Publications
Sudan: LRWC Renews Calls for Release of Human Rights Defenders | Letter
29/11/2016
Full PDF Version 9 November 2016 HE Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir Office of the President People’s Palace PO Box 281 Khartoum, Sudan Mohamed Bushara Dousa Ministry of Justice PO Box 302, Al Nil Avenue Khartoum, Sudan Email : moj@moj.gov.sd Ibrahim Mahmoud Hamid Ministry of … [Read more...]
Turkey: Law Society of England and Wales Update on Trial of Kurdish Lawyers | Report
29/11/2016
Full PDF Version The Human Rights Committee of the Law Society of England and Wales (HRC/LSEW) has been monitoring the arrests and mass trial of 46 lawyers since November 2011. Tony Fisher, Chair of the HRC/LSEW has produced a update on the trial following the 14 November court … [Read more...]
Vietnam: LRWC and Other NGOs Petition UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention to Recommend Release of Nguyen Van Dai
29/11/2016
Full PDF Version Viet Nam - NGOs have asked the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention for a ruling that prominent human rights lawyer Nguyễn Văn Đài is arbitrarily detained and to recommend his immediate release. The Complaint filed 25 November 2016, identifies and provides examples of … [Read more...]
Viet Nam: Annexes in Support of WGAD Complaint for Release of Nguyen Van Dai
29/11/2016
Viet Nam – NGOs have asked the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention for a ruling that prominent human rights lawyer Nguyễn Văn Đài is arbitrarily detained and to recommend his immediate release. The Complaint filed 25 November 2016, identifies and provides examples of Viet Nam’s abuse of Nguyen’s … [Read more...]
Colombia: Report of the Fifth International Caravana of Jurists to Colombia
28/11/2016
Full PDF Version The Colombian Caravana of International Jurists (“Caravana”) made its fifth visit to Colombia in August 2016. This was a truly international delegation with an impressive range of civil and criminal law expertise, from twelve different countries, including a prosecutor, … [Read more...]
Reports from the Assembly of State Parties to the International Criminal Court
25/11/2016
Full PDF: Report from the 15th Assembly of State Parties – 16-24 November 2016 … [Read more...]
Guatemala: Ensure Effective Investigation and Remedy for Murder of 22-Year Old Jeremy Barrios | Letter
22/11/2016
Full PDF Version The murder of human rights worker Jeremy Barrios on 12 November 2016 has shocked activists. As assistant to the Executive Director of CALAS—an NGO advocating for victims of human rights abuses by mining companies in Guatemala—he managed sensitive information in cases brought before … [Read more...]
