Russia: Suppression of dissent facilitates aggression and atrocity crimes in Ukraine | Joint written statement to the UN Human Rights Council
09/06/2022
Full pdf written joint statement | See the written statement on the UN Human Rights Council website UPDATE: Also see the joint oral statement to the UN Human Rights Council on 14 June 2022. The statements call for the creation of a Special Rapporteur to document and address the human rights … [Read more...]
Eritrea: Extend the UN Special Rapporteur mandate and enshrine his “benchmarks for progress” | Joint letter to member and observer States of the UN Human Rights Council
31/05/2022
Full .pdf letter (EN) 20 May 2022 To Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the United Nations Human Rights Council (Geneva, Switzerland) Eritrea: Extend the UN Special Rapporteur mandate and enshrine his “benchmarks for progress” Excellencies, Ahead of the UN Human … [Read more...]
Sudan: Ensure continued public debates on the human rights situation | Joint letter to member and observer States of the UN Human Rights Council
31/05/2022
Full pdf letter (EN) | Full .pdf letter (FR) To Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council (Geneva, Switzerland) 19 May 2022 Sudan: Ensure continued public debates on the human rights situation … [Read more...]
Ukraine: Deteriorating human rights situation in Ukraine stemming from the Russian aggression | Joint statement to the Special Session of the UN Human Rights Council
12/05/2022
Full pdf joint statement See the Special Session. LRWC / IBAHRI statement at 23:51 See the resolution adopted at the Special Session Organization: Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada Item: 34th special session of the Human Rights Council on the deteriorating human rights situation in Ukraine … [Read more...]
Colombia: Report to UN Human Rights Committee | Joint submission
03/05/2022
Full pdf joint report See the submission on the UN OHCHR site On 2 May 2022, Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) joined Lawyers for Lawyers (L4L) in a submission to the UN Human Rights Committee (HRCttee) in preparation for the next review of Colombia's implementation of the International … [Read more...]
China: UN High Commissioner must uphold principled and coherent response to China’s human rights crisis | 联合国高级专员必须坚持原则性和连贯性来应对中国的人权危机 | Joint statement
26/04/2022
Full .pdf statement (EN) | Full pdf Statement (中文) 19 April 2022 UN High Commissioner must uphold principled and coherent response to China's human rights crisis 联合国高级专员必须坚持原则性和连贯性来应对中国的人权危机 UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet announced on 8 March that she has secured a … [Read more...]
Indonesia: UPR submission | Joint report
16/04/2022
Full pdf report On 31 March 2022, Lawyers for Lawyers and Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada submitted a report for the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Indonesia, scheduled to take place in November 2022. The report highlights concerns regarding Indonesia’s compliance with its … [Read more...]
Russia: Voted off UN ECOSOC’s Committee on NGOs after 75 years
15/04/2022
News update: On 13 April 2022, the UN’s Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) elected 19 members of the UN Committee on NGOs, a body mandated to accredit NGOs to the UN. Russia was voted off the Committee after being a member since the establishment of the Committee in 1947. There are no term … [Read more...]
UN General Assembly suspends Russia from Human Rights Council
07/04/2022
News update: On 7 April 2022, the UN General Assembly voted to suspend Russia from its membership in the UN Human Rights Council based on UN General Assembly Resolution 60/251, which provides that all members of the Council "shall uphold the highest standards in the promotion and protection of human … [Read more...]
Thailand: Angkhana Neelapaijit appointed to UN Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances
07/04/2022
LRWC welcomes the 1 April 2022 decision of the UN Human Rights Council to appoint Angkhana Neelapaijit, a prominent human rights advocate in Thailand, to the UN Working Group on enforced and involuntary disappearances (WGEID). Angkhana Neelapaijit has served as the Chair of the Working Group for … [Read more...]
