Canada: Implementation of CERD and CAT recommendations regarding murders and disappearances of Aboriginal women and girls | Report
04/11/2012
LRWC, together with the BC CEDAW group, made submissions in February to CERD on violence against Aboriginal women and girls. CERD published its Concluding Observations on Canada 9 March 2012. In response to a request from the Department of Canadian Heritage, LRWC and BC CEDAW provided a further … [Read more...]
Canada: Oral Statement | Access to Justice for Indigenous Women and Girls: 21st Session of the Human Rights Council
18/09/2012
Recently, the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination expressed concerns about the extreme levels of violence experienced by Indigenous women and girls in Canada and also recommended improved access to justice as part of a remedy. In spite of these recommendations, lack of equal … [Read more...]
University of Victoria: Celebrating the 5th Anniversary of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples | September 13
01/09/2012
Download the September 13 Victoria Event Poster (pdf) Series: FIRST NATIONS’ RIGHTS: THE GAP BETWEEN LAW AND PRACTICE Indigenous Rights in the UN System Celebrating the 5th Anniversary of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Thursday, Sept. 13, 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. Room … [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...]
Sarah Morales: Cooperation or Conquest: Coast Salish Legal Traditions & the Canadian State | Video
05/06/2012
First Nations' Rights: The Gap Between Law and Practice: A Series of Five Talks The 2011-2012 series was sponsored by Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada (LRWC), Hul'qumi'num Treaty Group (HTG), Amnesty International and the Vancouver Public Library ALL TALKS IN THE SERIES: 1. Grace Woo: Ghost Dancing … [Read more...]
Groups call for apology from Prime Minister to UN Special Rapporteur on right to food: Open letter
30/05/2012
The Right Honourable Stephen Harper Prime Minister of Canada Office of the Prime Minister 80 Wellington Street Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0A2 By fax: 613-941-6900 By email: pm@pm.gc.ca May 30, 2012 Dear Prime Minister, We are writing this open letter to you as individuals and representatives … [Read more...]
Cindy Blackstock: Remember the Children: What a landmark human rights case tells us about discrimination and justice in Canada | Video
25/05/2012
First Nations' Rights: The Gap Between Law and Practice: A Series of Five Talks The 2011-2012 series was sponsored by Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada (LRWC), Hul'qumi'num Treaty Group (HTG), Amnesty International and the Vancouver Public Library ALL TALKS IN THE SERIES: 1 Grace Woo: Ghost Dancing … [Read more...]
Kenneth Deer: Indigenous Rights in the UN System | Video
20/03/2012
First Nations' Rights: The Gap Between Law and Practice: A Series of Five Talks The 2011-2012 series was sponsored by Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada (LRWC), Hul'qumi'num Treaty Group (HTG), Amnesty International and the Vancouver Public Library ALL TALKS IN THE SERIES: 1 Grace Woo: Ghost Dancing … [Read more...]
Event | Robert Morales: Seeking Justice Elsewhere, February 23 | Video
24/02/2012
First Nations' Rights: The Gap Between Law and Practice: A Series of Five Talks The 2011-2012 series was sponsored by Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada (LRWC), Hul'qumi'num Treaty Group (HTG), Amnesty International and the Vancouver Public Library: ALL TALKS IN THE SERIES: 1. Grace Woo: Ghost Dancing … [Read more...]
Canada: CERD Report on Missing Women and Murdered Women in BC and Canada
19/01/2012
Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women and Girls in British Columbia and Canada. Submission to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on the occasion of its review of Canada’s 19th and 20th reports, January 2012, by Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada and the B.C. CEDAW … [Read more...]
