Reports
Canada: The Omar Khadr Case: Implementing the Recommendations of the Committee against Torture
04/11/2012
LRWC recently provided a report to Continuing Committee of Officials on Human Rights (CCOHR) on the implementation of recommendations by CAT in reference to Canada’s handling of the Omar Khadr case. In April LRWC and ICLMG filed a joint report with the UN Committee against Torture (CAT) highlighting … [Read more...]
Submission to the 16th Session of the Universal Periodic Review on the State of Freedom of Expression in Canada
10/10/2012
Full report (pdf) On October 9, 2012, LRWC, in collaboration with the BC Freedom of Information and Privacy Association, Canadian Journalists for Free Expression, the Centre for Law and Democracy, and PEN Canada submitted their report on the state of freedom of expression in Canada to … [Read more...]
LRWC delegates join 40 jurists on 3rd annual international visit to scrutinize attacks and murders of Colombian human rights lawyers
05/10/2012
Thanks to all donors for enabling LRWC’s participation in the Third Caravana of Lawyers to Colombia Twenty-eight lawyers murdered in Colombia since 2011 LRWC sent two delegates to participate in the Third International Caravana of Lawyers to Colombia, which took place from August 26 to … [Read more...]
Turkey: Joint brief to the Human Rights Committee, 106th Session, on pre-trial release rights in Turkey
21/09/2012
This report, presently jointly by LRWC and the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (FIDH-OMCT), to the United Nations Committee Against Torture examines the failure of the Republic of Turkey (Turkey) to comply with its obligations under Articles 9 and 14 of the International … [Read more...]
Arrest and Detention of Lawyers in Turkey: Right to Pre-Trial Release | Report
16/08/2012
Lawyers in Turkey are being subjected to arbitrary arrest and detention and judicial harassment for merely defending their clients’ rights in politically sensitive cases. "Arrest and Detention of Lawyers in Turkey - Right to Pre-Trial Release" is a report presented jointly by Lawyers Rights Watch … [Read more...]
LRWC Annual General Report 2011
24/07/2012
Throughout the reporting period LRWC effectively promoted advocacy rights and the rule of law through campaigns, legal research and education. LRWC campaign activities during the reporting period involved lawyers and other human rights defenders subjected to murder, assault, threats, false arrest, … [Read more...]
The Right to Know Our Rights: International law obligations to ensure international human rights education and training
17/05/2012
Order your hard copies ($20 each) by emailing info@lrwc.org. The Right to Know Our Rights outlines the international law obligations on States to ensure that everyone has access to education and training about their international human rights so that they develop sufficient facility to use … [Read more...]
Briefing to the Committee Against Torture on the Omar Khadr Case
28/04/2012
On April 18, 2012, LRWC and the International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group (CLMG) filed a report on the Omar Khadr case with the Committee Against Torture. To view the report, please click here. Also see related press releases: Press release of LRWC and CLMG, 1 June 2012 Press … [Read more...]
Sri Lanka: 3rd and 4th Periodic Report on the Implementation of the Convention Against Torture
31/10/2011
Executive Summary: These submissions are made by Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada in aid of the Committee against Torture’s (CAT) examination of the combined 3rd and 4th Periodic Report of Sri Lanka outlining its implementation of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading … [Read more...]
Cambodia: Human Rights Report – October 2011
28/10/2011
View PDF Cambodia: Human Rights Report - October 2011 by LRWC LRWC monitor and researcher, Catherine Morris(1), visited Cambodia during the month of October to discuss with human rights workers the priority concerns for protection of human rights defenders there. The main concerns are curbs … [Read more...]
