Statements
Thailand: Four years of arbitrary detention of human rights defender, Mr. Somyot Prueksakasemsuk | Statement
12/05/2015
Full statement (pdf) Statement 12 May 2015 Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) is a committee of Canadian lawyers who promote human rights and the rule of law through advocacy, education and research. LRWC is an NGO in Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council … [Read more...]
CSO Joint Statement to the 3rd Session of the Working Group on the Right to Peace | Written Statement
20/04/2015
Full PDF Version The Spanish Society for International Human Rights, LRWC and 45 other CSOs presented a joint statement to the 3rd Session of the Working Group on the Right to Peace criticizing the second draft declaration on the right to peace for failing to incorporate the essential elements of … [Read more...]
Iran: Oral Statement to the 28th Session of the UN Human Rights Council | Oral Statement
19/03/2015
Full PDF Version 19 March 2015 Human Rights Council Section: 28th Session, Agenda Item 6 Speaker: Phon van den Biesen, President Lawyers for Lawyers Oral Statement to the 28th Session of the UN Human Rights Council from Lawyers for Lawyers (L4L) and Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC), … [Read more...]
Canada: British Columbia must enact legislation to provide legal aid in compliance with international law | Statement
10/03/2015
Full .pdf version Legal Aid in British Columbia: Implementation of BC’s International Human Rights Treaty Obligations 10 March 2015 The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada stated in 2011 that “access to justice is a fundamental right of every person – every man, woman and … [Read more...]
Cambodia: Civil Society Organizations Call for the Release of 12 Land Rights Defenders Imprisoned for Exercising Their Fundamental Freedoms | Joint Statement
06/03/2015
Full PDF Version (English) | Full PDF Version (Khmer) 30 civil society organizations joined in advance of International Women’s day, to call for the immediate release of 12 Boeung Kak Lake land and housing rights activists imprisoned since May 2012 for exercising internationally protected rights to … [Read more...]
UAE: United Arab Emirates: Stop the Charade and Release Activists Convicted at the Mass UAE 94 Trial | Joint Statement
03/03/2015
Full PDF Version (English) | Full PDF Version (Arabic) On the second anniversary of the start of the mass “UAE 94” trial that imprisoned dozens of government critics and reform activists in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), including prominent human rights defenders, judges, academics, and student … [Read more...]
Columbia: Legitimacy of David Ravelo Crespo’s Conviction Questioned | Joint Statement
31/10/2014
Full PDF Version (Spanish) | Full PDF Version (English) LRWC joined twenty-six NGOs to publish a statement to the Supreme Court of Justice of Colombia, expressing international concern about the conviction of David Ravelo Crespo for aggravated murder and calling on the Court to carefully … [Read more...]
Canada: Response to the Societies Act White Paper from British Columbia Nongovernmental Organizations | Joint Statement
28/10/2014
Full PDF Version Fifty-seven BC-based organizations, including LRWC published a statement expressing concern that section 99 of the draft B.C. Societies Act contained in the Societies White Paper would threaten the ability of BC societies to act in furtherance of their purposes. The … [Read more...]
Bahrain: Bahrain’s Allies Must Take Action to Free Human Rights Defenders | Joint Statement
28/10/2014
Full PDF (English) | Full PDF (Arabic) Bahrain’s allies must take action to free human rights defenders 28 October 2014 - The undersigned 40 organisations call on the international community to publicly condemn the ongoing crackdown on human rights defenders, who face harassment, … [Read more...]
Thailand: Pattern of International Human Rights Violations Since 22 May 2014 | Statement
23/09/2014
Full PDF Version [errata: The vote on membership in the Human Rights Council takes place 21 October 2014] Thailand: Pattern of international human rights violations since 22 May 2014 Statement 16 September 2014 On 3 September 2014, the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human … [Read more...]
