Reports
Briefing to the Committee Against Torture on the Omar Khadr Case
28/04/2012
On April 18, 2012, LRWC and the International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group (CLMG) filed a report on the Omar Khadr case with the Committee Against Torture. To view the report, please click here. Also see related press releases: Press release of LRWC and CLMG, 1 June 2012 Press … [Read more...]
Sri Lanka: 3rd and 4th Periodic Report on the Implementation of the Convention Against Torture
31/10/2011
Executive Summary: These submissions are made by Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada in aid of the Committee against Torture’s (CAT) examination of the combined 3rd and 4th Periodic Report of Sri Lanka outlining its implementation of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading … [Read more...]
Cambodia: Human Rights Report – October 2011
28/10/2011
View PDF Cambodia: Human Rights Report - October 2011 by LRWC LRWC monitor and researcher, Catherine Morris(1), visited Cambodia during the month of October to discuss with human rights workers the priority concerns for protection of human rights defenders there. The main concerns are curbs … [Read more...]
Mexico: Corruption, Impunity, Silence: The War on Mexico’s Journalists
30/06/2011
Corruption, Impunity, Silence: The War on Mexico’s Journalists by Cara Gibbons (LRWC Mexico monitor) and Beth Spratt, on behalf of PEN Canada and the International Human Rights Program at the Faculty of Law at the University of Toronto, 3 June 2011. Full report. SUMMARY: Corruption Impunity … [Read more...]
UN Approaches to Combating Impunity
03/06/2011
UN Approaches to Combating Impunity by Robert Husbands … [Read more...]
Canada: Petition to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights: Hul’qumi’num Treaty Group (on the merits) | Petition
03/06/2011
IACHR: LRWC on the Merits of the Hul'qumi'num Treaty Group Case No. 12.734 by Heather Neun, Grace Woo, Gail Davidson LRWC amicus brief to the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights in the Hul'qumi'num case … [Read more...]
Protective Measures in the African Union
23/02/2011
Protective Measures in the African Union by Chelsea Thomas … [Read more...]
British Columbia: International Obligations to Provide Legal Aid | Report
25/10/2010
Canada: International Obligations to Provide Legal Aid by Gail Davidson, Catherine Morris, Heather Neun To: BC Public Commission on Legal Aid From: Lawyers Rights Watch Canada INTRODUCTION The purpose of this submission is to lay out the basic international human rights law concerning the … [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...]
Omar Khadr Case: How the Supreme Court of Canada Undermined the Convention on the Rights of the Child
01/09/2010
Omar Khadr Case: How the Supreme Court of Canada Undermined the Convention on the Rights of the Child by Grace Li Xiu Woo … [Read more...]
