Publications
Kenya: Guarantee Protection of Lawyer Simon Lilan and Investigate and Remedy Enforced Disappearances and Extra-Judicial Killings | Letter
31/01/2017
Full PDF Version 31 January 2017 Hon. Uhuru Kenyatta President of the Republic of Kenya Email: president@statehousekenya.go.ke Hon. William Ruto Deputy-President of the Republic of Kenya Email: dp@deputypresident.go.ke Hon. Joseph Nkaissery Interior & Coordination … [Read more...]
International Criminal Court: Report from the 15th Assembly of State Parties to the ICC | Report
23/01/2017
Full PDF Version Report on 15th Assembly of State Parties (ASP) to the International Criminal Court by Lisa Barrett The 15th Assembly of State Parties (ASP15) to the International Criminal Court (ICC) met in The Hague from the 16th to the 24th of November 2016. Lisa Barrett attended … [Read more...]
International Law Right to Timely and Confidential Access to Counsel | Report
23/01/2017
Full PDF Version International Law Right to Timely and Confidential Access to Counsel by Samantha Black Many international and regional instruments recognize the right to counsel, the characteristics of which have been defined through the jurisprudence of regional and national courts, … [Read more...]
Sudan: Immediately Release and Cease Judicial Harassment of Six Arbitrarily Detained Human Rights Defenders | Letter
23/01/2017
UPDATE: On March 5, 2017, the Khartoum Central Criminal Court convicted TRACKs Director Khalafalla Al-Afif Mukhtar and trainer Midhat A. Hamdanof (of dissemination of false information under Article 66 of the Criminal Codeand possession of immoral material underArticle 14 of the Sudan Information … [Read more...]
Saudi Arabia: Immediately Release Wrongfully Detained Sudanese Social Justice Activists Waleed Imam and Algasim Mohamed Sidahmed | Letter
19/01/2017
Full PDF Version Waleed Imam (Al-Waleed Imam Hassan Taha) and Algasim Mohamed Sidahmed (Al-Qasem Mohammad Sayyed Ahmad), Sudan nationals working in Saudi Arabia were arrested by Saudi authorities on 20 December 2016, are being held incommunicado in a secret location and are at risk of … [Read more...]
Pakistan: Immediately Investigate and Remedy Enforced Disappearance of Five Human Rights Defenders and Bloggers | Letter
18/01/2017
Full PDF Version Enforced disappearances of Salman Haider, Waqas Goray, Aasim Saeed, Ahmed Naseer and Samar Abbas. Between 4 and 7 January 2017 five prominent human rights defenders and bloggers were abducted and disappeared from Islamabad, Lahore and Punjab. All five of the men had been engaged … [Read more...]
Saudi Arabia: LRWC Requests Support of Petition to Release Waleed Abu al-Khair to Receive Law Society of Upper Canada 2016 Human Rights Award | Letter
17/01/2017
Full PDF Version Tuesday, January 17, 2017 Mr. Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Email: InfoDesk@ohchr.org; Diego García-Sayán Special Rapporteur of the Human Council on the … [Read more...]
Kenya: Immediately Investigate and Remedy Enforced Disappearance of Lawyer Simon Lilan | Letter
15/01/2017
Full PDF Version Saturday, January 14, 2017 Hon. Uhuru Kenyatta President of the Republic of Kenya Email: president@statehousekenya.go.ke Hon. William Ruto Deputy-President of the Republic of Kenya Email: dp@deputypresident.go.ke Hon. Joseph Nkaissery Interior & … [Read more...]
Zimbabwe: Remedy Unlawful Arrest and Detention of Lawyer Fadzayi Mahere | Letter
02/01/2017
Full PDF Version 28 December 2016 The Hon. Mr. Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa Minister of Justice and Legal Affairs C/o The Permanent Secretary Ministry of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Secretary P. Bag 7751, Causeway, Harare Zimbabwe Phone: +011 263 04 7774560, +011 04 … [Read more...]
