Access to justice, legal aid
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...]
PRESS RELEASE: Canada Won’t Deal With Women’s Human Rights Crisis At Home
22/02/2012
Press Release: UN Committee to End Racial Discrimination Report from LRWC and BC CEDAW Group For immediate release February 22, 2012 Failure to address cases of missing and murdered Aboriginal women an international shame, say leading human rights groups (Vancouver) Canada and British … [Read more...]
Legal Funding for groups with standing at the Missing Women Commission of Inquiry
19/09/2011
Full PDF Version Re: Legal Funding for groups with standing at the Missing Women Commission of Inquiry To: Honourable Shirley Bond, Attorney General From: Gail Davidson, Executive Director, LRWC; Catherine Morris, BA, LLB, LLM Date: 2011-09-19 Lawyers Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) … [Read more...]
Denial of justice at the Missing Women Commission more than a shame to the country
14/09/2011
by Catherine Morris and Gail Davidson 14 September 2011 Opinion published in the Vancouver Sun, and the Victoria Times Colonist The B.C. government's refusal to provide legal representation to groups granted standing at the Missing Women Commission of Inquiry is more than a national shame. It's … [Read more...]
British Columbia: International Obligations to Provide Legal Aid | Report
25/10/2010
Canada: International Obligations to Provide Legal Aid by Gail Davidson, Catherine Morris, Heather Neun To: BC Public Commission on Legal Aid From: Lawyers Rights Watch Canada INTRODUCTION The purpose of this submission is to lay out the basic international human rights law concerning the … [Read more...]
