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Thailand: Immediately drop sedition case and all proceedings against human rights lawyer Sirikan Charoensiri | Joint Press Release
02/10/2016
Full PDF Version (English) Full PDF Version (Thai) 3 October 2016 The Thai Government should immediately drop all proceedings against human rights lawyer, Sirikan Charoensiri, including the specious accusation of sedition, which apparently relate to her organization’s representation of 14 … [Read more...]
Colombia: Interim Report of the International Delegation of Jurists to Colombia (Caravana) | Report
01/10/2016
Full PDF Version International Delegation of Jurists to Colombia August 20-28, 2016: Interim Report 30 September 2016 by Heather Neun After many decades of war, the Colombian government and the main guerilla group known as FARC reached a final and comprehensive peace agreement on August … [Read more...]
Oral Statement to the 33rd Session of the UN Human Rights Council Regarding Thailand, Cambodia, Honduras, India | Oral Statement
29/09/2016
Full PDF Version Full DOC Version Video Stream Available Here (Starts at 02:40:46) Organization: Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada Item: Item 10 – General Debate: Technical Assistance and Capacity-building Date: 28 September 2016 Speaker: Mr. Gavin Magrath Oral Statement to the 33rd … [Read more...]
Cambodia: LRWC Oral Statement to the 33rd Session of the UN Human Rights Council | Oral Statement
28/09/2016
Full PDF Version Full DOC Version A video of this statement can be viewed here (statement begins at 1:00:54) Organization: Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada Item: Item 10 - Cambodia Date: 28 September 2016 Speaker: Mr. Gavin Magrath Oral Statement to the 33rd Session of the UN Human … [Read more...]
Turkey: A Small Historical Moment – Amicus Briefs submitted to Constitutional Court in Turkey
28/09/2016
Full PDF Version (English) Full PDF Version (Turkish) On 27 September 2016, two amicus briefs on international human rights law were submitted to the Constitutional Court of Turkey in Ankara. The Deputy President of the Court stated that ‘it was a kind of small historical moment’ in the … [Read more...]
United States: LRWC Calls for Attorney General to vacate warrant for Amy Goodman’s arrest | Letter
16/09/2016
Full PDF Version Full DOC Version 17 September 2016 TO: Loretta Lynch , United States Attorney General U.S. Department of Justice, 950 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20530-0001 Wayne Stenehjem Attorney General for North Dakota State Capitol, 600 E. Boulevard Ave. Dept. 125, … [Read more...]
Turkey: Amicus Brief in the Case of Ayşe Acinikli and Ramazan Demir
12/09/2016
Full PDF Version (English) Full PDF Version (Turkish) LRWC and the Law Society of England and Wales prepared an amicus brief (in Turkish and English) for submission to the Constitutional Court of Turkey in the case of human rights lawyers Ayşe Acinikli and Ramazan Demir. The brief … [Read more...]
Bahrain: Urgent Appeal for the Release of Human Rights Defender Nabeel Rajab | Joint Letter
02/09/2016
Full PDF Version HM Shaikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa Office of HM the King P.O. Box 555, Rifa’a Palace Kingdom of Bahrain Cc. The Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Foreign & Commonwealth Office King Charles Street, London … [Read more...]
Colombia: International Legal Delegation in Colombia as Peace Agreement Signed
31/08/2016
Lawyers Without Borders Canada Report on Peace Negotiations (.pdf) (Spanish) Lawyers Without Borders English Summary (.pdf) An international delegation of lawyers, judges, and other legal professionals, including members from Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada, met in Colombia last week as part … [Read more...]
