International legal community condemns US sanctions against the International Criminal Court
16/10/2026
Full .pdf joint statement of 17 international legal organizations International legal community condemns US sanctions against the International Criminal Court Joint statement, 16 October 2026 The undersigned organisations strongly condemn the latest sanctions imposed by the US … [Read more...]
Institutional sanctions against the ICC escalate the unprecedented assault on international justice | Statement of the Coalition for the International Criminal Court
09/10/2026
Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada is a member of the Coalition for the International Criminal Court (CICC). See the statement on the CICC website (EN). | Las sanciones institucionales contra la CPI agravan la ofensiva sin precedentes contra la justicia internacional (ES) UPDATE: On 12 October 2026, the … [Read more...]
Vietnam must release Norwegian and Australian human rights defenders abducted in Cambodia | Joint statement
07/10/2026
Full pdf joint statemet 7 October 2026 Vietnam must release Norwegian and Australian human rights defenders abducted in Cambodia We, the undersigned organizations, condemn in strongest possible terms the abduction of three human rights defenders by Vietnamese authorities in Cambodia and … [Read more...]
Cambodia: Halt impunity for human rights violations including transnational repression | Joint oral statement to the UN Human Rights Council
02/10/2026
Full pdf joint statement | See the statement on the UN Website | Watch the debate on WEbTV starting at 1:23:20, with LRWC's statement at 2:25:00 Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada Item 10: Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia Date: 2 … [Read more...]
Belarus: Call on Belarusian authorities to immediately release lawyer Dmitri Laevski | Joint statement
24/09/2026
Full .pdf joint statement 16 September 2026 Lawyers for Lawyers, Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada, the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute, the International Observatory for Lawyers and The Law Society of England and Wales strongly condemn the conviction and imprisonment … [Read more...]
Hong Kong SAR: Urgent concern for the conviction and sentencing of lawyer Chow Hang-tung | Joint statement
22/09/2026
Full .pdf joint statement, dated 21 September 2026 Urgent concern for the conviction and sentencing of lawyer Chow Hang-tung [21 September 2026] Lawyers for Lawyers, Asian Lawyers Network, the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe, the International Bar … [Read more...]
United States: Executive interference with independence of immigration judges | Joint statement to the UN Human Rights Council
22/09/2026
Full .pdf Joint Statement | Statement on UN WebTV at 01:32:05 Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada Item 4: General Debate 21 September 2026 Speaker: Gavin Magrath Joint Oral Statement to the 63rd Session of the UN Human Rights Council from Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC), the … [Read more...]
Russia: Escalating attacks on jurists and human rights defenders including transnational repression | Joint oral statement to the UN Human Rights Council
21/09/2026
Full .pdf joint oral video statement | See the text of the statement on the UN website| See the video on UN WebTV at 51:37 Also see the Special Rapporteur's report to the Human Rights Council A/HRC/63/60 in English and русский (Russian) and a 22 September 2026 press conference (English) with the … [Read more...]
The Dismantling of Independent Legal Defense in the Islamic Republic of Iran: Lawyers Under Attack | Written statement to the UN Human Rights Council
19/09/2026
Full pdf joint written statement | See the statement on the UN website | Also see WebTV for the Interactive dialogue with the UN Fact Finding Mission on Iran at 1:00 | See text of joint oral statement The Dismantling of Independent Legal Defense in the Islamic Republic of Iran: Lawyers Under … [Read more...]
Lawyers Under Siege: The Situation of Lawyers in the Russian Federation and in Exile | Side event at UN Human Rights Council, 23 September 2026
17/09/2026
Side event pdf Flyer Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada is one of the co-sponsors of a side event to be held in conjunction with the 63rd session of the UN Human Rights Council. “Lawyers Under Siege: The Situation of Lawyers in the Russian Federation and in Exile,” is scheduled for Wednesday, 23 … [Read more...]
