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Philippines: Illegal Arrest, Detention, and Torture of Peasant Rights Advocates | Letter
04/11/2018
Full PDF Version Photo Credit: Hukbo Tuesday, October 30, 2018 H.E. Rodrigo Duterte President of the Republic, Malacañang Palace, JP Laurel St., San Miguel, Manila Philippines Fax: (+632) 742-1641 / 929-3968 E-mail: op@president.gov.ph The Honorable Menardo I. … [Read more...]
Saudi Arabia: Over 160 Groups Call for Accountability Following Murder of Journalist and Widespread Arrest of Women’s Rights Defenders | Press Release
27/10/2018
Full PDF Version / Full Word Version Recognising the fundamental right to express our views, free from repression, over 160 civil society organisations call on the international community, including the United Nations, multilateral and regional institutions as well as democratic governments … [Read more...]
Saudi Arabia: Kingdom Must Be Held to Account for Suppression of Dissent, Following Murder of Journalist and Widespread Arrest of Women’s Rights Defenders | Letter
27/10/2018
Full PDF Version / Full Word Version Recognising the fundamental right to express our views, free from repression, we the undersigned civil society organisations call on the international community, including the United Nations, multilateral and regional institutions as well as democratic … [Read more...]
Cameroon: Anglophones Face Severe Humanitarian Crisis | Briefing Note
23/10/2018
Full PDF Version / Full Word Version / Felix Agbor Nkongho Full Bio Link to Toronto Event (Oct 25) / Link to Ottawa Event (Oct 30) Cameroon: Anglophones face severe humanitarian crisis Briefing Note 22 October 2018 The United Nations (UN) High Commissioner of Human Rights warned in March, … [Read more...]
Human Rights and Humanitarian Situation in Anglophone Cameroon: How Can Canada Help? | News
23/10/2018
Link to Ottawa Event (Oct 30) / Briefing Note The Gordon F. Henderson Chair in Human Rights presents: Human Rights and Humanitarian Situation in Anglophone Cameroon: How Can Canada Help? Tuesday, October 30, 2018 4 to 6 p.m. Human Rights Research and Education Centre Fauteux Hall, … [Read more...]
Canada: Canada’s failure to Fully Comply with the 2012 Recommendations of the Committee Against Torture | Report
17/10/2018
Full PDF Version / Full Word Version Joint Briefing to the Committee against Torture on CANADA 65th Session, 12 November – 07 December 2018 Re: the Omar Khadr case from Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada & The International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group Re: Canada’s failure to fully … [Read more...]
Canada: Canada Continues to Ignore Obligation to Investigate Omar Khadr Torture, and to Act to Prevent Future Abuses | Press Release
17/10/2018
Full PDF Version / Full Word Version Canada Continues to Ignore Obligation to Investigate Omar Khadr Torture, and to Act to Prevent Future Abuses OTTAWA, October 15, 2018 – The Canadian government continues to neglect its obligations to investigate and bring to justice those complicit in … [Read more...]
Tax Collected on Legal Services and Legal Aid Funding in BC
15/10/2018
Full PDF Version Photo Credit: Mulligan Tam Pearson Legal aid is an essential to any legal system that purports to ensure equality before the law and the equal protection of the law. BC’s legal aid system is not providing the minimum legal aid required by international law to ensure these … [Read more...]
UPR of China: Information Handout for the UPR Pre-session
12/10/2018
Full PDF Version / Full Word Version Photo Credit: South China Morning Post Lawyers for Lawyers (L4L) are attending to China/UPR pre-session to ask state representatives to pose questions and make recommendations about the critical issues raised in the Joint UPR/China report submitted by L4L … [Read more...]
Cameroon: Crisis in Cameroon Event | News
05/10/2018
Event Agenda / Felix Agbor Nkongho Full Bio / Briefing Note CRISIS IN CAMEROON Join the Law Society of Ontario and Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada on October 25th for a discussion with Barrister Felix Nikongho about the humanitarian crisis resulting from the persecution of the Anglophone … [Read more...]
