Statements

Canada: Statement to the Human Rights Council on the situation of Omar Khadr in Guantánamo Bay Prison

1. This statement is a follow-up of the: September/08/2008 report by LRWC and 40 other NGOs and individuals to the Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights for consideration on the Universal Periodic Review of Canada; the February/15/2010 LRWC statement to the Council; and, the … [Read more...]

Spain: Statement to the Human Rights Council: Obligation to investigate the prosecution of Judge Baltasar Garzón

Lawyers Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) Statement to the Human Rights Council: Obligation to investigate the prosecution of Judge Baltasar Garzón (Garzón) for opening an investigation of 114, 266 unresolved enforced disappearances and extra-judicial executions (disappearances) by the Franco regime … [Read more...]

Thailand: Trials of Somyot & Chiranuch

Thailand: Trials of Somyot & Chiranuch - Letter from LRWC, obs, CRD, Forum-Asia, Protection International, Clean Clothes Campaign … [Read more...]

Spain: Joint statement on the trial of Judge Garzon

Spain: Joint statement on the trial of Judge Garzon by LRWC, Human Rights Watch, Center for Constitutional Rights, et al. Spanish version. … [Read more...]

Cambodia: Revise or Abandon Draft NGO Law | Joint Press Release

full statement PDF Joint Statement by Human Rights Watch, Global Witness, Freedom House, Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), Article 19, Southeast Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA), Civil Rights Defenders, Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada, Centre for Law and Democracy, … [Read more...]

North American NGOs and Human Rights Experts Condemn Colombia’s Attack on Inter-American System

Joint Public Statement: North American NGOs and Human Rights Experts Condemn Colombia's Attack on Inter-American System … [Read more...]

Sri Lanka Accountability: Statement to the Human Rights Council 12 September 2011

Human Rights Council: Interactive Dialogue Accountability for war crimes in Sri Lanka – Recommendations of Panel of Experts. see full statement … [Read more...]

United Nations Human Rights Council: Oral statement on Enforced Disappearances

United Nations Human Rights Council: Oral statement on Enforced Disappearances, Presented at the 18th Session by LRWC … [Read more...]

Oral Statement to the UN Human Rights Council: Attacks on Journalists in Pakistan and Bangladesh

PDF: Pakistan: Attacks on Journalists in Pakistan and Banagladesh by Asian Legal Resource Centre and LRWC HRC section: Item 4: General Debate Speaker: Ms. Catherine Morris An Oral Statement to the 17th Session of the UN Human Rights Council from the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a … [Read more...]

Joint Statement on Cambodia’s Draft Law on Associations and NGOs

Joint Statement on Cambodia's Draft Law on Associations and Non-Governmental Organizations by LRWC & CLD … [Read more...]