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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...]
Colombia: Caravana Lawyers Group Calls Upon Colombia to Stop and Remedy Attacks on Members of the Corporación Colectivo de Abogados Luis Carlos Perez and other human rights defenders (HRDs) | Joint Letter
12/09/2017
Full PDF Version (English) Full PDF Version (Spanish) LRWC, la Fundación de la Abogacía Española, Lawyers for Lawyers, the Colombian Caravana UK Lawyers Group, Colombia Caravana de Juristas the Netherlandsand the Colombian Caravana Irish Lawyers’ Group joined to call on Colombia to stop and … [Read more...]
Philippines: Protect Cristina “Tinay” Palabay from Intimidation and Threats | Letter
20/08/2017
Full PDF Version Friday, August 18, 2017 H.E. Rodrigo Duterte President of the Republic, Malacañang Palace, JP Laurel St., San Miguel, Manila Philippines Fax: (+632) 742-1641 / 929-3968 E-mail: op@president.gov.ph The Honorable Vitaliano N. Aguirre II Secretary of Justice Padre … [Read more...]
Colombia: Amicus Brief on Compliance of Special Jurisdiction for Peace Act with International Law
11/08/2017
Full PDF Version (Spanish) A joint amicus brief was filed on 26 July 2017 in the Constitutional Court of Colombia by Lawyers Without Borders Canada with the support of LRWC, Global Rights Compliance and the Laval University Clinic of International and Humanitarian Law. The Amicus Brief examines the … [Read more...]
Colombia: Conduct Full and Impartial Investigation into Treatment and Unlawful Detention of Three Human Rights Defenders | Joint Letter
08/08/2017
Full PDF Version (Spanish) LRWC was deeply concerned to learn from the Equipo Juridico Pueblos (EJP) that on 1 July, whilst protesting peacefully, three human rights defenders were subjected to violence by law enforcement officials during their arrest for allegedly blocking a road and for alleged … [Read more...]
Colombia: Support for Precautionary Measures for Equipo Jurídico Pueblos | Joint Letter
07/08/2017
Full PDF Version On 12 July 2017, the Equipo Jurídico Pueblos (EJP) applied to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) for Group Precautionary Measures. The application asks that the IACHR order the Columbian Government to issue effective measures to protect the life and physical … [Read more...]
Zimbabwe: Ensure Transparency and Independence of Judiciary | Joint Letter
04/08/2017
Full PDF Version Judges of the Supreme Court of Zimbabwe August 3, 2017 The Honorable Robert Gabriel Mugabe The President of the Democratic Republic of Zimbabwe Munhumutapa Building Harare Re: Concerns over Constitution Amendment Bill (No.1) and judicial independence in … [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...]
Syria: Rights groups condemn execution of human rights defender and software engineer Bassel Khartabil | Joint Letter
02/08/2017
Full PDF Version (English) Full PDF Version (French/Français) Full PDF Version (Arabic/العربية) Families for Freedom, the Free Bassel campaign, and The Syria Campaign are calling on people around the world to visit the website www.theycantstopus.org/en to share Bassel’s defiant “They can’t … [Read more...]
Viet Nam: Immediately Reverse Conviction and Release Trần Thị Nga | Letter
28/07/2017
Full PDF Version Thursday, July 27, 2017 TO: H.E. Mr. Nguyễn Phú Trọng General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Viet Nam H.E. Mr. Trần Đại Quang President of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam H.E. Mr. Nguyễn Xuân Phúc Prime Minister of the … [Read more...]
