Publications
Aktham Nu’aysa, lawyer and human rights defender
15/04/2004
Re: Aktham Nu’aysa, lawyer and human rights defender To: President Barshar al-Assad, President of Syrian Arab Republic From: Monique Pongracic-Speier, member of LRWC Date: 2004-04-15 LRWC has received information from Amnesty International which leads us to be gravely concerned about Mr. … [Read more...]
Ecuador: Pablo Xavier Ortiz-Academic and Adviser of Amazanga Institute Members of the Fundación Pachamama
08/04/2004
The human rights organization Fundación Pachamama received a telephone bomb threat on 6 April. This is the latest in a series of acts of intimidation and threatening phone calls they and the Instituto Amazanga have suffered since February this year. Both organizations have supported the Sarayaku … [Read more...]
Pablo Xavier Ortiz, academic and adviser at Amazanga Institute
08/04/2004
Re: Pablo Xavier Ortiz, academic and adviser at Amazanga Institute To: Ing. Raúl Baca Carco, minister of the interior Dra. Mariana Yépez de Velasco, attorney general From: Monique Pongracic-Speier, member of LRWC Date: 2004-04-08 LRWC is gravely concerned by information received from … [Read more...]
Yaneth Montoya Martinez, Journalist; Ademir Luna, Journalist
05/04/2004
Re: Yaneth Montoya Martinez, Journalist; Ademir Luna, Journalist To: President Alvaro Uribe Velez, president of Guatemala From: Monique Pongracic-Speier Date: 2004-04-05 LRWC is gravely concerned about the safety of Ademir Luna, and his wife and fellow journalist, Yaneth Montoya … [Read more...]
Ecuador: Jose Serrano Salgado and other staff at CDES, Economic and Social Rights Centre-Human Rights Organization
03/04/2004
José Serrano Salgado, a member of the Ecuadorian non-governmental organization Centro de Derechos Económicos y Sociales (CDES), Economic and Social Rights Centre, was reportedly threatened with death on 25 April. José Serrano Salgado was travelling in his car on the North-South Road (Vía Norte-Sur), … [Read more...]
Rebuilding Sierra Leone’s Law Library
26/03/2004
Dlab, Dagmar Lawyers' Weekly Vol. 23 No. 44 March 26 2004, page 14. Sierra Leone’s principal law library, located at the High Court in the nation’s capital Freetown, was destroyed by fire during the country’s ten-year civil war, leaving lawyers and judges with minimal legal … [Read more...]
Thelma de Lam, Special Prosecutor for Human Rights Defenders
25/03/2004
Re: Thelma de Lam, Special Prosecutor for Human Rights Defenders To: Luis Alfonso Rosales Marroquin, Procurador General de la Nacion and Lic. Manuel Arturo Soto Aguirre Ministro de Gobernacion From: Heather Neun, LL.B., B.A., M.Phil. Date: 2004-03-25 I write on behalf of Lawyers’ Rights … [Read more...]
Roldolfo Ríos Lozano—human rights lawyer
19/03/2004
Re: Roldolfo Ríos Lozano—human rights lawyer To: Presidente Álvaro Uribe Vélez and Dr. Luis Camilo Osorio, Fiscal General de la Nacion From: Gail Davidson, LRWC Director Date: 2004-03-19 Lawyers Rights Watch Canada is a committee of Canadian lawyers that provides support internationally … [Read more...]
Guatemala: THELMA DE LAM, Lawyer
15/03/2004
Thelma de Lam is the Special Prosecutor for Defenders of Human Rights in Guatemala. Ms. Lam was appointed to this position in May 2003. The Guatemalan state has given her unit the mandate to investigate crimes committed against human rights activists. LRWC is concerned about the safety of Ms. Lam, … [Read more...]
Remedies for Victims Abroad
27/02/2004
Remedies for Victims Abroad - Remarks to the Seminar on the International Criminal Court for Victims of Human Rights Violations in Asia February 27, 2004, Manila, Philippines Matas, David Global justice is in the air. With the advent of the International Criminal Court, the notion of universal … [Read more...]
