Reports
Protective Measures in the Inter-American Human Rights System | Report
14/07/2018
Full PDF Version / Full Word Version Photo Credit: Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Protective Measures in the Inter-American Human Rights System Isabela Piacentini de Andrade [1] The Inter-American human rights system was created by the Organization of American States … [Read more...]
Turkey: The Situation of Lawyers and Human Rights Defenders in Turkey Since July 2016 | Report
09/07/2018
Full PDF Version Persecuted Turkish lawyers: Fevzi Cem Şenocak (top left), Yusuf Zotluoğlu, Serdar Kutlu, Zekeriya Albayrak, Mustafa Kemal Açıcı, Neşe Yıldızoğlu, Fatma Şen (bottom right) Photo Credit: The Arrested Lawyers Initiative The situation of lawyers and human rights defenders in … [Read more...]
Canada: Consular protection and diplomatic intervention | Submission to the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development
12/03/2018
Full .pdf version (with references) Consular protection and diplomatic intervention: International law duties to provide access to remedies for human rights violations against Canadians abroad Submission to the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development, Parliament of … [Read more...]
International Criminal Court: Report from the 16th Assembly of State Parties to the ICC | Report
29/01/2018
Full PDF Version INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT REPORT on the December 4-14, 2017 MEETING of the ASSEMBLY OF STATES PARTIES by Melissa Tessler Between December 4-14, 2017, the Assembly of State Parties to the ICC (ASP) met at UN headquarters in New York for their annual meeting. … [Read more...]
Myanmar: International Law Duties of Neighbouring States to Refugees and Asylum Seekers | Briefing Note
11/11/2017
Full PDF Version Rohingya refugees from Myanmar at the “gates of hell” International law duties of neighbouring States to refugees and asylum seekers Briefing note Catherine Morris, BA, JD, LLM[1] 9 November 2017 Four pages plus references. The catastrophic exodus of Rohingya … [Read more...]
Canada: Canadian Child Hostages Overseas: The Ultimate Commodity – Working Paper by Catherine Morris
12/09/2017
Full PDF Version Canadian Child Hostages Oversees, examines Canada’s international law obligations to secure the safe release of Canadian citizens taken hostage and illegally detained abroad generally. The working paper focuses on the current the case of Canadian citizen Joshua Boyle, his wife, … [Read more...]
Colombia: Amicus Brief on Compliance of Special Jurisdiction for Peace Act with International Law
11/08/2017
Full PDF Version (Spanish) A joint amicus brief was filed on 26 July 2017 in the Constitutional Court of Colombia by Lawyers Without Borders Canada with the support of LRWC, Global Rights Compliance and the Laval University Clinic of International and Humanitarian Law. The Amicus Brief examines the … [Read more...]
Cambodia: LRWC and ICJ Submit Amicus Brief in Appeal of Human Rights Defender Ny Chakrya
03/03/2017
Full PDF Version (English) Full PDF Version (Khmer) The International Commission of Jurists and LRWC prepared an amicus brief for consideration by the Supreme Court of Cambodia in the appeal by Mr. Ny Chakrya from conviction (22 September 2016) under the Cambodia Criminal Code for: defamation … [Read more...]
Colombia: Report of the Fifth International Caravana of Jurists to Colombia
28/11/2016
Full PDF Version The Colombian Caravana of International Jurists (“Caravana”) made its fifth visit to Colombia in August 2016. This was a truly international delegation with an impressive range of civil and criminal law expertise, from twelve different countries, including a prosecutor, … [Read more...]
Thailand: Immediately drop sedition case and all proceedings against human rights lawyer Sirikan Charoensiri | Joint Press Release
02/10/2016
Full PDF Version (English) Full PDF Version (Thai) 3 October 2016 The Thai Government should immediately drop all proceedings against human rights lawyer, Sirikan Charoensiri, including the specious accusation of sedition, which apparently relate to her organization’s representation of 14 … [Read more...]
