Thailand: Allegation of Enforced Disappearance of Mr. Porlagee Rakcharoen (also known as Billy Rakchongcharoen), a Human Rights Defender
06/05/2014
Full PDF Version Porlagee Rakcharoen | chiangraitimes.com 5 May 2014 Ms. Yingluck Shinawatra, Prime Minister Office of the Prime Minister Government House, Pitsanulok Road Dusit, Bangkok, 10399 Thailand Fax: +66 2 280 0858, Webmaster@opm.go.th Mr. Jarupong Ruangsuwan Minister … [Read more...]
Independent civil society organizations and democracy: Thailand, Cambodia | Oral Statement at the UN Human Rights Council
16/09/2013
See full statement .pdf Date: 16 September, 2013 HRC section: Agenda Item 3 General Debate Speaker: Ms. Vani Selvarajah Oral Statement to the 24th Session of the UN Human Rights Council from Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC), a non-governmental organization in special consultative … [Read more...]
Thailand: Draft Amnesty Legislation | Letter
01/08/2013
Full PDF Version 1 August 2013 Ms. Yingluck Shinawatra, Prime Minister The Secretariat of the Prime Minister Office of the Prime Minister Government House Pitsanulok Road Dusit, Bangkok 10300 Thailand Fax: +66 2 280 0858 Webmaster@opm.go.th Mr. Abhisit … [Read more...]
Corporations and Human Rights: Oral Intervention at the UN Human Rights Council | Statement
31/05/2013
UN Webcast (see 55 at 02:42:02) | PDF version Item: Item 3 Interactive Dialogue Speaker: Paulo de Tarso Lugon Arantes Date: Friday 31 May 2013 Re: Report of the Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises Oral Statement to … [Read more...]
Civil Society Denounces Adoption of Flawed ASEAN Human Rights Declaration: AHRD falls far below international standards
19/11/2012
On 19 November 2012, Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) joined a statement by a group of NGOs raising deep concerns about the ASEAN Human Rights Declaration adopted by the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) on 18 November 2012. The NGOs stated: "We will not use it in our work as groups … [Read more...]
Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand: Business enterprises and attacks on human rights defenders and protestors | Oral Statement, UN Human Rights Council
20/06/2012
Full PDF Version 21 June 2012 Item 3: Interactive Dialogue with the Working Group on the Issue of Human Rights and Transnational Corporations and Other Business Enterprises Oral Statement to the 20th Session of the UN Human Rights Council from Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC), a … [Read more...]
Thailand: Trials of Somyot & Chiranuch
10/02/2012
Thailand: Trials of Somyot & Chiranuch - Letter from LRWC, obs, CRD, Forum-Asia, Protection International, Clean Clothes Campaign … [Read more...]
Thailand – Upcoming trials of human rights defenders Somyot Prueksakasemsuk and Ms Chiranuch Premchaiporn
10/02/2012
Re: Thailand – Upcoming trials of human rights defenders Somyot Prueksakasemsuk and Ms Chiranuch Premchaiporn To: H.E. Yingluck Shinawatra From: LRWC, OBS, CRD, Forum-Asia, Protection International, Clean Clothes Campaign Date: 2012-02-10 We, the undersigned independent human … [Read more...]
Thailand – Human rights defender and magazine editor Somyot Prueksakasemsuk faces lèse majesté charge
15/11/2011
Re: Thailand - Human rights defender and magazine editor Somyot Prueksakasemsuk faces lèse majesté charge To: Prime Minister Yingluck Shinnawatra From: Front Line Defenders; Protection International; Clean Clothes Campaign; Asian Forum on Human Rights and Development; International Federation … [Read more...]
Thailand: Murder of Mr. Thongnak Sawekchinda & the situation of human rights defenders in Thailand
24/08/2011
Re: Murder of Mr. Thongnak Sawekchinda & the situation of human rights defenders in Thailand To: Ms. Yingluck Shinawatra, Prime Minister From: Gail Davidson, Executive Director, LRWC Date: 2011-08-24 We have become aware of the murder of Mr. Thongnak Sawekchinda, an … [Read more...]
