain. The purpose of this letter is to make a formal complaint against his presence on the Executive Committee under Article 6.2 of the IAP (International Association of Prosecutors) … [Read more...]
Bahrain: Report on Bahrain’s Attorney General Dr. Ali bin Fadhel Al-Buainain and his position in the International Association of Prosecutors | Report
15/04/2013
Full PDF Version Report on Bahrain’s Attorney General Dr. Ali bin Fadhel Al-Buainain and his position in the International Association of Prosecutors, April 15, 2013. This report produced by Ceartas Irish Lawyers for Human Rights, examines actions (arrests, prosecution and in-custody … [Read more...]
