LRWC reports and handbooks on international human rights topics related to protection of human rights defenders.
Canada: The Case for Replacing the 2002 Legal Services Society Act – Part II: A Call to Action | Article
04/07/2016
Full PDF Version "The Case for Replacing the 2002 Legal Services Society Act - Part II: A Call to Action" appears in the July 2016 edition of the Advocate (74 Advocate 529). This article was authored by the Honourable M. Anne Rowles and Connor Bildfell. A full PDF of this article is available … [Read more...]
Canada: The Case for Replacing the 2002 Legal Services Society Act – Part I: Tracking the Trajectory of Legal Aid in BC | Article
29/06/2016
Full PDF Version "The Case for Replacing the 2002 Legal Services Society Act - Part I: Tracking the Trajectory of Legal Aid in British Columbia" appears in the May 2016 edition of the Advocate (74 Advocate 355). This article was authored by the Honourable M. Anne Rowles and Connor Bildfell. A full … [Read more...]
Turkey: Right to Pre-Trial Release in the Matter of Imprisoned Lawyers in Turkey
28/06/2016
Full PDF Version Lawyers in Turkey are being subjected to arbitrary arrest and detention and judicial harassment for merely defending their clients’ rights in politically sensitive cases. As a signatory to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and the European … [Read more...]
Vietnam: Right to Pre-Trial Release in the Matter of Le Quoc Quan
28/06/2016
Full PDF Version (English) Full PDF Version (Vietnamese/tiếng Việt) Mr. Le Quoc Quan, a qualified lawyer, active blogger and human rights defender, is currently arbitrarily detained by the Government of Viet Nam due to having exercised his right to freedom of expression, right to freedom … [Read more...]
Honduras: International Law Duties to Investigate Serious Human Rights Violations
15/06/2016
Full PDF Version Honduras: International Law Duties to Investigate Serious Human Rights Violations June 2016[1] Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) is a committee of lawyers and others who promote human rights and the rule of law internationally by providing support to lawyers and other human … [Read more...]
Canada: LRWC’s views on Canada’s Response to the List of Issues Prior to Reporting (LOIPR) from the UN Committee against Torture | Report
21/12/2015
Full PDF Version Monday, December 21st, 2015 Human Rights Program Department of Canadian Heritage 25 Eddy Street, 4th Floor Gatineau QC K1A 0M5 Attention: Adam Côté, Ph. D. Policy Officer, Via Email to: adam.cote@canada.ca | 819-994-3670 To the Human Rights Program, … [Read more...]
Canada: Canada’s Failure to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions | Report
31/10/2015
Full PDF Version CANADA’S FAILURE TO REDUCE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS by Gail Davidson and Rohan Shah Introduction Climate change scientific literature accepts that human activity, principally deforestation and the extraction and combustion of fossil fuels, has … [Read more...]
Canada: Canada’s Failure to Reduce Emissions: Unlawful or Above the Law? | Report
28/09/2015
Full PDF Version Canada’s Failure to Reduce Emissions: Unlawful or Above the Law? Gail Davidson and Rohan Shah Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada No matter how you look at it, Canada is a climate change laggard. Carbon dioxide emissions—the largest contributor to global warming—are now 18% … [Read more...]
Report of the Intergovernmental Working Group on the Right to Peace – 25 June 2015
25/06/2015
Full PDF Version 29th Session Human Rights Council (14 June – 3 July 2015) Report of the Intergovernmental Working Group on the Right to Peace Geneva, 25 June 2015 On 25 June 2015 took place in Geneva the debate of the Human Rights Council in plenary on the report of the third session … [Read more...]
Colombia: Inadequate Protection for Human Rights Lawyer Rommel Jonathan Duran Castellanos | Letter
11/06/2015
Full PDF Version Thursday, June 11, 2015 Juan Manuel Santos Calderόn President of the Republic of Colombia Carrera 8 No. 7 – 26 Palacio de Nariño, Bogotá, Colombia Email: secretaria.privada@presidencia.gov.co President Santos; Re: Inadequate protection for human rights lawyer … [Read more...]
