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Ensure effective, timely measures to uphold the rule of law | Oral statement to the UN Human Rights Council
Ensure effective, timely measures to uphold the rule of law | Oral statement to the UN Human Rights Council
Myanmar: Accountability for atrocity crimes | Joint oral statement to the UN Human Rights Council
Myanmar: Accountability for atrocity crimes | Joint oral statement to the UN Human Rights Council
Afghanistan: Urgent Call for Accountability for Human Rights Violations | Joint oral statement to the UN Human Rights Council
Afghanistan: Urgent Call for Accountability for Human Rights Violations | Joint oral statement to the UN Human Rights Council
China: Detention and deteriorating health of human rights lawyer Lu Siwei | Joint Statement
China: Detention and deteriorating health of human rights lawyer Lu Siwei | Joint Statement
International Day of the Endangered Lawyer, 24th January 2025 | 15th Edition – BELARUS
International Day of the Endangered Lawyer, 24th January 2025 | 15th Edition – BELARUS





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Colombia violates right to defend human rights | IACtHR
Colombia violates right to defend human rights | IACtHR

Thailand: Acquittal in SLAPP against whistleblower Chutima Sidasathian
Thailand: Acquittal in SLAPP against whistleblower Chutima Sidasathian

Global Coalition accepts UN Human Rights Prize
Global Coalition accepts UN Human Rights Prize

Russia: Voted off UN ECOSOC’s Committee on NGOs after 75 years
Russia: Voted off UN ECOSOC’s Committee on NGOs after 75 years

UN General Assembly suspends Russia from Human Rights Council
UN General Assembly suspends Russia from Human Rights Council

Thailand: Angkhana Neelapaijit appointed to UN Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances
Thailand: Angkhana Neelapaijit appointed to UN Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances

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Ensure effective, timely measures to uphold the rule of law | Oral statement to the UN Human Rights Council
04/03/2025
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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 … [Read More]
LRWC at the UN Human Rights Council

Ensure effective, timely measures to uphold the rule of law | Oral statement to the UN Human Rights Council
04/03/2025

Myanmar: Accountability for atrocity crimes | Joint oral statement to the UN Human Rights Council
28/02/2025