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...]
Myanmar: Oral Statement to 40th Session of the UN Human Rights Council: Statement of Rohingya peace advocate, Hamida Khatun | Joint Statement of LRWC and ISHR
12/03/2019
Full .pdf file Video Stream Available (Chapter 20, 00:39:00) Organization: Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada Item 4: Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on Myanmar Date: 11 March 2019 Speaker: Ms. Salma El Hosseiny (ISHR) Oral Statement to the 40th Session of the UN Human Rights … [Read more...]
Canada: Release and Repatriation of Omar Khadr | Letter
05/10/2018
Full PDF Version Wednesday, July 30, 2008 The Right Honourable Prime Minister Stephen Harper The Honourable Attorney General Robert Nicholson, The Honourable Minister of Foreign Affairs David Emerson, The Honourable Minister of National Defence Peter MacKay Dear Honourable … [Read more...]
Saudi Arabia: Persistent gross, widespread and systematic violations of human rights while a member of the UN Human Rights Council | Joint Written Statement to the 39th Session of the UN Human Rights Council
22/08/2018
See full pdf report as filed with the UN Human Rights Council without footnotes (due to length restrictions) See the fully footnoted report (pdf) This written statement by LRWC is endorsed by the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR). Item 4 – Human rights situations that require Council’s … [Read more...]
Pearl Eliadis | Honorary Board of Directors
15/08/2017
Pearl Eliadis | Honorary Board of Directors Pearl Eliadis (BCL, LLB (McGill), BCL Oxon.) is a lawyer, author and lecturer. Her law practice focuses on human rights, national institutions and democratic governance, working mainly with international and multilateral institutions and civil society … [Read more...]
Claire L’Heureux-Dubé | Honorary Director
28/07/2017
The Honourable Claire L'Heureux-Dubé is an eminently distinguished Canadian jurist who was appointed as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada in 1987 after having served for 14 years as a judge in the Québec superior and Appeal courts. Mme L’Heureux-Dubé’s extraordinary contribution to Canadian … [Read more...]
Professor William Schabas | Honorary Director
28/07/2017
Professor William Schabas is currently teaching international law at Middlesex University in the United Kingdom and at Leiden University in the Netherlands. He holds B.A. and M.A. degrees from the University of Toronto and LL.B., LL.M. and LL.D. degrees from the University of Montreal. Professor … [Read more...]
Maya Duvage | Board of Directors
02/06/2017
Maya Duvage, B.A. (Hons) McGill University (2010), LL.B. (Hons) University of Nottingham (2013), anticipates being called to the Bar of British Columbia in late 2017. After completing a baccalaureate at McGill University, Maya entered the legal field by working at a mid-sized Toronto firm on … [Read more...]
Brian Samuels Q.C. | Board of Directors
02/06/2017
Brian Samuels Q.C., P. Eng. (Civil), MBA, LL.B, C. Arb. is a senior trial and appeal lawyer. He practiced with Russell and DuMoulin (now Faskens) in Vancouver from 1987 until 1993, and then with Lee & Associates in Denver, Colorado until 1994, before starting his independent practice. He is the … [Read more...]
Isabel Stramwasser | Board of Directors
02/06/2017
Isabel Stramwasser, B.A. McGill University (1995) and LL.B. University of Toronto (2002), has volunteered with LRWC in various roles since 2004. She represented LRWC at the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva in 2010. Isabel has worked as an administrative decision-maker for the last five … [Read more...]
