United States: 38 international civil society organizations file joint amicus brief in US lawsuit challenging Trump’s ICC sanctions
24/09/2026
Full pdf release 38 international civil society organizations file joint amicus brief in US lawsuit challenging Trump’s ICC sanctions Immediate release Vancouver, 24 September 2026 – Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) has joined Amnesty International and 36 other civil society … [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...]
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...]
Chilling effects of digital surveillance on human rights defenders | Joint oral statement to the 62nd session of the UN Human Rights Council
23/06/2026
Full pdf Joint Statement | Watch on UN WebTV at 01:12:27 Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada Item 3: Interactive Dialogue on the report of the Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association Date: 23 June 2026 Speaker: Catherine Morris Oral Statement … [Read more...]
Attacks against the International Criminal Court: Who cares about victims of atrocity crimes? | Article
01/05/2026
By Catherine Morris First published in Slaw.ca: Canada’s online legal magazine, 28 January 2026. Republished by permission. When the distinguished Canadian jurist, Kimberly Prost, began her term as a judge of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in 2017, she could not have imagined what … [Read more...]
LRWC activities at the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the ICC, December 2025 | Report
12/12/2025
Full pdf report LRWC activities at the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court The Hague, Netherlands 1 to 6 December 2025 Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) sent two delegates to the 24th session of the Assembly of States Parties (ASP) to the … [Read more...]
Ending Impunity for Atrocity Crimes Requires Action: Words are not enough | Written Statement by LRWC to the 24th Assembly of States Parties of the Rome Statute of the ICC
04/12/2025
Full .pdf statement Ending Impunity for Atrocity Crimes Requires Action: Words are not enough All States Parties to the Rome Statute must cooperate fully with the International Criminal Court Written Statement by Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) to the 24th Assembly of States Parties of … [Read more...]
United States: Halt sanctions against Council Special Procedures, ICC jurists and human rights defenders | Joint Statement to the UN Human Rights Council
25/09/2025
Full pdf joint statement | Watch on UN WebTV at 2:44:24 Organization: Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada Item: Item 5: General Debate Date: 25 September 2025 Speaker: Catherine Morris Oral Statement to the 60th Session of the UN Human Rights Council from Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada, the … [Read more...]
Canada must break its silence about US threats against the International Criminal Court | Statement
28/08/2025
Full pdf statement Also see the 22 August 2025 statement on United States sanctions: Threat to independence of the International Criminal Court and Special Procedures of the UN Human Rights Council Canada must break its silence about US threats against the International Criminal … [Read more...]
United States sanctions: Threat to independence of the International Criminal Court and Special Procedures of the UN Human Rights Council | Statement
23/08/2025
Full .pdf updated statement Also see the 28 August Statement: Canada must break its silence about US threats against the International Criminal Court United States sanctions: Threat to independence of the International Criminal Court and Special Procedures of the UN Human Rights … [Read more...]
