Canada Campaigns
The Right to Legal Aid: How British Columbia’s Legal Aid System Fails to Meet International Obligations
15/09/2014
Full PDF Version As a result of drastic reductions in funding for legal aid services in British Columbia (BC) over the past fifteen years, the province now fails to meet even the most basic legal aid needs of British Columbians to the point that BC has attracted international criticism … [Read more...]
Canada: Minister of Foreign Affairs’ Criticisms of Gaza Inquiry are Misleading | Statement
25/08/2014
Full PDF Version [typographical corrections are in square brackets] Minister of Foreign Affairs John Baird’s statements slamming recent decisions on Gaza by the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) are one-sided and distort the truth. On 11 August 2014, the Minister called the HRC’s decisions on … [Read more...]
Canada: The Shrinking Space for Dissent in Canada | Report
27/05/2014
Full PDF Version Official UN Version Lawyers Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) Contact: Gail Davidson lrwc@portal.ca Tel: +1 604 736 1175 Fax: +1 604 736 1170 Interactive Dialogue Agenda Item 3 – Freedom of Expression Written Statement by Lawyers Rights Watch Canada[1] to the 26th … [Read more...]
Event: Speaking Out on Human Rights: Debating Canada’s Human Rights System – 9 June 2014 | Poster
13/05/2014
Full PDF Version Monday 9 June at 7 p.m. The Alma VanDusen & Peter Kaye Rooms, Lower Level Central Library, 350 West Georgia Street Free! Seating is limited. The human rights system in Canada has been the object of sustained debate and vehement criticism, based largely on … [Read more...]
Canada: Letter regarding Anti-SLAPP Law | Letter
29/04/2014
The Honourable Madeleine Meilleur Ministry of the Attorney General McMurtry-Scott Building 720 Bay Street, 11th Floor Toronto, ON M7A 2S9 April 4, 2014 Dear Attorney General, We are writing to congratulate you on your appointment as Ontario’s Attorney General. We are also writing to … [Read more...]
First Nations’ Rights Speaker Series: The Gap between Law and Practice – May 1, 2014 | Poster
09/04/2014
Full PDF Poster Pipelines and Indigenous Sovereignty: Kinder Morgan and Northern Gateway Grand Chief Stewart Phillip, President of the Union of BC Indian Chiefs and Chair of the OkanaganNation Alliance, with Ardith Walkem, lawyer, author and member of Nlaka'pamux Nation. Thursday, May … [Read more...]
Canada: Implementation of International Human Rights Treaties in Canada | Briefing Note
31/03/2014
Full PDF Version Implementation of international human rights treaties in Canada Briefing note 1 March 2014 Catherine Morris This briefing note explains Canada’s legal responsibility to implement and enforce international human rights treaties at every level of the country. It … [Read more...]
Canada: Trinity Western University – Covenant and a Law School | Letter
28/03/2014
Full PDF Version March 28, 2014 BY EMAIL jvarro@lsuc.on.ca TWU Submissions Policy Secretariat Law Society of Upper Canada Osgoode Hall 130 Queen Street West Toronto, ON M5H 2N6 Dear Sirs/Mesdames: Re: Trinity Western University – Covenant and a Law School We write … [Read more...]
LRWC Submissions Re: Trinity Western University Accreditation | Letter
05/03/2014
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