Myanmar must ensure the independence of the legal profession | Oral Statement at the 44th Session of the Human Rights Council
15/07/2020
Full PDF (ENG) Video of statement, Chapter 20, at 00:30 Video Intervention: Check against delivery Organization: Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada Item: Item 4: Interactive Dialogue, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar Date: 13 July 2020 Speaker: Joseph Doyle Oral … [Read more...]
China: End restrictions on free media and lawyers | Joint oral statement at the 44th session of the UN Human Rights Council
10/07/2020
Full PDF (ENG) Link to full oral statement at Chapter 65 at 02:02:28 Statement at 44th session of the UN Human Rights Council Item 3: Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression Speaker: Salma El Hosseiny, International Service for Human … [Read more...]
Don’t Violate Human Rights While Responding to COVID-19, Say 33 NGOs | Joint Statement
09/04/2020
Full PDF (ENG) | Meeting Webcast Human Rights Council virtual informal conversation with the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Joint NGO statement on civil and political rights Thursday, 09 April 2020 Civil society’s call to states: we are in this together, don’t violate human … [Read more...]
South Sudan: Human Rights Violations and Corporate Accountability in the Report of the Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan | Oral Statement to the 43rd Session of the UNHRC
13/03/2020
Live stream video, Chapter 27, 01:00:12 Full PDF Statement Check Against Delivery Organizations: Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada Item: Item 4 Date: 9 March 2020 Speaker: Gabriella Casanova Oral Statement of the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) and Lawyers’ Rights Watch … [Read more...]
United Nations: Support Consensus Renewal of the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders | Letter
05/03/2020
Full PDF (ENG) / Full PDF (FRE) 43 NGOs call on all UN member states to support extension of the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders by: participating in negotiations on and co-sponsoring the resolution to extend the mandate; opposing attempts to dilute the mandate or … [Read more...]
South Sudan: Call to End the Repression and Persecution of Lawyers | Oral Statement to the 42nd Session of the UN Human Rights Council
27/09/2019
Live stream video, Chapter 49, 01:45:10 Full PDF Statement Check Against Delivery Organizations: Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada Item: Item 10: Interactive Dialogue with the Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan Date: 25 September 2019 Speaker: Paul Scambler Oral Statement to the … [Read more...]
Yemen: Call to Ban Export of Arms to the Conflict in Yemen | Oral Statement to the 42nd Session of the UN Human Rights Council
26/09/2019
Live stream video, Chapter 72, 02:38:14 Full PDF Statement Check Against Delivery Organizations: Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada Item: Item 10 General Debate Date: 26 September 2019 Speaker: Paul Scambler Oral Statement to the 42nd Session of the UN Human Rights Council from Lawyers’ … [Read more...]
Cambodia: Failure to Fulfill International Human Rights Obligations | Joint Oral Statement to the 42nd Session of the UN Human Rights Council
25/09/2019
Live stream video, Chapter 21, 00:57:36 Full PDF Statement Check Against Delivery Organizations: Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC), the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), and International Service for Human Rights (ISHR) Item: Item 10 – Interactive dialogue on the Report of … [Read more...]
Philippines: Stop the Attacks and Extrajudicial Killings of Lawyers | Oral Statement to the 42nd Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council
18/09/2019
Live stream video, Chapter 7, 00:11:20 Full PDF Statement Check Against Delivery Item: Item 4, General Debate Date: 17 September 2019 Organization: Lawyers for Lawyers Speaker: Catherine Morris Oral Statement to … [Read more...]
Myanmar & Bangladesh: Rights, Dignity, and Future of Genocide Survivors at Stake | Joint Oral Statement to the 42nd Session of the UN Human Rights Council
17/09/2019
Live stream video, Chapter 38, 01:39:49 Full PDF Statement Check Against Delivery Item: Item 4: Interactive Dialogue, Special Rapporteur on Myanmar (Oral Update) Date: 16 September 2019 Organization: Lawyers' Rights Watch … [Read more...]
