Cambodia: Comply with international law and stop harassing defenders and dissidents | Oral statement at the UN Human Rights Council
18/10/2024
Full .pdf statement See more LRWC statements at the 57th session of the UN Human Rights Council Organization: Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada Item 10: Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia Date: 7 October 2024 Oral Statement to the … [Read more...]
Myanmar: Escalating human rights violations and atrocity crimes by junta | Oral statement to the UN Human Rights Council
18/10/2024
Full .pdf statement Other statements at the 57th session of the HRC Organization: Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada Item 2: Interactive dialogue on report of Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar Date: 9 September 2024 Oral Statement to the 57th Session of the UN Human Rights … [Read more...]
Afghanistan’s worsening human rights catastrophe and gender apartheid | Oral statement at the UN Human Rights Council
18/10/2024
Full .pdf statement See other LRWC statements at the 57th session of the UN Human Rights Council Organization: Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada Item 2: Enhanced Interactive dialogue on Afghanistan Date: 9 September 2024 Oral Statement to the 57th Session of the UN Human Rights Council … [Read more...]
Occupied Palestinian Territories: Human rights defenders targeted amid ongoing war crimes | Oral statement to the UN Human Rights Council
18/10/2024
Full pdf statement Other statements at the 57th session of the HRC Organization: Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada Item 7: General Debate: Human rights situation in Palestine and other occupied Arab territories Date: 2 October 2024 Oral Statement to the 57th Session of the UN Human Rights … [Read more...]
The Russian Federation’s Systematic Restrictions and Repressive Actions Against Human Rights Lawyers | Joint written statement to the UN Human Rights Council | September 2023
20/02/2024
Joint written statement submitted by Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada, International Bar Association, Lawyers for Lawyers, non-governmental organizations in special consultative status. OVD-Info, NGO without consultative status, also shares the views expressed in this statement. Submitted to the UN … [Read more...]
The global problem of enforced disappearances: “Outside all protection of the law” | Written statement submitted to the UN Human Rights Council
23/01/2024
Written statement submitted by Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada, a non-governmental organization in special consultative status. Peacemakers Trust, The 29 Principles, Network of Chinese Human Rights Defenders, Colombian Caravana, Memorial Human Rights Defence Centre, NGOs without consultative status, … [Read more...]
Global Coalition accepts UN Human Rights Prize
26/12/2023
New York, 15 December, 2023 — Today the Global Coalition of Civil Society, Indigenous Peoples, Social Movements, and Local Communities for the Universal Recognition of the Right to a Clean, Healthy, and Sustainable Environment accepted the prestigious 2023 United Nations Human Rights … [Read more...]
Russia: Submission to the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review of the Russian Federation | Joint submission
30/04/2023
Full pdf joint submission On 5 April 2023, Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada joined Lawyers for Lawyers (L4L) and the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) in submitting a report for the UN Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the Russian … [Read more...]
LRWC intervenes at the UN Human Rights Council on violations in over a dozen countries | Letters and statements at the 51st Session 12 September to 7 October 2022
07/10/2022
During the 51st session of the UN Human Rights Council held 12 September to 7 October 2022, Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) intervened to seek the Council's action to address serious human rights violations in a number of countries including: Afghanistan, Cambodia, China, Myanmar, the Occupied … [Read more...]
Sudan: Abolish immunities for members of the security forces and halt unnecessary use of force against peaceful protestors | Joint statement to UN Human Rights Council
04/07/2022
Full .pdf statement See full debate on UN WebTV at 1:45:47 with IBAHRI and LRWC statement at 2:27:54 United Nations Human Rights Council 50th Human Rights Council Session Oral Statement by the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) 50th session of the Human … [Read more...]
