Turkey: Submissions on the Universal Periodic Review of Turkey from LRWC, Lawyers for Lawyers and Fair Trial Watch | Report
24/06/2014
Full PDF Version This submission outlines key concerns regarding Turkey’s compliance with its international and national human rights commitments to guarantee effective access to legal services provided by an independent legal profession as set out in the Basic Principles, which is required … [Read more...]
Maureen Webb | Board of Directors
27/04/2014
Maureen Webb is a labour, human rights and constitutional lawyer. She is the author of Coding Democracy: How Hackers Are Disrupting Power, Surveillance and Authoritarianism published in 2020 by The MIT Press, and of Illusions of Security: Global Surveillance and Democracy in the Post 9-11 World (San … [Read more...]
Vani Selvarajah | Board of Directors
27/04/2014
Vani Selvarajah is a corporate and commercial lawyer at Saad Law. She provides legal counsel to clients in a number of different capacities including corporate acquisitions and divestitures, corporate formation and structuring, partnerships and joint ventures and financing transactions. Vani is … [Read more...]
Samina Ullah | Board of Directors
27/04/2014
Samina Ullah has a J.D. from UBC, a B.A. Honors in International Development Studies from York University and is a M.A. Candidate in Political Science. Samina has pursued several opportunities in international public interest law. She works for a Vancouver based human rights organization, Lawyers' … [Read more...]
Renee Racette | Board of Directors
27/04/2014
Renee Racette is a Cree First Nation and Métis individual from Cowessess First Nation and the Lebret Métis of Qu’Appelle Valley located in south-eastern Saskatchewan. Renee is a former school teacher having taught in Saskatchewan’s north, which led Renee to law school. Renee graduated from the … [Read more...]
Lois Leslie | Board of Directors
27/04/2014
Lois Leslie is a human rights lawyer (retired), currently living in Vancouver. Lois has practiced almost exclusively in the area of Indigenous Peoples’ rights, primarily on behalf of Inuit in Nunavut, in the negotiation, settlement and implementation of the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement and … [Read more...]
Leo McGrady Q.C. | Board of Directors
27/04/2014
Leo McGrady Q.C. is counsel with Koskie Glavin Gordon in Vancouver, British Columbia. He received his degrees from the University of Toronto and the University of Manitoba. He represents unions, employees, NGOs, journalists and media on labour relations, class actions, human rights, as well as … [Read more...]
Carolyn McCool | Board of Directors
27/04/2014
Carolyn McCool is a public interest lawyer. She has been a staff lawyer in the legal aid system in BC, a member of the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, and has worked abroad in institution- and peace-building missions in post-conflict societies, namely, Kosovo and Afghanistan. Currently she … [Read more...]
Julius Grey | Board of Directors
27/04/2014
Julius Grey was educated in Montreal where he obtained a BA (Great Distinction) in 1970, a BCL in 1971, and an MA in 1973. He also studied at Oxford University where he received a BCL (1st class) in 1973. His professional experience includes Research Assistant for the Law Reform Commission … [Read more...]
Event: International human rights, the Rule of Law and Cambodia’s Election Conflict | 23 April 2014
04/04/2014
Poster (.pdf) Safeguarding the Independence and Integrity of the Bar, Courts and Tribunals: International Human Rights, the Rule of Law and Cambodia's Election Conflict Victoria April 23, 2014, noon to 1:15 pm Barristers’ Lounge, Victoria Courthouse, 850 Burdett Ave., Victoria, BC No … [Read more...]
