Reports
LRWC Annual Report 2014 (1 April 2013 to 31 December 2014)
02/02/2016
See Full PDF Version Table of Contents Executive Director’s Message ...2 United Nations Participation ...3 United Nations Human Rights Council ...3 Universal Periodic Reviews ...7 Working Group on Arbitrary Detention ...7 In-Country Investigations and Trial Monitoring … [Read more...]
Canada: LRWC’s views on Canada’s Response to the List of Issues Prior to Reporting (LOIPR) from the UN Committee against Torture | Report
21/12/2015
Full PDF Version Monday, December 21st, 2015 Human Rights Program Department of Canadian Heritage 25 Eddy Street, 4th Floor Gatineau QC K1A 0M5 Attention: Adam Côté, Ph. D. Policy Officer, Via Email to: adam.cote@canada.ca | 819-994-3670 To the Human Rights Program, … [Read more...]
Syria: No Word on Activist’s Whereabouts | Report
04/11/2015
Full PDF Version (English) | Full PDF Version (Arabic) Syria: No Word on Activist’s Whereabouts Bassel Khartabil Transferred to Undisclosed Location on October 3 (Beirut, November 4, 2015) – Syria’s authorities have yet to disclose the whereabouts of Bassel Khartabil, a software … [Read more...]
Canada: Canada’s Failure to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions | Report
31/10/2015
Full PDF Version CANADA’S FAILURE TO REDUCE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS by Gail Davidson and Rohan Shah Introduction Climate change scientific literature accepts that human activity, principally deforestation and the extraction and combustion of fossil fuels, has … [Read more...]
Colombia: Colombia Caravana 2014 – Judges at Risk – Report of the Judge Delegates of the Colombia Caravana | Report
28/10/2015
Full PDF Version The IV International Caravana Delegation of Lawyers to Colombia visited Colombia from August 23 to August 31, 2014. About 70 members from 12 countries, including five judges, visited seven regions: Bucaramanga, Buenaventura, Cali, Cartagena, Medellín, Pasto and Santa Marta. The … [Read more...]
China: Mass Arrest, Detention and Disappearance of Lawyers and Other Rights Advocates in China | Report
16/09/2015
Full PDF Version LRWC calls on UN Special Rapporteurs and Working Groups to come to the aid of lawyers and their associates under seige by state authorities in China. Since the beginning of July 2015 over 284 human rights lawyers have been wrongfully arrested in a country-wide campaign to close … [Read more...]
Colombia: 2014 Caravana of Lawyers Delegation – Cali/Valle del Cauca Report | Report
16/06/2015
Full PDF Version 2014 Caravana of Lawyers Delegation - Cali/Valle del Cauca Report, International Colombia Caravana, June 2015. Report of the Fourth International Colombia Caravana investigation of dangers faced by lawyers and other human rights defenders in Cali and the department of Valle … [Read more...]
Canada: Bill C-51: Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security Transcripts and Report & Selected Commentaries and Analyses
21/03/2015
Bill C-51: Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security Transcripts and Report & Selected Commentaries and Analyses updated 24 June 2015 Anti-terrorism Act, 2015, An Act to enact the Security of Canada Information Sharing Act and the Secure Air Travel Act, to amend the … [Read more...]
Canada: Bill C-51 – A Legal Primer
18/02/2015
Full PDF Version (English) | Full PDF Version (French) Canadian lawyers Clayton Ruby and Nader Hasan analyze Bill C-51 and conclude, “Bill C-51, the Anti-Terrorism Act, 2015, would expand the powers of Canada’s spy agency, allow Canadians to be arrested on mere suspicion of future … [Read more...]
Right to Trial by Civilian Courts: International Law on the Use of Military Tribunals to Determine the Rights of Civilians | Working Paper
06/01/2015
Full PDF Version The Right to Trial by Civilian Courts is a working paper on the right of civilians to be tried, and to have their rights—including rights to remedies—determined by civilian courts. Production of the working paper was inspired by the practice of repressive governments to delegate … [Read more...]
