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Pakistan: LRWC Denounces Latest Attempt to Crush Lawyers Movement | Press release

19/02/2009

View PDF: Pakistan: LRWC Denounces Latest Attempt to Crush Lawyers Movement LRWC denounces use of the Pakistan Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) to prevent Pakistan lawyers from continuing to advocate for a) re-instatement of all judges illegally removed from office by former president Musharaff … [Read more...]

Bangladesh: LRWC Endorses the call for a return to the rule of law in Bangladesh

15/12/2008

.doc: Bangladesh: Call for Return to Rule of Law, 15 December 2008 Bangladesh: Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) Endorses the call for a return to the rule of law in Bangladesh December 15, 2008: LRWC joins with the jurists, lawyers and legal academics from throughout Asia who assembled in … [Read more...]

Joint Statement to 7th Session of UN Human Rights Council: Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal

14/03/2008

PDF: Asia: Joint Statement to 7th Session of UNHRC re: Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal by ALRC & LRWC date: March 14, 2008 document id:ALRC-COS-07-007-2008 speaker: Mr. Bijo Francis HRC section: Item 4: General Debate A Joint Oral Statement to the 7th Session of the UN Human Rights … [Read more...]

Pakistan: LRWC oral statement to UNHRC

08/03/2008

Pakistan: LRWC oral statement to UNHRC, Mar. 8, 2008 by LRWC … [Read more...]

Bangladesh: LRWC calls for release of Sigma Huda, UN Special Rapporteur on Trafficking in Persons

24/09/2007

Bangladesh: LRWC challenges legitimacy of conviction and sentencing of Sigma Huda, UN Special Rapporteur on Trafficking in Persons and calls for her release. September 24, 2007: Immediate Release Lawyers Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) is concerned that the trial, conviction and sentencing of Sigma … [Read more...]

Pakistan: LRWC welcomes Supreme Court decision in Chaudhry case

08/05/2007

Cara Gibbons MAY 8, 2007: (Update to LRWC statements of March 19 and April 27, 2007) LRWC welcomes the May 7, 2007 decision of the Supreme Court of Pakistan to stay the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) in camera consideration of allegations against Chief Justice Chaudhry. LRWC looks forward to a … [Read more...]

THE INQUIRIES BILL: THE WRONG ANSWER

22/03/2005

A Joint Statement by: Amnesty International British Irish RIGHTS WATCH The Committee on the Administration of Justice Human Rights First The Human Rights Institute of the International Bar Association INQUEST JUSTICE Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada The Law Society of England and Wales Pat … [Read more...]

Massacre at Apartado Peace Community

28/02/2005

Public Statement London, February 28th, 2005 Everyone involved in Peace Brigades International Colombia would like to express their deep concern and sadness at the murder of Luis Eduardo Guerra, well-known leader of the San José de Apartadó Peace Community in Antioquia, Colombia, and seven … [Read more...]

Digna Ochoa y Plácido Human Rights Centre (english)

24/10/2002

LRWC and the Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales applaud the creation the Digna Ochoa y Plácido Human Rights Centre and support the continuation of Digna Ochoa's human rights advocacy by the Centre. Lawyers Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) and the Bar Human Rights Committee of England and … [Read more...]

Digna Ochoa y Plácido Human Rights Centre