Saudi Arabia: Release Women Human Rights Defenders: Statement to the 40th Session of the Human Rights Council | Joint statement of ISHR, CIVICUS and LRWC

Full .pdf statement Video stream available (Chapter 17, at 00:43:29) Human Rights Council 40th session UPR adoption: Saudi Arabia  Speaker: Salma El Hosseiny – Check against delivery Mr. President, We call upon the Saudi authorities to immediately and unconditionally release … [Read more...]

China and Saudi Arabia: Oral Statement to the 40th Session of the UN Human Rights Council

Full .pdf statement Video stream available (Chapter 43 at 01:31:44) Check against delivery Organization: Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada Item 5: General Debate – Human rights bodies and mechanisms Date: 13 March 2019 Speaker: Ms. Judith van den Lichtenberg Oral Statement to the 40th … [Read more...]

Iran: Oral statement, Human Rights Council 40th session: Arbitrary detention of lawyer Ms. Nasrin Sotoudeh

Full .pdf statement Check against delivery Organization:   Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada Item 4: General Debate Date: 12 March 2019 Speaker: Ms. Hélène Ramos dos Santos Oral Statement to the 40th Session of the UN Human Rights Council from Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC), NGO in special … [Read more...]

Iran: Oral Statement to the Human Rights Council: Ongoing and Intensified Wrongful Treatment of Lawyers in the Islamic Republic of Iran

Full .pdf Statement Video Stream Available (Chapter 23, 00:44:58) Check against delivery Organization: Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada Iem 4: Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the Islamic Republic of Iran Date: 11 March 2019 Speaker: Ms. Hélène Ramos dos Santos Oral … [Read more...]

Myanmar: Oral Statement to 40th Session of the UN Human Rights Council: Statement of Rohingya peace advocate, Hamida Khatun | Joint Statement of LRWC and ISHR

Full .pdf file Video Stream Available (Chapter 20, 00:39:00) Organization:   Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada Item 4: Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on Myanmar Date: 11 March 2019 Speaker: Ms. Salma El Hosseiny (ISHR) Oral Statement to the 40th Session of the UN Human Rights … [Read more...]

Cameroon: Mancho Bibixy Tse – LRWC reply to Cameroon’s letters of 24, 27 & 28 January 2019 | WGAD

Full PDF Version Mancho Bibixy Tse, broadcast journalist In the Matter of Mancho Bibixy Tse Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) Reply to The Republic of Cameroon (Cameroon) letters dated 24, 27 & 28 January 2019 To The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) Re … [Read more...]

Cameroon: Deprivation of Liberty of Mancho Bixiby Tse | WGAD

Full PDF Version Mancho Bibixy Tse, broadcast journalist Lucie Viersma Secretary Working Group on Aribtrary Detention United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Palais des Nations, 121 Geneva 10, Switzerland Tuesday, February 5 2019 5 February … [Read more...]

Viet Nam: Human Rights Committee Consideration of the Implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights by Viet Nam | Report

Full PDF Version Vo An Don (left), Le Quoc Quan, Nguyen Van Dai (right) Viet Nam – The UN Human Rights Committee, during its 125th Session on 4-19 March 2019, will review Viet Nam’s compliance with the its legal obligations under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. … [Read more...]

Canada Not Complying With UN Convention Against Torture | Report

Full PDF Version Canada failed to provide full redress for its involvement in the torture of five Canadians says the UN Committee Against Torture. Convention requirement not fulfilled by Canada include: investigation and criminal prosecution; verification of the facts and full and … [Read more...]

UPR of Vietnam: Advocacy Charter Lawyers for Lawyers and Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada

Full PDF Version Photo Credit: pululante Stakeholders’ submission (1) In the last years, the crackdown on freedom of expression has intensified. Reports indicate that in 2017, Viet Nam authorities have detained or exiled many peaceful activists and bloggers. Human rights lawyers who work … [Read more...]