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Thailand: Military government shuts down lawyers’ human rights education event | Statement
05/06/2015
| Full .pdf document | Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) is a committee of lawyers who promote human rights and the rule of law through advocacy, education and research. LRWC is an NGO in Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nations … [Read more...]
Cambodia: Rights Groups Urge 44 governments to seek Cambodia’s withdrawal of Draft NGO Law | Joint letter
02/06/2015
Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada was among eleven international human rights organizations calling on 44 foreign governments and the European Union to press the Cambodian government to withdraw a proposed law that would severely limit the rights of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in Cambodia. In a … [Read more...]
Southeast Asia: Human Rights Crisis Involving Rohingya People and Other Migrants in the Indian Ocean | Letter to the Government of Canada
02/06/2015
Full PDF Version Also see statement on systematic violations of internationally protected rights of Rohingya and other migrants 2 June 2015 The Honourable Robert Nicholson, PC, MP, Minister of Foreign Affairs The Honourable Ed Fast, PC, MP, Minister of International Trade The … [Read more...]
Saudi Arabia: Nomination of Waleed Abu Al-khair for the 2015 IBA Human Rights Award
30/05/2015
Nomination Form | Waleed Abu Al-Khair's CV The Registrar IBA Human Rights Award 2015 Via e-mail: hr@int-bar.org Friday, May 29, 2015 Re: Nomination of Waleed Abu Al-khair for the 2015 IBA Human Rights Award Nominators Lawyers for Lawyers P.O. Box 71 1007 JC AMSTERDAM The … [Read more...]
Colombia: Inadmissible Accusations against Human Rights Defender | Joint Statement
28/05/2015
Full PDF Version (English) | Full PDF Version (Spanish) LRWC and 21 other international human rights organizations LRWC published a joint statement expressing concern about social media attacks against well known human rights lawyer José Humberto Torres and calling on state officials to … [Read more...]
Burma: Human Rights Crisis Involving Rohingya People and Other Migrants in the Indian Ocean | Letter to Australian Government
28/05/2015
Full PDF Version Representatives of 17 states will attend the 'Special Meeting on Irregular Migration in the Indian Ocean' in Bangkok on Friday 29 May 2015 to address the human rights crisis facing Rohingy people and other migrants at risk in the Indian Ocean. LRWC requests the Autralian Government … [Read more...]
Southeast Asia: Systematic violations of the internationally protected rights of Rohingya and other migrants is costing lives and must be stopped | Statement
26/05/2015
| full pdf version | | Open Letter to Other States | Letter to Australia | Letter to Canada | Statement 26 May 2015 Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) is a committee of lawyers who promote human rights and the rule of law through advocacy, education and research. LRWC is an NGO in … [Read more...]
Thailand: Trials of civilians in military courts violate international fair trial rights: Judicial harassment of lawyers and human rights defenders | Statement
25/05/2015
Full PDF document (English) LRWC แถลงการณ์การไต่สวนคดีต่อพลเรือนในศาลทหาร ละเมิดสิทธิสากลว่าด้วยการพิจารณาคดีที่เป็นธรรม (Thai translation by Cross Cultural Foundation, Thailand Statement 25 May 2015 Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) is a committee of lawyers who promote human rights … [Read more...]
Thailand: Four years of arbitrary detention of human rights defender, Mr. Somyot Prueksakasemsuk | Statement
12/05/2015
Full statement (pdf) Statement 12 May 2015 Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) is a committee of Canadian lawyers who promote human rights and the rule of law through advocacy, education and research. LRWC is an NGO in Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council … [Read more...]
