The Dismantling of Independent Legal Defense in the Islamic Republic of Iran: Lawyers Under Attack | Written statement to the UN Human Rights Council
19/09/2026
Full pdf joint written statement | See the statement on the UN website | Also see WebTV for the Interactive dialogue with the UN Fact Finding Mission on Iran at 1:00 | See text of joint oral statement The Dismantling of Independent Legal Defense in the Islamic Republic of Iran: Lawyers Under … [Read more...]
Iran: Escalating attacks on lawyers defending human rights | Joint oral statement to the UN Human Rights Council
26/06/2026
Full .pdf joint statement | Watch video on UN WebTV at 02:27:30 Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada Item 3: Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on independence of judges and lawyers Date: 25 June 2026 Speaker: Paria Saremi Oral Statement to the 62nd Session of the UN Human … [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...]
Iran: Urgent call for intervention concerning renewed arrest of Nasrin Sotoudeh and continuing detention of Reza Khandan | Joint letter
15/04/2026
Full pdf joint letter On 10 April 2026, Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada joined a group of 30 international legal organizations in a letter to several UN Special Procedures mandate holders calling for their intervention to seek the immediate and unconditional release of Iranian human … [Read more...]
Iran: Grave risks to lawyers and prisoners of conscience amid armed conflict | Joint oral statement to the UN Human Rights Council
23/03/2026
Full pdf joint statement Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada Item 4: General Debate 16 March 2026 Speaker: Catherine Morris Oral Statement to the 61st Session of the UN Human Rights Council from Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada and the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute, … [Read more...]
Iran: Reprisals Against Lawyers Amid Armed Conflict | Joint Statement
02/03/2026
Full pdf joint statement Joint Statement on Iran Ongoing Assault on Access to Independent Counsel and Reprisals Against Lawyers Amid Armed Conflict 2 March 2026 We, the undersigned organisations and members of the international legal community, raise urgent concern about the rapidly … [Read more...]
Iran: Denial of Access to Legal Representation in Iran and the Arrest of Lawyers | Joint statement
10/02/2026
Full pdf joint statement Joint Statement condemning Denial of Access to Legal Representation in Iran and the Arrest of Lawyers 10 February, 2026 We, the undersigned organisations and members of the international legal community, express our grave concern regarding the systematic denial … [Read more...]
Iran: Crackdown on human rights since the June 2025 ceasefire between Iran and Israel | Joint Statement to the Human Rights Council
23/09/2025
Full pdf joint statement | Watch on UN WebTV at 1:25:23 Organization: Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada Item 4: General debate Date: 23 September 2025 Speaker: Paria Saremi Oral Statement to the 60th Session of the UN Human Rights Council from Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC), and … [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...]
China, Iran and Türkiye: Systematic pattern of arbitrary detention of lawyers | Joint oral statement to the UN Human Rights Council
21/06/2022
Full .pdf statement See the full debate on UN WebTV. The statement of LRWC is at 1:43:55 Organization: Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada Item: Item 3: Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers Date: 20 June 2022 Speaker: Brian … [Read more...]
