Audio / Visual
UN Human Rights Council: Pursuing Accountability and Justice in Sri Lanka | Oral video statement
07/03/2022
Full pdf statement See the debate on Sri Lanka beginning 4 March 2022. See video of continued debate 7 March 2022 (LRWC statement at 01:03:29) Organization: Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada Item: Item 2: Interactive Dialogue on the OHCHR report on Sri Lanka (HRC res. 46/2) Date: 3 March … [Read more...]
Belarus and Myanmar lawyers honoured: U Khin Maung Zaw (Myanmar) and Maksim Znak and Liudmila Kazak (Belarus) | Video
19/11/2021
L4L Laureates from Belarus: Also honoured were shortlisted lawyers collective from Algeria and Myanmar lawyer U Khin Maung Zaw On 18 November, Lawyers for Lawyers (L4L) honoured Myanmar lawyer U Khin Maung Zaw as a short-listed candidate in its annual Prize awarded to a lawyer who has made … [Read more...]
China: The Persecution List / 中國人權律師受迫害名單 | Video
15/07/2021
This 13:17-minute video was shown at the 5th China Human Rights Lawyers Day conference held 7 July 2021 (2021.7.09), the 6th anniversary of the “709 Crackdown” against human rights lawyers in China in 2015. Listing the names of lawyers arbitrarily detained, tortured, disappeared, disbarred or died … [Read more...]
The 5th China Human Rights Lawyers Day 第五屆中國人權律師節 | Online conference video
09/07/2021
See the Conference Programme (pdf). Speakers and organizers are listed below. The conference starts at 13:20 in the video. View the 13-minute video, "The Persecution List" The 5th China Human Rights Lawyers Day conference was held on 7 July 2021 (2021.7.09). On the 6th anniversary of the … [Read more...]
Vietnam: Justice for the People of Dong Tam | Update and video
26/03/2021
Previous LRWC Joint Letter (Link to post and PDF) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mNJminxbew LRWC is monitoring ongoing violation of fair trial rights of citizens of Dong Tam, Vietnam, several of whom have been sentenced to the death penalty or lengthy prison sentences in an unfair … [Read more...]
The UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies: An overview by Marcia Kran, member of the UN Human Rights Committee | 10 December 2020
05/03/2021
Marcia Kran Lecture .pdf | More about the webinar Amplifying the Impact of UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies on the Enjoyment of Human Rights: Opportunities for Civil Society Action Marcia V. J. Kran, O.C., Member of the UN Human Rights Committee[1] Lawyers Rights Watch Canada … [Read more...]
International Human Rights Day: An overview of the UN Human Rights System | Webinar on 10 December 2020
02/12/2020
UPDATED: See the speaking notes for Marcia Kran's lecture on the UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies 10 December 2020 If you attended: 1.5 hours of CPD credits available for BC and Ontario lawyers Organized and hosted by Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada 12:30-2:00 pm Pacific | 3:30-5:00 pm … [Read more...]
China: Oral Statement to the 45th Session of the UN Human Rights Council
21/09/2020
Full PDF (ENG) See the oral video statement as shown at the UN Human Rights Council (00:52:48) See the full Interactive Dialogue with the Independent Expert on the Rights of Older Persons (Part 1) | Part 2 NGO in Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the … [Read more...]
Turkey and Iran: Oral Statement to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) | Joint video statement
21/09/2020
Full PDF Statement (ENG) See the oral video statement as seen at the UN Human Rights Council (at 1:36:50) See the full Interactive Dialogue with the WGAD NGOs in Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations Video Intervention: Check against … [Read more...]
Transferring to Torture: Canada Human Rights and Detainees | Michael Byer
28/06/2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-fezviKVpo Michael Byers examines whether the transfer of people captured in Afghanistan by the Canadian Armed Forces to Afghan authorities violated international law including the Geneva Conventions, the Convention against Torture and the Rome Statute. Michael … [Read more...]
