Reports

Magristrate Jose Vidal Barillas Monzon and Rudy Rocael Pineda

Re: Magristrate Jose Vidal Barillas Monzon and Rudy Rocael Pineda To: President of Guatemala From: Heather Neun, LL.B., M.Phil Date: 2008-07-03 Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (“LRWC”) writes to condemn an alarming series of attacks and threats against justice system operators (“los … [Read more...]

Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG)

Re: Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) To: Honourable David Emerson, Minister of Foreign Affairs From: Heather Neun, LL.B. Date: 2008-07-03 We are writing to bring to your attention the grave situation facing the justice situation in Guatemala, and to urge the Canadian … [Read more...]

Promoting Global Peace and Justice: LRWC Law Lectures Report

Promoting Global Peace and Justice: LRWC Law Lectures Report by Siobhan Airey … [Read more...]

Omar Khadr: The Continuing Scandal of Illegal Detention and Torture

Omar Khadr: The Continuing Scandal of Illegal Detention and Torture by Fara McLaren … [Read more...]

Honourable Madam Justice Louise Arbour, UN High Commissioners for Human Rights

Re: Honourable Madam Justice Louise Arbour, UN High Commissioners for Human Rights To: To Whom it May Concern From: The Honourable Madam Justice Claire L'Heureux-Dubé (Québec), Charles B. Davison (Edmonton), James Tate (Vancouver), Steven Kelliher (Victoria), Gail Davidson (Vancouver), on … [Read more...]

David Nevin and Scott McKay

Re: David Nevin and Scott McKay To: Mr. Leandro DESPOUY, UN Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers From: Gail Davidson, Executive Director, LRWC, and Paulo de Tarso Lugon Arantes, LRWC Brazil Monitor Date: 2008-05-22 We write to advise you of the United States … [Read more...]

David Nevin and Scott McKay (ACLU) Legal Defense of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Guantánamo Bay

Re: David Nevin and Scott McKay (American Civil Liberties Union) Legal Defense of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Guantánamo Bay To: Mr. Leandro DESPOUY, UN Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers From: Gail Davidson, Executive Director and Paulo de Tarso Lugon … [Read more...]

Food Crisis: Special Session of the Human Rights Council Report

Food Crisis: Special Session of the Human Rights Council Report by Paulo Arantes … [Read more...]

Ms. Rezvan Moghadam & Ms. Parvin Ardalan

Re: Ms. Rezvan Moghadam & Ms. Parvin Ardalan To: His Excellency Ayatollah Sayed Ali Khamenei From: Tina Parbhakar, LRWC/Iran Monitor Date: 2008-05-09 LRWC has received information that Ms. Rezvan Moghadam and Ms. Parvin Ardalan, both members of the One Million Signatures Campaign … [Read more...]

Leandro Despouy: Summary of Reports on Independence of Judges and Lawyers

Leandro Despouy: Summary of Reports on Independence of Judges and Lawyers by Shireen Sondhi … [Read more...]