Dr. Ed Levy | Board of Directors

Dr. Ed Levy Ph.D., taught philosophy of science at the University of British Columbia from 1967 to 1987, at which point he joined the biotechnology company, QLT Inc.  Ed served as Senior Vice President of Corporate Development of QLT, which developed the first medical treatment for macular … [Read more...]

Gavin Magrath | Board of Directors

Gavin Magrath is a Toronto-based lawyer whose private practice focuses on Canadian litigation liability arising out of international transportation and logistics activities. He has represented forwarders, carriers, ship owners, and cargo interests in litigation and dispute resolution and has … [Read more...]

Siobhan Airey | Board of Directors

  Siobhan Airey is completing her doctorate in law at the University of Ottawa on the international governance of Official Development Assistance or development aid. She has worked as a professional research and social policy consultant, and in international development. She was the planning … [Read more...]

Gary Anandasangaree | Board of Directors

Gary Anandasangaree came to Canada as a refugee in 1983. His memories, personal history as well as that of his community inform and animate his engagement with human rights work locally, provincially, nationally and internationally. Gary is both human rights activist and lawyer: for more than twenty … [Read more...]

First Nations’ Rights Speaker Series: The Gap between Law and Practice – May 9, 2013

Savage Anxieties: Indigenous Peoples’ Human Rights and the Not-So-Special Case of Hul’qumi’num Treaty Group v. Canada before the Inter-American Human Rights Commission Throughout the centuries, conquest, war, and unspeakable acts of racist violence and colonial dispossession have all been … [Read more...]

The Accountability Gap: Canadian Mining in Mexico (and beyond)

Wednesday April 17, 2013, 7:00 – 8:30 pm at the Vancouver Public Library Emily Dwyer and Alejandra Ancheita will identify abuses by Canadian mining companies operating outside Canada and possible means of obtaining legal remedies for victims and promoting adherence to international human rights … [Read more...]

Sri Lanka: Oral Intervention at the UN Human Rights Council on Deteriorating Human Rights in Sri Lanka | Statement

PDF version Re: Interactive Dialogue with High Commissioner Lawyers Rights Watch Canada March 4, 2013 Speaker: Vani Selvarajah Thank you Mr. President, Madam High Commissioner, on behalf of Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada and the International Movement Against All Forms of Discrimination … [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...]

First Nations Rights Speaker Series History

2013 - First Nations Rights: the Gap between Law and Practice January 24, 2013 - Debunking the Doctrine of Discovery Robert Morales unveils the continuing effects of this archaic doctrine used to justifiy seizure of lands and oppression of peoples. Morales talk power point. Video available … [Read more...]

First Nations Rights: the Gap between Law and Practice

2013 - First Nations Rights: the Gap between Law and Practice January 24, 2013 - Debunking the Doctrine of Discovery Robert Morales unveils the continuing effects of this archaic doctrine used to justifiy seizure of lands and oppression of peoples. Morales talk power point. Video available … [Read more...]