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 02:09:20 (pinpoint time may change) 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 … [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...]
China’s continued failure to ensure fair trials and protect lawyers | Joint oral statement to the Human Rights Council 63rd session
15/09/2026
Full pdf joint statement | UN WebTV at 03:12:22 | Transcript available on UN website Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada Item 3: Interactive Dialogue with the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention Date: 14 September 2026 Speaker: Harini Sivalingam Oral Statement to the 63rd Session of the … [Read more...]
Wave of Withdrawals and New US Campaign Threaten Victims’ Access to Justice: The International Criminal Court Needs Immediate Action from Its States Parties | Joint Statement
31/08/2026
Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada is among 136 civil society organisations from 56 countries that issued a joint statement led by the Coalition for the International Criminal Court (CICC) calling on all States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court to respond collectively to … [Read more...]
United States: ICE arrests Chinese lawyer Wu Shaoping | Joint statement
29/07/2026
Full pdf joint statement Joint statement: ICE arrests Chinese lawyer Wu Shaoping 29 July 2026 The Law Society of England and Wales, Lawyers for Lawyers, Asian Lawyers Network, International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute, Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada, and the Council of Bars … [Read more...]
Defending Justice: A call to reject the United States’ Campaign Against the ICC | CICC Statement
17/07/2026
See the statement on the CICC website. LRWC is a member of the CICC. 17 JULY 2026 Author: Coalition for the International Criminal Court (CICC) The Coalition for the International Criminal Court (CICC) condemns in the strongest term possible the US administration’s newest … [Read more...]
Why Canadians Need the Luxembourg Convention on Protection of the Legal Profession | Article
07/07/2026
By Catherine Morris First published in Slaw.ca: Canada’s online legal magazine, 28 May 2026. Republished by permission. Several Canadian governments have been using politicised rhetoric against “self-interested” lawyers and “biased” courts to garner popular support for increased control of the … [Read more...]
