Publications

Turkey: Ongoing judicial harassment against lawyers, jeopardizing their independence | Joint letter

11/07/2012

Joint letter from LRWC and 15 other organisations regarding the "Lawyers' trial" in Turkey, scheduled to take place 16-18 July 2012. "We fear that justice is misused as a weapon to repress, intimidate and punish lawyers, through criminal proceedings that blatantly violate the right to a fair … [Read more...]

Sudan: Detention of Rashida Shams al-Din

10/07/2012

HE Omar Hassan Ahmad al-BashirOffice of the PresidentPeople’s PalacePO Box281 Khartoum,Sudan Mohammed Bushara DousaMinistry of JusticePO Box302Al Nil Avenue Khartoum,Sudan Your Excellencies: Re: Detention of Rashida Shams al-Din Lawyers Rights Watch … [Read more...]

Russia: Professional and Personal Threat against Lawyer Rustam Matsev

26/06/2012

Mr. Vladimir Putin President of the Russian Federation, Llinka Str. 23, Moscow 103132, Moscow, Russian Federation Fax: + 7 495 606 5173/630 2408 Mr. Vladimir Kolokoltsev, Minister of the Interior, Ulitsa Zhitnaya 16 117049, Moscow, Russian Federation Telegram: Rossiia, 117049, … [Read more...]

Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand: Business enterprises and attacks on human rights defenders and protestors | Oral Statement, UN Human Rights Council

20/06/2012

Full PDF Version 21 June 2012 Item 3: Interactive Dialogue with the Working Group on the Issue of Human Rights and Transnational Corporations and Other Business Enterprises Oral Statement to the 20th Session of the UN Human Rights Council from Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC), a … [Read more...]

Human Rights Education integral to the realization of human rights: Oral Statement to the 20th Session of the Human Rights Council 18 June 2012

18/06/2012

18 June 2012 Item 2 General Debate Speaker: Ms. Catherine Morris. Oral Statement to the 20th Session of the UN Human Rights Council from Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC), a non-governmental organization in special consultative status Re: Human Rights Education as integral to the … [Read more...]

Pakistan: Plot to assassinate Asma Jahangir, human rights lawyer | Letter

15/06/2012

Asif Ali Zardari President's Secretariat Islamabad,Pakistan Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani Prime Minister House Islamabad, Pakistan Fax: 011 92-51-9213780 011 92 51 922 1596 E-mail: secretary@cabinet.gov.pk Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani c/o Inter … [Read more...]

Sarah Morales: Cooperation or Conquest: Coast Salish Legal Traditions & the Canadian State | Video

05/06/2012

First Nations' Rights: The Gap Between Law and Practice: A Series of Five Talks The 2011-2012 series was sponsored by Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada (LRWC), Hul'qumi'num Treaty Group (HTG), Amnesty International and the Vancouver Public Library ALL TALKS IN THE SERIES: 1. Grace Woo: Ghost Dancing … [Read more...]

LRWC Newsletter May 2012

04/06/2012

NGO in Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations www.lrwc.org – lrwc@portal.ca – Tel: +1 604 738 0338 – Fax: +1 604 736 1175 LRWC Newsletter May 2012 Edition pdf version LRWC ACTION NEWS Bahrain – Al Khawaja stops hunger strike, … [Read more...]

PRESS RELEASE | Omar Khadr: Committee against Torture recommends transfer to Canada and redress for human rights violations

01/06/2012

Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) and International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group (CMLG) For Immediate Release Friday, June 01, 2012 (pdf version) Omar Khadr: Committee against Torture recommends transfer to Canada and redress for human rights violations The Committee against Torture … [Read more...]

PRESS RELEASE | Canada must prosecute any foreign national suspected of torture