South Sudan: UN HRC should extend the mandate of the Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan | Joint letter
06/02/2020
To Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the United Nations Human Rights Council 6 February 2020 Re: The UN Human Rights Council should extend the mandate of the Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan Excellencies, We, the undersigned national, regional, and … [Read more...]
Toolkit on Lawyers at Risk | Event
22/01/2020
Read Online | Register Now INVITATION Toolkit on Lawyers at Risk To mark the International Day of Endangered Lawyers Friday 24 January 2020 1200 start • 1400 conclusion • refreshments to follow Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights 120B rue de Lausanne, … [Read more...]
The Philippines: Attacks Again Lawyers Escalating | Joint statement by 151 lawyers’ organizations and lawyers
16/09/2019
Full PDF (ENG) | Full PDF (FRE) Lawyers for Lawyers, LRWC and more than 150 Bar Associations, lawyers’ organizations and members of the legal profession urge the Philippine Government to stop the extra-judicial killings of lawyers, allow investigations that ensure accountability for perpetrators … [Read more...]
Thousands of extrajudicial killings in the Philippines: “A pattern of gross and systematic violations of human rights,” say seven legal organisations to the UN | Press release
09/09/2019
Press Release_(.docx) | Press Release_(.pdf) Thousands of extrajudicial killings in the Philippines: “A pattern of gross and systematic violations of human rights,” say seven legal organisations to the UN For immediate release 9 September 2019 – Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) was … [Read more...]
Cameroon: Rights groups seek UN intervention to end Cameroon atrocities | Press release
26/08/2019
Full press release (pdf) | Full press release (.docx) Rights groups seek UN intervention to end Cameroon atrocities Immediate release 26 August 2019 – Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC), supported by the Centre for Human Rights and Democracy in Africa (CHRDA) and the Raoul Wallenberg … [Read more...]
Human Rights Catastrophe in Cameroon | Written Statement to the 42nd session of the UN Human Rights Council
26/08/2019
Link to document on UN Human Rights Council site Full .pdf document Press Release (pdf) | Press release (.docx) Joint written statement submitted by Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada, a non-governmental organization in special consultative status. The Centre for Human Rights and Democracy in … [Read more...]
Attacks on lawyers in China, Philippines, Saudi Arabia and Turkey | Joint Oral Statement to the 41st Session of the UN Human Rights Council
01/07/2019
Live stream video, Chapter 46, 01:25:11, Full .pdf statement Item: Item 3: General Debate Date: 1 July 2019 Speaker: Ms. Hélène Ramos dos Santos Oral Statement to the 41st Session of the UN Human Rights Council from Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada … [Read more...]
Renée Mulligan | Board of Directors
18/05/2019
Renée Mulligan is a lawyer at Woodward and Company in Victoria, BC. Her practice includes developing, drafting and implementing laws and policies for First Nations governments and communities. She obtained her undergraduate degree in geography (B.A.) and her law degree (LL.B) from the University of … [Read more...]
Melissa Tessler | Board of Directors
18/05/2019
Melissa Tessler is a Toronto-based litigator with experience in international criminal and human rights law. Melissa was a former member of legal teams in the appeals chamber at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and the United Nations Assistance to the Khmer Rouge Trials. … [Read more...]
Rob Lapper Q.C. | Board of Directors
18/05/2019
Robert Lapper Q.C. is currently David and Dorothy Lam Chair in Law and Public Policy at the University of Victoria. He is a professor in both the Faculty of Law and the Faculty of Human and Social Development (School of Public Administration) where he teaches and researches justice policy and legal … [Read more...]
