Publications
Enforceability of Treaty Obligations Obligations Memorandum
12/03/2013
Full PDF Version This memorandum addresses the extent to which ratification and accession of human rights treaties obliges a state to comply with all treaty obligations including those not incorporated into domestic laws. This memorandum is designed to provide a practical and theoretical … [Read more...]
Sri Lanka: Oral Intervention at the UN Human Rights Council on Deteriorating Human Rights in Sri Lanka | Video
06/03/2013
Oral Intervention by Vanitha Selvarajah at the UN Human Rights Council On March 4, 2013, Vanitha Selvarajah gave an oral intervention on behalf of LRWC at the 22nd session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on the deteriorating situation in Sri Lanka. In her address, Ms. Selvarajah notes the … [Read more...]
Mexico: Submissions to the Universal Periodic Review of Mexico | Reports
06/03/2013
PDF of Submissions to the UPR of Mexico LAWYERS FOR LAWYERS (L4L), THE LAW SOCIETY OF ENGLAND AND WALES, LAWYERS’ RIGHTS WATCH CANADA JOINT UPR SUBMISSION – MEXICO, MARCH 2013 1. Signatory organisations are submitting this report on the state of human rights in Mexico with recommendations to … [Read more...]
China: Submissions to the Universal Periodic Review of China | Reports
06/03/2013
PDF of LRWC's submissions to the UPR of China LAWYERS FOR LAWYERS (L4L) AND LAWYERS’ RIGHTS WATCH CANADA (LRWC) JOINT UPR SUBMISSION – PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA, MARCH 2013 1. Lawyers for Lawyers (hereinafter ‘L4L’) and Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (‘LRWC’) submit this report on the state of … [Read more...]
Canada: Robert Morales: Debunking the Doctrine of Discovery | Video
18/02/2013
Robert Morales: Debunking the Doctrine of Discovery: Colonial Excuse for the Seizure of Land and the Oppression of Peoples Medieval European law allowed a monarch to claim any land discovered by one of his subjects if it was occupied by non-Christians. In the 16th century, war against Native … [Read more...]
First Nations’ Rights: The Gap Between Law and Practice – May 9, 2013
08/02/2013
Savage Anxieties - The Invention of Western Civilization Indigenous Rights and the Hul’qumi’num Treaty Group case Thursday May 9, 2013, 7:00 – 8:30 pm Alice MacKay room of the Vancouver Public Library, 350 West Georgia St. Savage Anxieties Powerpoint Presentation | Podcast Download … [Read more...]
9 May 2013 | Robert A. Williams: Savage Anxieties: Indigenous Peoples’ Human Rights and the Not-So-Special Case of Hul’qumi’num Treaty Group v. Canada
02/02/2013
Savage Anxieties: Indigenous Peoples’ Human Rights and the Not-So-Special Case of Hul’qumi’num Treaty Group v. Canada before the Inter-American Human Rights Commission Robert A. Williams Throughout the centuries, conquest, war, and unspeakable acts of racist violence and colonial dispossession … [Read more...]
Canada: The Campaign to Erode Aboriginal and Treaty Rights | Joint open letter
31/01/2013
Re: The Campaign to Erode Aboriginal and Treaty Rights To: Open Letter From: Endorsed by LRWC and numerous other experts and organizations Date: January 29, 2013 Please click here to view the PDF version. For almost 15 years, the federal Department of Justice has conducted a campaign to … [Read more...]
LRWC Newsletter: December 2012 – January 2013 Edition
30/01/2013
Please click here to view LRWC's December 2012-January 2013 Newsletter. In this issue: LRWC letters/statements Bangladesh: proposed law restricts NGOs and freedoms of assembly and expression contrary to ICCPR. Cameroon: LRWC calls for protection for lawyers and repeal of criminal … [Read more...]
Turkey: Mass Arrest of 15 Lawyers | Letter
29/01/2013
Mass Arrest of 15 Lawyers in Turkey Please click the following link to read LRWC and L4L's letter regarding the recent mass arrest of 15 lawyers in Turkey: Letter re: Mass Arrest.of Lawyers in Turkey (01.28.13) … [Read more...]
