Afghanistan: Urgently take effective action to prevent violations and atrocity crimes | Oral statement to the UN Human Rights Council
18/10/2024
Full .pdf statement See more statements made at the 57th session of the UN Human Rights Council Organization: Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada Item 6: Universal Periodic Review of Afghanistan: Outcome Date: 26 September 2024 Oral Statement to the 57th Session of the UN Human Rights … [Read more...]
Myanmar: Deliberate campaign to commit human rights abuses and atrocity crimes by Myanmar junta | Oral statement to the UN Human Rights Council
18/10/2024
Full .pdf statement See more LRWC statements to the 57th session of the UN Human Rights Council Organization: Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada Item 4: Interactive dialogue on the situation of human rights in Myanmar – Report of the High Commissioner Date: 23 September 2024 Oral Statement … [Read more...]
Technical assistance towards universal ratification and implementation of the Convention for the Protection of all Persons from Enforced Disappearances | Oral statement to the UN Human Rights Council
18/10/2024
Full .pdf statement See more LRWC statements at the 57th session of the UN Human Rights Council Organization: Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada Item 10: General Debate Date: 8 October 2024 Oral Statement to the 57th Session of the UN Human Rights Council from Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC), … [Read more...]
Continued deterioration of human rights in the Russian Federation | Oral Statement to the UN Human Rights Council
18/10/2024
Full .pdf statement Other statements at the 57th session of the HRC Organization: Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada Item 4: Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Russian Federation Date: 23 September 2024 Oral Statement to the 57th Session … [Read more...]
Cambodia: Comply with international law and stop harassing defenders and dissidents | Oral statement at the UN Human Rights Council
18/10/2024
Full .pdf statement See more LRWC statements at the 57th session of the UN Human Rights Council Organization: Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada Item 10: Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia Date: 7 October 2024 Oral Statement to the … [Read more...]
Myanmar: Escalating human rights violations and atrocity crimes by junta | Oral statement to the UN Human Rights Council
18/10/2024
Full .pdf statement Other statements at the 57th session of the HRC Organization: Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada Item 2: Interactive dialogue on report of Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar Date: 9 September 2024 Oral Statement to the 57th Session of the UN Human Rights … [Read more...]
Afghanistan’s worsening human rights catastrophe and gender apartheid | Oral statement at the UN Human Rights Council
18/10/2024
Full .pdf statement See other LRWC statements at the 57th session of the UN Human Rights Council Organization: Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada Item 2: Enhanced Interactive dialogue on Afghanistan Date: 9 September 2024 Oral Statement to the 57th Session of the UN Human Rights Council … [Read more...]
Occupied Palestinian Territories: Human rights defenders targeted amid ongoing war crimes | Oral statement to the UN Human Rights Council
18/10/2024
Full pdf statement Other statements at the 57th session of the HRC Organization: Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada Item 7: General Debate: Human rights situation in Palestine and other occupied Arab territories Date: 2 October 2024 Oral Statement to the 57th Session of the UN Human Rights … [Read more...]
Alex Neve: A call for Canadian support for the ICC’s work with respect to Palestine/Israel
03/06/2024
Republished with permission of the author, Alex Neve, 29 May 2024 I am honoured to be among 375 Canadian law professors, lawyers, legal scholars, academics, civil society, faith and labour movement leaders, and former diplomats and parliamentarians, who have written the following Open Letter to the … [Read more...]
The Russian Federation’s Systematic Restrictions and Repressive Actions Against Human Rights Lawyers | Joint written statement to the UN Human Rights Council | September 2023
20/02/2024
Joint written statement submitted by Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada, International Bar Association, Lawyers for Lawyers, non-governmental organizations in special consultative status. OVD-Info, NGO without consultative status, also shares the views expressed in this statement. Submitted to the UN … [Read more...]
