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...]
Cambodia: Further deterioration of the rule of law | Joint Statement to the UN Human Rights Council
03/10/2025
Full pdf joint statement See full debate video on UN WebTV at 44:27. LRWC joint statement at 1:50:47. Organization: Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada Item: Item 10: Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia Date: 3 October … [Read more...]
Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada at the UN Human Rights Council’s 57th Session, 9 September to 11 October 2024
18/10/2024
Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada participated in the 57th Session of the UN Human Rights Council held from 9 September to 11 October 2024. LRWC gave eight statements, several of which were joined or endorsed by other NGOs. In addition, LRWC joined four statements delivered by other NGOs. Afghanistan, … [Read more...]
Cambodia: Comply with international law and stop harassing defenders and dissidents | Oral statement at the UN Human Rights Council
18/10/2024
Full .pdf statement See more LRWC statements at the 57th session of the UN Human Rights Council Organization: Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada Item 10: Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia Date: 7 October 2024 Speaker: Catherine … [Read more...]
The global problem of enforced disappearances: “Outside all protection of the law” | Written statement submitted to the UN Human Rights Council
23/01/2024
Written statement submitted by Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada, a non-governmental organization in special consultative status. Peacemakers Trust, The 29 Principles, Network of Chinese Human Rights Defenders, Colombian Caravana, Memorial Human Rights Defence Centre, NGOs without consultative status, … [Read more...]
LRWC intervenes at the UN Human Rights Council on violations in over a dozen countries | Letters and statements at the 51st Session 12 September to 7 October 2022
07/10/2022
During the 51st session of the UN Human Rights Council held 12 September to 7 October 2022, Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) intervened to seek the Council's action to address serious human rights violations in a number of countries including: Afghanistan, Cambodia, China, Myanmar, the Occupied … [Read more...]
Cambodia Should Scrap Rights-Abusing National Internet Gateway | Joint Statement
16/05/2022
16 May 2022 We, the following 32 human rights organizations, call on the Cambodian authorities to revoke the Sub-Decree on the Establishment of the National Internet Gateway (NIG). Since passage of the sub-decree on February 16, 2021, the government has yet to address the serious human rights … [Read more...]
ACTION NEWS: LRWC Newsletter Spring 2022
30/04/2022
Join or Renew | Support LRWC's work LRWC Action News Spring 2022 Edition (full .pdf) Afghanistan | Belarus | Cambodia | Canada | China | Colombia | Iran | Myanmar | Philippines | Russia | Saudi Arabia | South Sudan | Thailand | Turkey | Ukraine | United States | United Nations | International … [Read more...]
UN Human Rights Council: Cambodia: Fulfil treaty promises with action to uphold rights of dissidents and defenders
29/03/2022
Full .pdf statement See the debate at UN WebTV (part 1). Debate, Part 2. LRWC statement at 42:13 Organization: Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada Item: Item 10: Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia Date: 29 March 2021 Speaker: … [Read more...]
ACTION NEWS: LRWC Newsletter Winter 2021-2022
17/01/2022
Join or Renew | Support LRWC's work LRWC Action News Winter 2021-2022 Edition (full .pdf) Afghanistan | Cambodia | Cameroon | Cambodia | Canada | China and Hong Kong | Colombia | Egypt | India | Iran | Myanmar | Philippines | Russia | Saudi Arabia | Thailand | Turkey | UN Human Rights Council | … [Read more...]
