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Canada: British Columbia must enact legislation to provide legal aid in compliance with international law | Statement
10/03/2015
Full .pdf version Legal Aid in British Columbia: Implementation of BC’s International Human Rights Treaty Obligations 10 March 2015 The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada stated in 2011 that “access to justice is a fundamental right of every person – every man, woman and … [Read more...]
Pakistan: Murder of Lawyer Rashid Rehman Khan | Letter
06/03/2015
Full PDF Version Friday, March 06, 2015 Mr. Mamnoon Hussain President of Pakistan President's Secretariat Islamabad, Pakistan Email: publicmail@president.gov.pk Mr. Mian Nawaz Sharif Prime Minister Prime Minister House Islamabad, Pakistan Email: … [Read more...]
Cambodia: Civil Society Organizations Call for the Release of 12 Land Rights Defenders Imprisoned for Exercising Their Fundamental Freedoms | Joint Statement
06/03/2015
Full PDF Version (English) | Full PDF Version (Khmer) 30 civil society organizations joined in advance of International Women’s day, to call for the immediate release of 12 Boeung Kak Lake land and housing rights activists imprisoned since May 2012 for exercising internationally protected rights to … [Read more...]
UAE: United Arab Emirates: Stop the Charade and Release Activists Convicted at the Mass UAE 94 Trial | Joint Statement
03/03/2015
Full PDF Version (English) | Full PDF Version (Arabic) On the second anniversary of the start of the mass “UAE 94” trial that imprisoned dozens of government critics and reform activists in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), including prominent human rights defenders, judges, academics, and student … [Read more...]
Bahrain: Persecution of Human Rights Defender Nabeel Rajab | Letter
26/02/2015
Full PDF Version Thursday, February 26, 2015 Shaikh Hamad bin 'Issa Al Khalifa King of Bahrain Office of His Majesty the King P.O. Box 555, Rifa’a Palace, Al-Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain Prince Khalifa bin Salman al-Khalifa Prime Minister Kingdom of Bahrain Al-Manama, Kingdom … [Read more...]
Sudan: Detainment of Farouk Abu Issa and Dr. Amin Maki Madani | Letter
25/02/2015
Full PDF Version February 23, 2015 HE Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir Office of the President People’s Palace PO Box 281 Mohamed Bushara Dousa Ministry of Justice PO Box 302, Al Nil Avenue Khartoum, Sudan Via email : moj@moj.gov.sd Khartoum, Sudan Your … [Read more...]
Canada: Bill C-51 – A Legal Primer
18/02/2015
Full PDF Version (English) | Full PDF Version (French) Canadian lawyers Clayton Ruby and Nader Hasan analyze Bill C-51 and conclude, “Bill C-51, the Anti-Terrorism Act, 2015, would expand the powers of Canada’s spy agency, allow Canadians to be arrested on mere suspicion of future … [Read more...]
Syria: Free Human Rights Defenders Held for Three Years | Letter
16/02/2015
Full PDF Version سوريا: يجب إخلاء سبيل المدافعين عن حقوق الإنسان المحتجزين منذ 3 سنوات For Immediate Release Syria: Free Human Rights Defenders Held 3 Years Detained Arbitrarily, and Tortured (Geneva, February 16, 2015) – The Syrian government should immediately free the prominent … [Read more...]
Argentina: Responsibilities of the Government of Argentina in the Death of Prosecutor Alberto Nisman | Letter
08/02/2015
Full PDF Version 7 February 2015 Alejandra Magdalena Gils Carbó Attorney General of Argentina Avenida de Mayo 760 Buenos Aires, B.A., Argentina Email agils@mfp.com.cr Dr. Julio Alak, Minister of Justice and Human Rights Minister of Justice and Human Rights: Sarmiento 329, C1041AAG … [Read more...]
First Nations’ Rights Speaker Series: The Gap between Law and Practice – Cindy Blackstock: Justice for Children | Video
29/01/2015
Cindy Blackstock: Justice for Children Pt.1 Cindy Blackstock: Justice for Children Pt.2 Cindy Blackstock: Justice for Children Pt.3 Cindy Blackstock: Justice for Children Pt.4 … [Read more...]
