LRWC reports and handbooks on international human rights topics related to protection of human rights defenders.
ATTACKING DEFENDERS: The Criminalization of Human Rights Advocacy | Press Release
09/06/2020
More about the book, including free download Read the Foreword by Michel Forst NGO in Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations Promoting human rights by protecting those who defend them www.lrwc.org – lrwc@lrwc.org – Tel: +1 604 736 … [Read more...]
ATTACKING DEFENDERS: The Criminalization of Human Rights Advocacy | LRWC publication
03/06/2020
Free .pdf download | Also available on CanLii Read the Foreword by Michel Forst Press release ATTACKING DEFENDERS: THE CRIMINALIZATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS ADVOCACY A guide to international law rights of human rights defenders Foreword After 13 years of negotiation, the United Nations … [Read more...]
Canada: LRWC releases legal brief on Canada’s international law obligations to Wet’suwet’en | Press release
17/03/2020
Full .pdf press release | Full legal brief (.html) | full legal brief (.pdf) Canada's international human rights law obligations to suspend construction of the Coastal GasLink Pipeline and stop use of force against the Wet’suwet’en Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada releases international … [Read more...]
Canada: International law obligations to suspend construction of pipeline and stop use of force against Wet’suwet’en | Legal Brief
17/03/2020
Full .pdf legal brief | Press release Canada's international human rights law obligations to suspend construction of the Coastal GasLink Pipeline and stop use of force against the Wet’suwet’en Canada ignores UN call to suspend three mega-projects in BC Modern international human rights … [Read more...]
Prisoners: The Right to Medical Treatment – International Law Provisions | Report
28/03/2019
Full PDF Version Prisoners: The Right to Medical Treatment International Law Provisions By Grace Cheung Updated by Temisan Boyo Fanou Prisoners have a right to receive medical treatment. By arresting and detaining a person, a State takes full responsibility at international law for … [Read more...]
BC legal aid gaps violate international law: Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada calls for independent legal aid body | Press release
22/11/2018
BC legal aid gaps violate international law Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada calls for independent legal aid body Press release For immediate release full .pdf file 22 November 2018 - Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) today told the government of British Columbia that BC’s inadequate legal aid … [Read more...]
The Right to Legal Aid: Submission to BC Legal Aid Services Review | Report
22/11/2018
The Right to Legal Aid: Recommendations for Reform of British Columbia’s Legal Aid System in accordance with Canada’s International Human Rights Obligations Submission to the Legal Aid Services Review of the Province of British Columbia 22 November 2018 Full pdf document Introduction This … [Read more...]
Protective Measures in the Inter-American Human Rights System | Report
14/07/2018
Full PDF Version / Full Word Version Photo Credit: Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Protective Measures in the Inter-American Human Rights System Isabela Piacentini de Andrade [1] The Inter-American human rights system was created by the Organization of American States … [Read more...]
Canada: Ensure Independent and International Law-Compliant Investigation into RCMP Response to and Investigation of Extra-Judicial Killing of Colten Boushie | Letter
21/03/2018
Full PDF Version The Civilian Review and Complaints Commission for the RCMP will conduce a Complaint and Public Interest Investigation of the RCMP response to and investigation of the extra-judicial killing of Colten Boushie on 9 August 2016 in Saskatchewan. LRWC has written to the CRCC setting … [Read more...]
Canada: Consular protection and diplomatic intervention | Submission to the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development
12/03/2018
Full .pdf version (with references) Consular protection and diplomatic intervention: International law duties to provide access to remedies for human rights violations against Canadians abroad Submission to the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development, Parliament of … [Read more...]
