Canada: Statement to the Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises | Statement
05/06/2017
Full PDF Version Organization: Lawyers Rights Watch Canada Speakers: Part 1: Gail Davidson Part 2: Catherine Morris Date: Monday 29 May 2017 Re: Visit to Canada of the Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational … [Read more...]
Viet Nam: Report on Viet Nam’s failure to implement 2014 Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Recommendations | Joint Report
12/05/2017
Full PDF Version Report on Viet Nam's failure to implement 2014 Universal Periodic Review (UPR) recommendations. Viet Nam accepted recommendations to ensure: access to legal counsel; freedom of expression rights; and, a favourable working environment of human rights defenders and lawyers. The … [Read more...]
Viet Nam: Response to Submissions Made by Government of Viet Nam in the Matter of Nguyễn Văn Đài | UN WGAD Petition
18/04/2017
Full PDF Version In the Matter of NGUYỄN VĂN ĐÀI: On 17 April 2017 NGOs petitioning for the release of imprisoned Vietnamese lawyer Nguyễn Văn Đài, filed a response to submissions made by Viet Nam on 6 April in reply to the petition filed by the petitioners on 25 November with the UN Working Group … [Read more...]
Myanmar: Need for an International Commission of Inquiry, and an Independent, Self-Governing Legal Profession | Joint Oral Statement to the 34th Session of the UN Human Rights Council
13/03/2017
Full PDF Version Video Stream (Starts at 1:59:39) MYANMAR: Commission of Inquiry into persecution of Rohingya needed - The joint statement of LRWC, the ICJ and the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute, supporting a Commission of Inquiry and called for a proper investigation of … [Read more...]
UN Side Event “The Independence of the Legal Profession” | UN Side Event
08/03/2017
Event Leaflet (PDF) On 16th March 2017, Lawyers for Lawyers, in partnership with the Law Society of England and Wales, is organising a UN side event at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. LRWC is co-sponsoring the event along with various other NGOs. The side event will focus on … [Read more...]
Oral Statement to the 34th Session of the UN Human Rights Council | Oral Statement
27/02/2017
Full PDF Version Video Stream Available Here (Starts at 56:03) Check Against Delivery Organization: Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada Item: Item 3 – Clustered Interactive Dialogue with Special Rapporteur on human rights defenders and Special … [Read more...]
Vietnam: LRWC and Other NGOs Petition UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention to Recommend Release of Nguyen Van Dai
29/11/2016
Full PDF Version Viet Nam - NGOs have asked the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention for a ruling that prominent human rights lawyer Nguyễn Văn Đài is arbitrarily detained and to recommend his immediate release. The Complaint filed 25 November 2016, identifies and provides examples of … [Read more...]
Reports from the Assembly of State Parties to the International Criminal Court
25/11/2016
Full PDF: Report from the 15th Assembly of State Parties – 16-24 November 2016 … [Read more...]
Oral Statement to the 33rd Session of the UN Human Rights Council Regarding Thailand, Cambodia, Honduras, India | Oral Statement
29/09/2016
Full PDF Version Full DOC Version Video Stream Available Here (Starts at 02:40:46) Organization: Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada Item: Item 10 – General Debate: Technical Assistance and Capacity-building Date: 28 September 2016 Speaker: Mr. Gavin Magrath Oral Statement to the 33rd … [Read more...]
Cambodia: LRWC Oral Statement to the 33rd Session of the UN Human Rights Council | Oral Statement
28/09/2016
Full PDF Version Full DOC Version A video of this statement can be viewed here (statement begins at 1:00:54) Organization: Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada Item: Item 10 - Cambodia Date: 28 September 2016 Speaker: Mr. Gavin Magrath Oral Statement to the 33rd Session of the UN Human … [Read more...]
