Gary Anandasangaree | Board of Directors
08/05/2013
Gary Anandasangaree came to Canada as a refugee in 1983. His memories, personal history as well as that of his community inform and animate his engagement with human rights work locally, provincially, nationally and internationally. Gary is both human rights activist and lawyer: for more than twenty … [Read more...]
First Nations’ Rights Speaker Series: The Gap between Law and Practice – May 9, 2013
19/04/2013
Savage Anxieties: Indigenous Peoples’ Human Rights and the Not-So-Special Case of Hul’qumi’num Treaty Group v. Canada before the Inter-American Human Rights Commission Throughout the centuries, conquest, war, and unspeakable acts of racist violence and colonial dispossession have all been … [Read more...]
The Accountability Gap: Canadian Mining in Mexico (and beyond)
27/03/2013
Wednesday April 17, 2013, 7:00 – 8:30 pm at the Vancouver Public Library Emily Dwyer and Alejandra Ancheita will identify abuses by Canadian mining companies operating outside Canada and possible means of obtaining legal remedies for victims and promoting adherence to international human rights … [Read more...]
Sri Lanka: Oral Intervention at the UN Human Rights Council on Deteriorating Human Rights in Sri Lanka | Statement
13/03/2013
PDF version Re: Interactive Dialogue with High Commissioner Lawyers Rights Watch Canada March 4, 2013 Speaker: Vani Selvarajah Thank you Mr. President, Madam High Commissioner, on behalf of Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada and the International Movement Against All Forms of Discrimination … [Read more...]
China: Submissions to the Universal Periodic Review of China | Reports
06/03/2013
PDF of LRWC's submissions to the UPR of China LAWYERS FOR LAWYERS (L4L) AND LAWYERS’ RIGHTS WATCH CANADA (LRWC) JOINT UPR SUBMISSION – PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA, MARCH 2013 1. Lawyers for Lawyers (hereinafter ‘L4L’) and Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (‘LRWC’) submit this report on the state of … [Read more...]
First Nations Rights Speaker Series History
18/02/2013
2013 - First Nations Rights: the Gap between Law and Practice January 24, 2013 - Debunking the Doctrine of Discovery Robert Morales unveils the continuing effects of this archaic doctrine used to justifiy seizure of lands and oppression of peoples. Morales talk power point. Video available … [Read more...]
First Nations Rights: the Gap between Law and Practice
18/02/2013
2013 - First Nations Rights: the Gap between Law and Practice January 24, 2013 - Debunking the Doctrine of Discovery Robert Morales unveils the continuing effects of this archaic doctrine used to justifiy seizure of lands and oppression of peoples. Morales talk power point. Video available … [Read more...]
9 May 2013 | Robert A. Williams: Savage Anxieties: Indigenous Peoples’ Human Rights and the Not-So-Special Case of Hul’qumi’num Treaty Group v. Canada
02/02/2013
Savage Anxieties: Indigenous Peoples’ Human Rights and the Not-So-Special Case of Hul’qumi’num Treaty Group v. Canada before the Inter-American Human Rights Commission Robert A. Williams Throughout the centuries, conquest, war, and unspeakable acts of racist violence and colonial dispossession … [Read more...]
The Day of Dissent: Presentations
20/01/2013
On December 7, 2012 — the 64th anniversary of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights — LRWC, Amnesty International, the BC Civil Liberties Association, Council of Canadians, and the New Media Journalism Program of SFU's Continuing Studies Program hosted the Day of Dissent. Speakers at the event … [Read more...]
Canada: Request the Governor General’s Attendance at First Nations Meeting 11 January 2013
09/01/2013
Request the Governor General's Attendance at First Nations Meeting 11 January 2013 (PDF) … [Read more...]
