Statements
Turkey: Petition regarding mass detention of lawyers in Turkey | Joint Statement
01/04/2013
On 22 November 2011 46 lawyers were arrested in Turkey and charged with offences related to their participation in the defence of the leader of the PKK, Abdullah Öcalan. Their trial started on July 2012. 22 of them are still in jail to date. Soon their pretrial detention will reach 500 … [Read more...]
Sri Lanka: Oral Intervention at the UN Human Rights Council on Deteriorating Human Rights in Sri Lanka | Statement
13/03/2013
PDF version Re: Interactive Dialogue with High Commissioner Lawyers Rights Watch Canada March 4, 2013 Speaker: Vani Selvarajah Thank you Mr. President, Madam High Commissioner, on behalf of Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada and the International Movement Against All Forms of Discrimination … [Read more...]
Myanmar: Oral Statement to the UNHRC on the Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Myanmar | Statements
13/03/2013
PDF version Date: 12 March 2013 HRC section: Agenda Item 4 Speaker: Ms. Vani Selvarajah Oral Statement to the 22nd Session of the UN Human Rights Council from Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC), a non-governmental organization in special consultative status, and Lawyers for Lawyers (L4L) and … [Read more...]
Canada: Oral Statement to the 22nd Session of the UNHRC on Omar Khadr | Statements
13/03/2013
PDF version Organization: Lawyers Rights Watch Canada Item: Item 3 General Debate Speaker: Vani Selvarajah Date: Monday, March 11, 2013 Re: Omar Khadr - Special Rapporteur on Torture, Working Group on Arbitrary Detention Mr. President; Lawyers Rights Watch Canada notes with approval … [Read more...]
Canada: The Campaign to Erode Aboriginal and Treaty Rights | Joint open letter
31/01/2013
Re: The Campaign to Erode Aboriginal and Treaty Rights To: Open Letter From: Endorsed by LRWC and numerous other experts and organizations Date: January 29, 2013 Please click here to view the PDF version. For almost 15 years, the federal Department of Justice has conducted a campaign to … [Read more...]
Civil Society Denounces Adoption of Flawed ASEAN Human Rights Declaration: AHRD falls far below international standards
19/11/2012
On 19 November 2012, Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) joined a statement by a group of NGOs raising deep concerns about the ASEAN Human Rights Declaration adopted by the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) on 18 November 2012. The NGOs stated: "We will not use it in our work as groups … [Read more...]
Statement re: Failure to provide Kurdish translators in ongoing trial of 46 lawyers in Turkey
15/11/2012
On November 6, 2012, LRWC and numerous other NGOs released a statement regarding the ongoing trial of 46 Kurdish lawyers in Turkey, which commenced in July 2012. The contributors to the statement expressed grave concern over the Court's continuing refusal to provide Kurdish language translators for … [Read more...]
Oral Statement on Cambodia at the UN Human Rights Council 25 September 2012
25/09/2012
Lawyers Rights Watch Canada and Asian Legal Resource Centre made a joint statement at the UN Human Rights Council on 25 September on the report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia. Mentioned in the statement are human rights defenders Mr. Chan Soveth, Ms. Yorm … [Read more...]
Canada: Oral Statement | Access to Justice for Indigenous Women and Girls: 21st Session of the Human Rights Council
18/09/2012
Recently, the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination expressed concerns about the extreme levels of violence experienced by Indigenous women and girls in Canada and also recommended improved access to justice as part of a remedy. In spite of these recommendations, lack of equal … [Read more...]
Oral Statement | Call to Condemn Reprisals against Human Rights Defenders: 21st Session of the Human Rights Council
13/09/2012
Despite several calls for action, a number of states continue to engage in reprisals against human rights defenders– among these countries are Bahrain, Malawi, Sri Lanka and Sudan. Read the full statement here (pdf). … [Read more...]
