Canada: Bill C-51 – A Legal Primer
18/02/2015
Full PDF Version (English) | Full PDF Version (French) Canadian lawyers Clayton Ruby and Nader Hasan analyze Bill C-51 and conclude, “Bill C-51, the Anti-Terrorism Act, 2015, would expand the powers of Canada’s spy agency, allow Canadians to be arrested on mere suspicion of future … [Read more...]
Canada: Implementation of International Human Rights Treaties in Canada | Briefing Note
31/03/2014
Full PDF Version Implementation of international human rights treaties in Canada Briefing note 1 March 2014 Catherine Morris This briefing note explains Canada’s legal responsibility to implement and enforce international human rights treaties at every level of the country. It … [Read more...]
Catherine Morris, “Corporate Land-Grabbing & Fabricated Charges in Cambodia: What Can Canadian Lawyers Do?” | Paper
14/02/2014
Full Text (pdf) On 12 February 2014, Catherine Morris spoke to the International Assistance Section of the Canadian Bar Association in Vancouver. To illustrate the work of Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada, Ms. Morris used illustrations from LRWC's advocacy regarding Cambodia, concluding with a … [Read more...]
LRWC Newsletter: April 2013 Edition
01/05/2013
Full Version (PDF) IN THIS ISSUE: LRWC Action News Bahrain: LRWC joined the initiative of Ceartas, Irish Lawyers for Human Rights asking the International Prosecutors’ Association (IPA) to investigate the complaint against IPA Executive Committee member, Dr. Ali bin Fadhel Al-Buainain, Attorney … [Read more...]
Speaker’s Corner: Officials must stop demonizing Omar Khadr
22/10/2012
Monday, 22 October 2012 | Written by Catherine Morris | Opinion published in the Law Times The Canadian government has claimed Omar Khadr had the benefit of due process in the United States.His return to Canada on Sept. 29 prompted yet more official statements and headlines labelling him a … [Read more...]
Undermining the rule of law: The case of Omar Khadr
10/10/2012
Omar Khadr was never charged with U.S. criminal offences or internationally recognized war crimes. by Catherine Morris 10 October 2012 Opinion published in the Toronto Star Omar Khadr may finally be home, but he’s not exactly welcome. Government statements have repeatedly branded him as a … [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...]
Outlawing Judicial Independence: The Prosecution of Judge Baltasar Garzón in Spain | Report
10/09/2010
Outlawing Judicial Independence: The Prosecution of Judge Baltasar Garzón in Spain by Gail Davidson … [Read more...]
LRWC Sudan Country Report: April 2005
30/04/2005
Morris, Catherine BA, LLB, LLM Republic of Sudan Sudan was much in the news in 2004 as the world's media attention was focussed on the crisis in Darfur, Sudan, which is very conservatively estimated to have killed more than 70,000 people and displaced at least two million others.[ii] … [Read more...]
LRWC Nepal Country Report: April 2005
30/04/2005
Morris, Catherine, BA, LLB, LLM Kingdom of Nepal Nepal's human rights situation has been very poor for a number of years. Its human rights situation is intertwined with political conflict involving an ongoing armed insurgency launched by the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) in 1996. Maoists … [Read more...]
