Honourable Madam Justice Louise Arbour, UN High Commissioners for Human Rights

Re: Honourable Madam Justice Louise Arbour, UN High Commissioners for Human Rights To: To Whom it May Concern From: The Honourable Madam Justice Claire L'Heureux-Dubé (Québec), Charles B. Davison (Edmonton), James Tate (Vancouver), Steven Kelliher (Victoria), Gail Davidson (Vancouver), on … [Read more...]

David Nevin and Scott McKay

Re: David Nevin and Scott McKay To: Mr. Leandro DESPOUY, UN Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers From: Gail Davidson, Executive Director, LRWC, and Paulo de Tarso Lugon Arantes, LRWC Brazil Monitor Date: 2008-05-22 We write to advise you of the United States … [Read more...]

David Nevin and Scott McKay (ACLU) Legal Defense of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Guantánamo Bay

Re: David Nevin and Scott McKay (American Civil Liberties Union) Legal Defense of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Guantánamo Bay To: Mr. Leandro DESPOUY, UN Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers From: Gail Davidson, Executive Director and Paulo de Tarso Lugon … [Read more...]

Ms. Rezvan Moghadam & Ms. Parvin Ardalan

Re: Ms. Rezvan Moghadam & Ms. Parvin Ardalan To: His Excellency Ayatollah Sayed Ali Khamenei From: Tina Parbhakar, LRWC/Iran Monitor Date: 2008-05-09 LRWC has received information that Ms. Rezvan Moghadam and Ms. Parvin Ardalan, both members of the One Million Signatures Campaign … [Read more...]

Philippines: Extra-judicial killings and disappearances

Extra-Judicial Killings of Jurists in the Philippines The Dutch Lawyers for Lawyers Foundation (L4L) published a report, From Facts to Action: Report on the Attack Against Filipino Lawyers and Judges, compiled by two Dutch judges and six Dutch and Belgian lawyers, on the unsolved murders of … [Read more...]

Defending Defenders in Pakistan: Rule of Law Solidarity | Report

Defending defenders in Pakistan “Many people have been released from jail only because of international pressure from your organization and others. Our government had to release them because of this pressure. I just want to mention how important this is and that we need you to … [Read more...]

Joint Statement to 7th Session of UN Human Rights Council: Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal

PDF: Asia: Joint Statement to 7th Session of UNHRC re: Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal by ALRC & LRWC date: March 14, 2008 document id:ALRC-COS-07-007-2008 speaker: Mr. Bijo Francis HRC section: Item 4: General Debate A Joint Oral Statement to the 7th Session of the UN Human Rights … [Read more...]

Pakistan: LRWC oral statement to UNHRC

Pakistan: LRWC oral statement to UNHRC, Mar. 8, 2008 by LRWC … [Read more...]

Re: Dr. Daniel Ponte, Dra. Miriam Goncalves, Dra. Simone Mendes

Re: Dr. Daniel Ponte, Dra. Miriam Goncalves, Dra Simone Mendes To: Sr. Sérgio Cabral de Oliveira Santos, Governor of the State of Rio de Janeiro From: Paulo de Tarso Lugon Arantes, member of LRWC Date: 2008-02-28 Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada ('LRWC') é um comitê de advogados … [Read more...]

Jesús Manuel Grijalva Mejia, Human Rights Lawyer

Re: Jesús Manuel Grijalva Mejia, Human Rights Lawyer; Gilberto Hernández Santiago, Human Rights Lawyer; Alma Gómez Soto, Human Rights Defender To: Lic. Juan Camilo Mouriño Terrazo, Lic. Ulises Ruiz Orits, Lic. Evenico Nicolás Martínez Ramírez From: Lainie K. Shore Date: 2008-02-26 I am … [Read more...]