Canada’s Obligation to Prevent Genocide | Letter to Canadian Members of Parliament
11/12/2024
Attention: Members of Parliament Canada’s legal obligations to prevent crimes of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity View letter in pdf: Canada.ObligationToPreventGenocide.LRWC.11.12.24 Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) calls on Canada to immediately enact effective measures … [Read more...]
Alex Neve: A call for Canadian support for the ICC’s work with respect to Palestine/Israel
03/06/2024
Republished with permission of the author, Alex Neve, 29 May 2024 I am honoured to be among 375 Canadian law professors, lawyers, legal scholars, academics, civil society, faith and labour movement leaders, and former diplomats and parliamentarians, who have written the following Open Letter to the … [Read more...]
LRWC delegate attends International Criminal Court 2021 Assembly of States Parties | News
11/01/2022
From 6–11 December 2021, the Assembly of States Parties (ASP) to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) convened the 20th session of the ASP, which meets annually at the World Forum in The Hague. Over the course of six days, the Assembly – including States Parties to the Rome … [Read more...]
USA vs. the International Criminal Court: A Fraught History in the Quest for International Accountability for Atrocity Crimes | Article
22/05/2021
USA vs. the International Criminal Court: A Fraught History in the Quest for International Accountability for Atrocity Crimes by Catherine Morris, LRWC Executive Director First published in Slaw.ca on 19 May 2021. The life of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Fatou … [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...]
USA: Attack on International Criminal Court: The US must immediately lift sanctions against ICC personnel | Statement
29/03/2021
Full PDF (ENG)| Cover Letter .PDF (ENG) UPDATE: US lifts sanctions against ICC effective 2 April 2021 USA: Attack on International Criminal Court The US must immediately lift sanctions against ICC personnel Statement 29 March 2021 Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) is deeply concerned … [Read more...]
European Union: Ensure the independence & integrity of the International Criminal Court | Letter
26/04/2019
Full PDF Version On 26 April 2019, Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) wrote a letter to the European Union (EU) urging immediate steps by the EU and each EU member State to safeguard the independence and integrity of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and to ensure access to remedies … [Read more...]
Stop US threats against the International Criminal Court and its Prosecutor | Press release
16/04/2019
See full PDF press release Stop US threats against the International Criminal Court and its Prosecutor Immediate Release 16 April 2019 - Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) today denounced a new United States (US) threat against the International Criminal Court (ICC), the latest in a series of … [Read more...]
Canada’s need to Respond to threats & reprisal by USA against the International Criminal Court and its Prosecutor
12/04/2019
Full PDF Version 12 April 2019 The Honourable Chrystia Freeland Minister of Foreign Affairs 111 Wellington Street Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0A6 E-mail: chrystia.freeland@international.gc.ca Dear Minister, Re: Threats & reprisal by USA against the International Criminal Court and its … [Read more...]
USA: Threats and reprisal by USA against the International Criminal Court and its Prosecutor | Letter
09/04/2019
Full PDF version 9 April 2019 President Donald J. Trump President of the United States of America The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20500 The Honorable John R. Bolton, National Security Advisor United States of America The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue … [Read more...]
