LRWC Newsletter: August 2012

LRWC Action News | Upcoming Events | UN Human Rights Council | International Delegation of Lawyers to Colombia | Notable US Law Suit | Publications Click here for the pdf version with photos LRWC ACTION NEWS Cambodia Mam Sonando - LRWC, the Centre for Law and Democracy (CLD), the … [Read more...]

Side Event: Promotion of Truth, Justice, Reparations and Guarantees of Non-recurrence | September 12, 2012, Palais des Nations, Geneva

Side Event on the Occasion of the Presentation of the First Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Promotion of Truth, Justice, Reparations and Guarantees of Non-recurrence Invitation to the Side Event (pdf) September 12, 2012, Palais des Nations, Geneva: LRWC and the Asian Legal Resource … [Read more...]

Sudan: Arbitrary Arrest and Detention of Human Rights Defenders

HE Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir Office of the President People’s Palace PO Box 281 Khartoum, Sudan Ali Ahmed Karti Ministry of Foreign Affairs/External Relations PO Box 873 Kharthoum, Sudan Advisory Council for Human Rights, Rapporteur PO Box 302 Khartoum, Sudan Ibrahim Mahmoud … [Read more...]

Cambodia: Detention of Mam Sonando, independent broadcaster and President of the Democrats Association

Centre for Law and Democracy, along with Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada and the International Federation of Journalists – Asia Pacific, have sent an open letter to Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen to protest the detention of Mam Sonando, an independent broadcaster and prominent critic of Cambodia’s … [Read more...]

Grace Li Xiu Woo | Board of Directors

Dr. Grace Li Xiu Woo participated in trade with the Peoples Republic of China in the late 70’s, worked at the Immigration and Refugee Board, and taught in the Program of Legal Studies for Native People at the University of Saskatchewan. She is the author of Ghost Dancing with Colonialism: … [Read more...]

Heather Neun | Board of Directors

Heather Neun practices in the areas of human rights and labour law. Her international experience extends back several decades. In 2008-2009, she volunteered with the Costa Rican office of the Centre for Justice and International Law (CEJIL), helping research and write submissions on behalf of two … [Read more...]

Gail Davidson | Board of Directors

Gail Davidson believes ‘the pen is mightier than the sword.’ For the past 20 years, she has worked to promote improved understanding and enforcement of international human rights law. She was the founder in 2000 and, until 1 June 2020, the Executive Director, of LRWC. In 2001, she co-founded with … [Read more...]

Paul Copeland | Board of Directors

Paul Copeland is a Toronto-based criminal defence and national security issues lawyer. He co-founded the Law Union of Ontario, was the Vice-President of the Criminal Lawyers Association, and was the Co-President of the Association in Defence of the Wrongly Convicted (AIDWYC).  Mr. Copeland from 1990 … [Read more...]

Lisa Barrett | Board of Directors

Lisa Barrett has been a social justice activist since her early teens.  She’s a director with  the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives and Vancity Credit union and a member of the Policy Council for the Canadian Community Economic Development Network. She’s also a member of the BC Civil … [Read more...]

Clive Ansley | Board of Directors

Clive Ansley has been actively involved with China and Sino-Canadian relations for almost 55 years. He speaks and reads Chinese and holds both undergraduate and graduate degrees in Chinese Studies and Law from Canadian universities, as well as a graduate degree in Chinese Law from the School of … [Read more...]