Turkey: UPR Submission, June 2014 | Joint Submission

Full PDF Version This submission outlines L4L’s and the Law Society’s key concerns regarding Turkey’s compliance with its international and national human rights commitments to guarantee effective access to legal services provided by an independent legal profession as set out in the Basic … [Read more...]

Turkey: Submissions on the Universal Periodic Review of Turkey from LRWC, Lawyers for Lawyers and Fair Trial Watch | Report

 Full PDF Version  This submission outlines key concerns regarding Turkey’s compliance with its international and national human rights commitments to guarantee effective access to legal services provided by an independent legal profession as set out in the Basic Principles, which is required … [Read more...]

Viet Nam: Failure to Comply with UPR Recommendations | Report

Full PDF Version Official UN Version Joint written statement by Lawyers for Lawyers and Lawyers Rights Watch Canada[1] to the 26th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council Agenda Item 6 – UPR Outcomes, Viet Nam Viet Nam: Failure to Comply with UPR … [Read more...]

Oral Statement to the UN Human Rights Council: UPR Outcomes: China | Statement

Full .pdf document Check Against Delivery Date: 19 March 2014 HRC section: Agenda Item 6 Speaker: Ms. Vani Selvarajah Oral Statement to the 25th Session of the UN Human Rights Council Regular Session - Oral Statement Item 6: UPR Outcomes: China Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada … [Read more...]

Viet Nam: Update Regarding Le Quoc Quan for the Pre-Session UPR on 27 November 2013 | Report

 Full PDF Version Update Viet Nam – Detention of Mr. Le Quoc Quan Update for the purpose of the Pre-session UPR regarding Viet Nam on 27 November 2013, on behalf of Lawyers for Lawyers (L4L), Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) and The Law Society. On 13 June 2013, L4L, LRWC and the Law … [Read more...]

Vietnam: Joint Submission for the Universal Periodic Review of Viet Nam | Joint Report

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...]

Mexico: Submissions to the Universal Periodic Review of Mexico | Reports

PDF of Submissions to the UPR of Mexico LAWYERS FOR LAWYERS (L4L), THE LAW SOCIETY OF ENGLAND AND WALES, LAWYERS’ RIGHTS WATCH CANADA JOINT UPR SUBMISSION – MEXICO, MARCH 2013 1.   Signatory organisations are submitting this report on the state of human rights in Mexico with recommendations to … [Read more...]

China: Submissions to the Universal Periodic Review of China | Reports

PDF of LRWC's submissions to the UPR of China LAWYERS FOR LAWYERS (L4L) AND LAWYERS’ RIGHTS WATCH CANADA (LRWC) JOINT UPR SUBMISSION – PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA, MARCH 2013 1.   Lawyers for Lawyers (hereinafter ‘L4L’) and Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (‘LRWC’) submit this report on the state of … [Read more...]

Submission to the 16th Session of the Universal Periodic Review on the State of Freedom of Expression in Canada

Full report (pdf) On October 9, 2012, LRWC, in collaboration with the BC Freedom of Information and Privacy Association, Canadian Journalists for Free Expression, the Centre for Law and Democracy, and PEN Canada submitted their report on the state of freedom of expression in Canada to … [Read more...]

Universal Periodic Review of China: No Independent Courts

Full report: UN Human Rights Council: Universal Periodic Review of China: No Independent Courts by LRWC This report details the complete failure of the rule of law2in China through: a. the absence of an independent judiciary and the required safeguards that would enable lawyers and other human … [Read more...]