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Argentina: Alberto Nisman Death Found to be Murder
28/09/2017
A team of 28 experts has concluded in a 14 September 2017 report that Special Prosecutor Alberto Nisman was murdered on 18 January 2015 by a gunshot to the head and did not die by suicide as claimed by Argentine authorities. Nisman was the Special Prosecutor in the investigation of the 1994 bombing … [Read more...]
Cambodia: Cooperate with Human Rights Council Special Procedures Mandate Holders | Oral Statement to the 36th Session of the UN Human Rights Council
28/09/2017
Full PDF Version Video Stream Available (Chapter 25, at 01:06:57) Check Against Delivery Organization: Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada Item: Item 10 – Interactive dialogue on the Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights … [Read more...]
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...]
Bahrain: Comply With UPR Recommendations and Process | Statement to the 36th Session of the UN Human Rights Council
21/09/2017
Full PDF Version Video Stream Available (Chapter 22, 00:45:29) Check Against Delivery Organization: Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada Item: Item 6 – UPR Outcomes - Bahrain Date: 21 September 2017 Speaker: … [Read more...]
Thailand: Decriminalize Defamations and Protect Rights of Migrant Workers and Human Rights Defenders | Joint Letter with 87 Organizations
20/09/2017
Full PDF Version (English) Full PDF Version (Thai) Joint open letter submitted to Thai authorities September 20, 2017 on the use of criminal defamation and other related charges against 14 Myanmar migrant workers and labour rights activist, Andy Hall by a Thai-owned chicken farm, Thammakaset … [Read more...]
Need to Develop Mandatory Code of Conduct for Members of the UN Human Rights Council | Oral Statement to the 36th Session of the UN Human Rights Council
19/09/2017
Full PDF Version Video Stream Available (Chapter 79, at 02:19:01) Check Against Delivery Organization: Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada Item: Item 4 – General Debate: Council members must comply with human rights duties Date: … [Read more...]
Myanmar: All States Must Use Diplomatic Means to Urge Government of Myanmar to End Humanitarian Crisis | Oral Statement to the 36th Session of the UN Human Rights Council
19/09/2017
Full PDF Version Video Stream Available (Chapter 58, at 02:18:43) Check Against Delivery Organization: Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada and International Bar Association Item: Item 4: Interactive dialogue with the Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar (oral … [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...]
Turkey: Immediately and Unconditionally Release Didem Unsal and 17 Other Lawyers | Letter
14/09/2017
Full PDF Version Photo: Semih Özakça (L) and Nuriye Gülmen (R) LRWC calls upon Turkey to immediately and unconditionally release Didem Unsal and 17 other lawyers, who were arrested and detained on 12 September 2017. The timing of the arrests was only one day before the lawyers were scheduled to … [Read more...]
Myanmar: Immediately Bring End to Human Rights Abuses against Rohingya People | Letter
13/09/2017
Full PDF Version 13 September 2017 President U Htin Kyaw President’s Office Office No. 18 Nay Pyi Taw, Republic of the Union of Myanmar Fax: 011 95 1 652 624 Daw Aung San Suu Kyi State Counsellor and Union Minister for Foreign Affairs Ministry of Foreign Affairs Building 9 Nay … [Read more...]
