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South Sudan: Call to End the Repression and Persecution of Lawyers | Oral Statement to the 42nd Session of the UN Human Rights Council
27/09/2019
Live stream video, Chapter 49, 01:45:10 Full PDF Statement Check Against Delivery Organizations: Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada Item: Item 10: Interactive Dialogue with the Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan Date: 25 September 2019 Speaker: Paul Scambler Oral Statement to the … [Read more...]
Cameroon: WGAD Determines that Mancho Bibixy Tse is being Arbitrarily Detained | News
26/09/2019
Full PDF Mancho Bibixy Tse, journalist In July of 2018, LRWC wrote to authorities in Cameroon protesting the arrest, prosecution, sentencing, and detention of Mancho Bibixy Tse. Mancho Bibixy Tse is a radio journalist, who broadcasted on Bamunda FM radio in Cameroon. He used his … [Read more...]
Viet Nam: EU Urged to Delay EVFTA Until Viet Nam Commits to International Human Rights | Joint Letter
26/09/2019
Full PDF (ENG) Photo Credit: Viet Tan September 25, 2019 To: The President of the European Parliament David Sassoli The Chair of the European Parliament’s Subcommittee on Human Rights Maria Arena The Members of the European Parliament We, the undersigned organizations, … [Read more...]
Yemen: Call to Ban Export of Arms to the Conflict in Yemen | Oral Statement to the 42nd Session of the UN Human Rights Council
26/09/2019
Live stream video, Chapter 72, 02:38:14 Full PDF Statement Check Against Delivery Organizations: Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada Item: Item 10 General Debate Date: 26 September 2019 Speaker: Paul Scambler Oral Statement to the 42nd Session of the UN Human Rights Council from Lawyers’ … [Read more...]
Cambodia: Failure to Fulfill International Human Rights Obligations | Joint Oral Statement to the 42nd Session of the UN Human Rights Council
25/09/2019
Live stream video, Chapter 21, 00:57:36 Full PDF Statement Check Against Delivery Organizations: Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC), the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), and International Service for Human Rights (ISHR) Item: Item 10 – Interactive dialogue on the Report of … [Read more...]
Saudi Arabia: Arbitrary Arrest and Forcible Disappearance of Samar Badawi | WGEID Complaints
24/09/2019
Full PDF (ENG) WORKING GROUP ON ENFORCED OR INVOLUNTARY DISAPPEARANCES COMMUNICATION FORM 1. INFORMATION CONCERNING THE disappeared person (a) * Family name(s): BADAWI (b) * Given names(s): SAMAR MOHAMMAD 2. INFORMATION CONCERNING THE FACTS (a) * Date of arrest, abduction or … [Read more...]
Saudi Arabia: Unlawful Arrest and Detention of Samar Badawi | Working Paper
20/09/2019
Full PDF (ENG) Draft Working Paper on the Arbitrary Detention of Samar Badawi Background Samar Badawi is known and respected internationally as a human rights advocate. She has been a prominent advocate for women’s rights since 2010, advocating for the right of women to vote and to … [Read more...]
Philippines: Stop the Attacks and Extrajudicial Killings of Lawyers | Oral Statement to the 42nd Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council
18/09/2019
Live stream video, Chapter 7, 00:11:20 Full PDF Statement Check Against Delivery Item: Item 4, General Debate Date: 17 September 2019 Organization: Lawyers for Lawyers Speaker: Catherine Morris Oral Statement to … [Read more...]
Myanmar & Bangladesh: Rights, Dignity, and Future of Genocide Survivors at Stake | Joint Oral Statement to the 42nd Session of the UN Human Rights Council
17/09/2019
Live stream video, Chapter 38, 01:39:49 Full PDF Statement Check Against Delivery Item: Item 4: Interactive Dialogue, Special Rapporteur on Myanmar (Oral Update) Date: 16 September 2019 Organization: Lawyers' Rights Watch … [Read more...]
South Sudan: Arbitrary Detention, Repression, and Persecution of Lawyers | Oral Statement to the 42nd Session of the UN Human Rights Council
17/09/2019
Live stream video, Chapter 21, 00:37:23 Full PDF Statement Check Against Delivery Item: Item 4: Interactive Dialogue with the Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan Date: 16 September 2019 Organization: Lawyers' Rights Watch … [Read more...]
