Publications
Colombia: Inadequate Protection for Human Rights Lawyer Rommel Jonathan Duran Castellanos | Letter
11/06/2015
Full PDF Version Thursday, June 11, 2015 Juan Manuel Santos Calderόn President of the Republic of Colombia Carrera 8 No. 7 – 26 Palacio de Nariño, Bogotá, Colombia Email: secretaria.privada@presidencia.gov.co President Santos; Re: Inadequate protection for human rights lawyer … [Read more...]
Civil Society Views on the Third Session of the Working Group on the Right to Peace | Joint Written Statement to the 29th Session of the UN Human Rights Council
09/06/2015
Full PDF/Official UN Version … [Read more...]
Canada: Bill C-51: grave dangers explained | Gail Davidson video statement 30 May 2015
09/06/2015
Click to watch video | Bill C-51: Grave Dangers Explained Gail Davidson, Lawyers Rights Watch Canada, explains to the public the rights and freedoms which Bill C51 was designed to remove form our constitution which so many members of our past generations gave their lives fighting for. Statement … [Read more...]
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...]
LRWC Newsletter: April – May 2015 Edition
01/06/2015
Full PDF Version LRWC ACTION NEWS and UPDATES ARGENTINA The ongoing investigation into the untimely demise of Special Prosecutor Alberto Nisman, charged with investigating the 1994 AMIA bombings, is set to take yet another turn. Prosecutor Viviana Fein is poised to release her report on … [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...]
CSO Joint Statement to the 3rd Session of the Working Group on the Right To Peace, 20 April 2015
29/05/2015
Full PDF Version This joint statement requests that the Working Group initiate a real negotiation of the future Declaration of the United Nations on the Human Right to Peace, taking into account its essential elements, as developed both by the Advisory Committee Declaration of 2012 and the Santiago … [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...]
