Cambodia: Petition to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention Regarding the Arbitrary Detention of Yorm Bopha | Petition
12/08/2013
Full PDF Version EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This Petition requests the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention to render an Opinion that the arrest and detention of Ms. Yorm Bopha, amounts to arbitrary detention. Ms. Yorm Bopha is a human rights defender. She is a resident of the … [Read more...]
Report on the UN Human Rights Council 23rd Session | Report
27/06/2013
Full PDF Version Human Rights Council Concludes its 23rd Session Highlights of the most recent Human Rights Council Session, this June, were the urgent debate on Syria, the reports by the Special Rapporteurs on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers, the Working Group on Business and Human … [Read more...]
Vietnam: Joint Submission for the Universal Periodic Review of Viet Nam | Joint Report
13/06/2013
Lawyers for Lawyers, the Law Society of England and Wales and LRWC filed a report for the Universal Periodic Review of Vietnam. The use of arbitrary arrests, malicious prosecutions, imprisonment and disbarment to silence human rights lawyers, is the focus of this joint report. Cited as examples of … [Read more...]
Corporations and Human Rights: Oral Intervention at the UN Human Rights Council | Statement
31/05/2013
UN Webcast (see 55 at 02:42:02) | PDF version Item: Item 3 Interactive Dialogue Speaker: Paulo de Tarso Lugon Arantes Date: Friday 31 May 2013 Re: Report of the Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises Oral Statement to … [Read more...]
Canada: Oral Intervention at the UN Human Rights Council on Legal Aid in Canada | Statement
30/05/2013
PDF Version | UN Webcast (see 7 at 00:19:45) Item: Item 3 Interactive Dialogue Speaker: Paulo de Tarso Lugon Arantes Date: Thursday, 30 May 2013 Re: Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers Oral Statement to the 23rd Session of the UN Human Rights … [Read more...]
Canada: Oral Intervention at the UN Human Rights Council on Omar Khadr | Oral Statement
13/03/2013
Oral Intervention by Vanitha Selvarajah at the UN Human Rights Council on Omar Khadr On March 11, 2013, Vanitha Selvarajah gave an oral intervention on behalf of LRWC at the 22nd session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on the Omar Khadr case, citing it as an example of the continuing failure … [Read more...]
Myanmar: Oral Intervention at the UN Human Rights Council on Prisoners of Conscience | Video
13/03/2013
Oral Intervention by Vanitha Selvarajah at the UN Human Rights Council on Prisoners of Conscience On March 12, 2013, Vanitha Selvarajah gave an oral intervention on behalf of LRWC at the 22nd session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on the release of prisoners of conscience in Myanmar and the … [Read more...]
Sri Lanka: Oral Intervention at the UN Human Rights Council on Deteriorating Human Rights in Sri Lanka | Statement
13/03/2013
PDF version Re: Interactive Dialogue with High Commissioner Lawyers Rights Watch Canada March 4, 2013 Speaker: Vani Selvarajah Thank you Mr. President, Madam High Commissioner, on behalf of Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada and the International Movement Against All Forms of Discrimination … [Read more...]
Myanmar: Oral Statement to the UNHRC on the Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Myanmar | Statements
13/03/2013
PDF version Date: 12 March 2013 HRC section: Agenda Item 4 Speaker: Ms. Vani Selvarajah Oral Statement to the 22nd Session of the UN Human Rights Council from Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC), a non-governmental organization in special consultative status, and Lawyers for Lawyers (L4L) and … [Read more...]
Canada: Oral Statement to the 22nd Session of the UNHRC on Omar Khadr | Statements
13/03/2013
PDF version Organization: Lawyers Rights Watch Canada Item: Item 3 General Debate Speaker: Vani Selvarajah Date: Monday, March 11, 2013 Re: Omar Khadr - Special Rapporteur on Torture, Working Group on Arbitrary Detention Mr. President; Lawyers Rights Watch Canada notes with approval … [Read more...]
