Publications
Manipulating the “Rule of Law”: How Powerful Actors Undermine Accountability for Atrocity Crimes in Myanmar | Publication
11/05/2021
Full PDF (ENG) First published by The Advocate, Vol. 79, Part3, May 2021 (Note: This article was submitted to The Advocate on 19 March 2021 and is current as of that date) Manipulating the "Rule of Law": How Powerful Actors Undermine Accountability for Atrocity Crimes in Myanmar By … [Read more...]
United States v. Steven Donziger: Denial of independent monitors’ request for audio access to trial | Update
06/05/2021
See letter with endorsement order of Judge Loretta A. Preska (pdf) Application for audio access to the trial scheduled 10 May 2021 in the matter of United States v. Steven Donziger, No. 19-CR-561 (SDNY) On 30 April 2021, an international panel of international human rights lawyers and … [Read more...]
Russia: Judicial harassment of lawyer Ivan Pavlov | Joint Statement
06/05/2021
Full pdf (EN) On 30 April 2021, Federal Security Service (FSB) officers of the Russian Federation raided the hotel room of human rights lawyer Ivan Pavlov in Moscow. According to the information received, items were seized that contain information subject to lawyer-client confidentiality. … [Read more...]
Attend LRWC’s Annual General Meeting 7th May 2021: Keynote speaker Marjorie Cohn | Event
27/04/2021
Register to attend the online AGM CPD credit available for Keynote presentation (BC and Ontario lawyers) Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada plans to hold its Annual General Meeting (AGM) Friday 7 May 2021, 1 pm Pacific time (4 pm Eastern). This year’s AGM features keynote speaker … [Read more...]
ACTION NEWS | LRWC newsletter Spring 2021
26/04/2021
LRWC Action News PDF LRWC news and updates | January - March 2021 Register to attend our online AGM 7 May 2021 | Join or Renew | Support our work In this issue, countries of concern include: Azerbaijan | Cambodia | Canada | China | Iran | Malaysia | Myanmar | Philippines | Saudi Arabia | … [Read more...]
Malaysia: Plaintiff withdraws SLAPP against lawyer Charles Hector
15/04/2021
On 14 April 2021, LRWC welcomed news that two corporations withdrew contempt of court charges they had filed against Malaysian human rights lawyer Charles Hector and eight environmental rights defenders represented by Mr. Hector. Two logging contractors, Beijing Million SDN BHD and Rosah Timber … [Read more...]
LRWC releases its 2020 Annual Report | News
15/04/2021
Full Annual Report 2020 (pdf) Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada has released its 2020 Annual Report featuring highlights of 2020 as well as summaries of countries of concern, publications and educational events in 2020. Below is review of 2020 by LRWC Executive Director, Catherine Morris, excerpted from … [Read more...]
USA revokes sanctions against International Criminal Court
07/04/2021
Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada welcomes the US government's revocation of sanctions against personnel of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on 2 April 2021. The previous administration of Donald J. Trump had issued Executive Order 13928 imposing sanctions on the ICC Chief Prosecutor Fatou … [Read more...]
Philippines Supreme Court and Senate denounce attacks against jurists
31/03/2021
On 23 and 24 March 2021, Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada welcomed the statement of the Philippines Supreme Court and a Senate resolution denouncing the alarming number of attacks and killings of jurists in the Philippines since President Rodrigo Duterte took office in July 2016. On 23 March 2021, … [Read more...]
Azerbaijan: Independent Lawyers Network in formed | Update
31/03/2021
See the first edition (pdf) of The Legal Profession Observer, March 2021 Newly formed Independent Lawyers Network (ILN) in Azerbaijan In recent years, there has been severe deterioration of the situation of human rights defenders and lawyers in Azerbaijan. This decline began in 2014 … [Read more...]
