Publications
Escalating Threats to Colombian Human Rights Advocates: The Day of the Endangered Lawyer, 24 January 2022 | Article
11/01/2022
This article originally appeared in Slaw.ca, an online magazine for Canadian lawyers, on 11 January 2022. Yessika Hoyos Morales, a lawyer in Colombia, is a speaker at the upcoming event on 24 January for the Day of the Endangered Lawyer. See more information and register for the event, which is … [Read more...]
LRWC delegate attends International Criminal Court 2021 Assembly of States Parties | News
11/01/2022
From 6–11 December 2021, the Assembly of States Parties (ASP) to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) convened the 20th session of the ASP, which meets annually at the World Forum in The Hague. Over the course of six days, the Assembly – including States Parties to the Rome … [Read more...]
The Day of the Endangered Lawyer, January 24, 2022: Colombia | The Advocate, January 2022
10/01/2022
First published in The Advocate, 80(1) (January 2022): 79-82. See a PDF version of the article. THE DAY OF THE ENDANGERED LAWYER, JANUARY 24, 2022: COLOMBIA By Heather Neun* and Catherine Morris† In 2021, threats to lawyers and other human rights defenders around the … [Read more...]
2021 year-end message from Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada
28/12/2021
Donate to support LRWC's work Join or renew your membership for 2022 Download the message in .pdf format. During the last weeks of 2021, Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada volunteers have been continuing to stand up for lawyers and human rights defenders under threat around the world. We … [Read more...]
Thailand: Withdraw the Draft Act on Not-for-Profit Organizations | Joint letter
27/12/2021
Full .pdf joint letter (EN) | Full .pdf letter (TH) On 27 December 2021, 47 Thai and international civil society organizations, including Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada, wrote a letter to Thailand's Cabinet urging immediate withdrawal of the proposed Operation of Not-for-Profit Organizations Act. … [Read more...]
China: Arbitrary detention of human rights lawyer Ding Jiaxi and legal scholar Xu Zhiyong | Joint Statement
23/12/2021
Full .pdf statement (EN) On 23 December 2021, Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada joined The 29 Principles, Lawyers for Lawyers, and Human Rights Now in a joint statement calling on China to ensure fair trials and end all arbitrary detention, torture, and ill-treatment. The statement outlines the … [Read more...]
Colombia: Ensure protection from death threats for lawyers of CCAJAR | Joint letter
22/12/2021
Full pdf letter (EN and ES) In a joint letter issued on 22 December 2021, Lawyers for Lawyers, the Colombian Caravana, the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute, the International Observatory for Lawyers in Danger, Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada, and the Law Society of … [Read more...]
Cambodia: Halt judicial harassment of human rights defenders and dissidents | Statement
22/12/2021
Full pdf statement Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) is alarmed by Cambodia’s escalating judicial harassment of human rights defenders and government critics despite numerous recommendations from UN experts and the UN Human Rights Council (HRC). Currently, more than 130 persons are being … [Read more...]
Myanmar: Hold the Myanmar military and security forces accountable for their grave human rights violations, including violence against women | Joint letter
19/12/2021
Full pdf joint letter On 19 December 2021, Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada joined more than 600 human rights and women's rights organizations around the world that have endorsed an open letter to the UN Security Council by the Women's Peace Network, which is composed of lawyers, community leaders, and … [Read more...]
Hong Kong SAR: Lawyer Chow Hang-Tung sentenced to prison for organizing Tiananmen vigil | Update
18/12/2021
Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada deplores the conviction and prison sentence handed down to Hong Kong lawyer Chow Hang-Tung on 13 December 2021 for participating in a peaceful candlelight vigil for victims of China's 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown. The vigil was held on 4 June 2020, the anniversary of … [Read more...]
