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Canada: CERD Report on Missing Women and Murdered Women in BC and Canada
19/01/2012
Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women and Girls in British Columbia and Canada. Submission to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on the occasion of its review of Canada’s 19th and 20th reports, January 2012, by Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada and the B.C. CEDAW … [Read more...]
Event | Grace Woo: Ghost Dancing with Colonialism, 12 January | Video
12/01/2012
First Nations' Rights: The Gap Between Law and Practice: A Series of Five Talks The 2011-2012 series was sponsored by Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada (LRWC), Hul'qumi'num Treaty Group (HTG), Amnesty International and the Vancouver Public Library. ALL TALKS IN THE SERIES: 1. Grace Woo: Ghost Dancing … [Read more...]
Cambodia: Revise or Abandon Draft NGO Law | Joint Press Release
22/12/2011
full statement PDF Joint Statement by Human Rights Watch, Global Witness, Freedom House, Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), Article 19, Southeast Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA), Civil Rights Defenders, Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada, Centre for Law and Democracy, … [Read more...]
Cambodia: Fourth Draft Law on Associations and NGOs | Joint Letter by LRWC and CLD
21/12/2011
View PDF: Cambodia: Fourth Draft Law on Associations and Non-Governmental Organizations by LRWC and CLD 21 December 2011 H.E. Hun Sen Prime Minister Office of the Prime Minister Phnom Penh, Kingdom of Cambodia Fax: +855 23 36 06 66 / 855 23 88 06 24 (c/o Council of Ministers) Email: … [Read more...]
Turkey: Call for the release and the end of judicial harassment against lawyers | Joint letter
16/12/2011
Re: Call for the release and the end of judicial harassment against lawyers To: Mr. Abdullah Gül, President, and Mr. Sadullah Ergin, Minister of Justice Republic of Turkey From: International Federation for Human Rights, LRWC, the World Organisation Against Torture, the Conférence … [Read more...]
Philippines: Increasing cases of human rights violations and extrajudicial killings
22/11/2011
Re: Increasing cases of human rights violations and extrajudicial killings To: His Excellency Benigno Simeon Aquino III From: Mable Elmore; Dr. Nora Angeles; Leo Alejandria; Joe Barrett; Fr. Conrado Beloso; Jay Catalan; Gail Davidson; Susan Draper; Jim Edmondson; David B. Fairey; Rev. Expedito … [Read more...]
Cambodia: Fourth draft Law on Associations and NGOs
17/11/2011
Re: Fourth draft Law on Associations and Non-Governmental Organizations To: Prime Minister Hun Sen, et al From: Toby Mendel, Centre for Law and Democracy and Gail Davidson, LRWC Date: 2011-11-17 We are writing on behalf of Lawyers Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) and the Centre for Law and … [Read more...]
Thailand – Human rights defender and magazine editor Somyot Prueksakasemsuk faces lèse majesté charge
15/11/2011
Re: Thailand - Human rights defender and magazine editor Somyot Prueksakasemsuk faces lèse majesté charge To: Prime Minister Yingluck Shinnawatra From: Front Line Defenders; Protection International; Clean Clothes Campaign; Asian Forum on Human Rights and Development; International Federation … [Read more...]
