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First Nations’ Rights Speaker Series: The Gap between Law and Practice – Jan 30, 2014
06/01/2014
Full Poster Consent or Consultation: Examining the Gap Grand Chief John is a lawyer, Hereditary Chief of Tl'azt'en Nation, Representative to the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, a member of the First Nations Summit Political Executive and holds two honorary Doctor of Laws … [Read more...]
Happy Holidays to LRWC Donors
19/12/2013
***** Happy Holidays to LRWC Donors ***** THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING LRWC’S PRO BONO WORK IN 2013 Donate by December 31st for a 2013 tax receipt Your donations contributed to the following huge successes in 2013: more than 60 lawyers, human rights defenders and prisoners of conscience … [Read more...]
Bahrain: Letter of Allegation Regarding Three Journalists in Bahrain | Letter
16/12/2013
Full PDF Version Bahrain: LRWC and eight other NGOs signed on to a Letter of Allegation prepared by the U.K.-based Media Legal Defence Initiative, on behalf of three journalists in Bahrain. Journalist Mohammed Hassan was arrested 31 July and released 3 October; photographer Hussain Hubail … [Read more...]
International Right to Legal Aid in Relation to the British Columbia Missing Women Commission of Inquiry | Report
03/12/2013
Full PDF Version This summary of Canada’s international law duties to provide legal aid arising from provisions of United Nations and Organization of American States treaties was prepared for an investigation by the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women … [Read more...]
Viet Nam: Update Regarding Le Quoc Quan for the Pre-Session UPR on 27 November 2013 | Report
28/11/2013
Full PDF Version Update Viet Nam – Detention of Mr. Le Quoc Quan Update for the purpose of the Pre-session UPR regarding Viet Nam on 27 November 2013, on behalf of Lawyers for Lawyers (L4L), Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) and The Law Society. On 13 June 2013, L4L, LRWC and the Law … [Read more...]
Turkey: Lawyer Faces Criminal Charges for Words Spoken in Court | Letter
28/11/2013
Full PDF Version Ramazan Demir, has been criminally charged as a result of comments made in court during the representation of a client. Mr. Demir represents journalists and lawyers prosecuted for allegedly being members of, or connected to the KCK. LRWC, Lawyers for Lawyers and Fair Trial … [Read more...]
Cambodia: The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention Opinion Concerning the Arbitrary Detention of Yorm Bopha
28/11/2013
Full PDF Version Detention of Yorm Bopha arbitrary: The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention in the opinion released 29 November 2013 (A/HRC/WGAD/2013/), found that the imprisonment in Cambodia of land rights activist Yorm Bopha, was arbitrary detention under category II ( … [Read more...]
Vietnam: Statement Regarding the Matter of Mr. Le Quoc Quan: Violation of Rights to Pre-Trial Release | Statement
21/11/2013
Full PDF English Version | Full Word English Version Full PDF Vietnamese Version Introduction Mr. Le Quoc Quan, a qualified lawyer, active blogger and human rights defender, is currently arbitrarily detained by the Government of Viet Nam due to having exercised his right to freedom of … [Read more...]
Savage Anxieties | Video
21/11/2013
Savage Anxieties Part 1: The Doctrine of Discovery Savage Anxieties Part 2: The Doctrine of Discovery As It Applies to Canada Savage Anxieties Part 3: The Hul'qumi'num Case before the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights Savage Anxieties Part 4: Q & A with Prof. Robert … [Read more...]
Cambodia: YORM Bopha: Submission to the Cambodia Supreme Court
19/11/2013
Khmer version .PDF | English version .PDF H.E. Dith Munty President , Supreme Court of Cambodia Sothearos Road Sangkat Chaktomouk, Khan Daun Penh Phnom Penh, Cambodia Amicus Brief re: YORM Bopha: Submission to the Cambodia Supreme Court Lawyers Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) … [Read more...]
