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Address Gaps in Remedies for Victims of Hostage-taking and Extra-legal Detention | Oral Statement to the 36th Session of the UN Human Rights Council
22/09/2017
Full PDF Version Video Stream Available (Chapter 43, at 01:17:34) Organization: Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada Item: Item 5 – General Debate: Human rights bodies and mechanisms Date: 20 September 2017 Speaker: … [Read more...]
Canada: Bill C-59 Does Not Address Human Rights and Civil Society Concerns | Joint Letter
19/09/2017
Full PDF Version (English) Full PDF Version (Français) Over 35 organisations and individuals from across Canadian civil society issued a joint letter to government that lays out overarching concerns with Bill C-59, An Act respecting national security matters. Bill C-59 makes some meaningful and … [Read more...]
Canada: Canadian Child Hostages Overseas: The Ultimate Commodity – Working Paper by Catherine Morris
12/09/2017
Full PDF Version Canadian Child Hostages Oversees, examines Canada’s international law obligations to secure the safe release of Canadian citizens taken hostage and illegally detained abroad generally. The working paper focuses on the current the case of Canadian citizen Joshua Boyle, his wife, … [Read more...]
Canada: Condemn Acts of Reprisal and Intimidation against Michael Lynk, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967 | Letter
03/08/2017
Full PDF Version 3 August 2017 The Honourable Chrystia Freeland, P.C., M.P. Minister of Foreign Affairs House of Commons Ottawa, ON K1A 0A6 chrystia.freeland@parl.gc.ca chrystia.freeland@international.gc.ca Dear Minister, Re: Reprisals and Intimidation against Michael Lynk, UN … [Read more...]
Thailand, Afghanistan: Victims of Trafficking | Oral Statement to the 35th Session of the Human Rights Council
12/06/2017
Full PDF Version Video Stream Available Here (starts at 2:03:00) Organization: Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada Item 3 – Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children Date: 9 June … [Read more...]
Canada: Statement to the Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises | Statement
05/06/2017
Full PDF Version Organization: Lawyers Rights Watch Canada Speakers: Part 1: Gail Davidson Part 2: Catherine Morris Date: Monday 29 May 2017 Re: Visit to Canada of the Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational … [Read more...]
Canada’s Forgotten Child Hostages | Op-ed by Catherine Morris
16/05/2017
Joshua Boyle and Caitlan Coleman were travelling in Central Asia when they were captured in Afghanistan in 2012. This family is no less entitled to protection against human rights violations than diplomats, aid workers or journalists. Full PDF Version Canada’s forgotten child hostages … [Read more...]
Canada: Reform Access to Information Act | Joint Letter
04/04/2017
Full PDF Version (Joint Letter) Full PDF Version (LRWC Letter to Joyce Murray) More than 50 civil society organisations and individuals endorsed an open letter calling on the Liberal Government to reform the Canada's Access to Information Act in accordance with pledges made during the election and … [Read more...]
Waleed Abu al-Khair and Dr. Cindy Blackstock Awarded Law Society of Upper Canada Human Rights Award in Award Ceremony
21/03/2017
Event Promo Poster (PDF) Law Society Gazette Coverage Event Photo Album Event Webcast Archive The Law Society of Upper Canada awarded the 2016 Human Rights Award at a 22 February Event, honouring Human rights defenders Waleed Abu al-Khair and LRWC Member Cindy Blackstock, PhD for their … [Read more...]
