Turkey: Arbitrary detention of Judge Murat Arslan | Letter
31/03/2022
Full pdf letter (EN) 30 March 2022 Mr. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan President of the Republic of Turkey Cumhurbaşkanlığı Külliyesi 06100 Beştepe, Ankara, Turkey Tel: +90 (312) 525 55 55 ; Fax: +90 (312) 525 58 31 Email: contact@tccb.gov.tr Mr. Abdulhamit Gül Minister of … [Read more...]
Afghanistan: Protect jurists and defenders, particularly women | Joint Statement to the 34th Special Session of the UN Human Rights Council
31/03/2022
Full .pdf statement Video statement on UN WebTV at 02:26:30 Organization: Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada Item: Item 10: General Debate Date: 30 March 2022 Speaker: Paul Scambler Oral Statement to the 49th Session of the UN Human Rights Council from Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada, the … [Read more...]
UN Human Rights Council: Cambodia: Fulfil treaty promises with action to uphold rights of dissidents and defenders
29/03/2022
Full .pdf statement See the debate at UN WebTV (part 1). Debate, Part 2. LRWC statement at 42:13 Organization: Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada Item: Item 10: Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia Date: 29 March 2021 Speaker: … [Read more...]
UN Human Rights Council: States, including Thailand, must implement Universal Periodic Review commitments | Oral Statement
24/03/2022
Full pdf statement See UN video: LRWC statement at 3:11:02 Also see the joint statement of Lawyers for Lawyers joined by LRWC, delivered 24 March 2022 Organization: Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada Item: Item 6: General Debate Date: 24 March 2021 Speaker: Catherine Morris Oral … [Read more...]
UN Human Rights Council: Safeguard lawyers in Thailand from harassment and interference | Joint Statement
24/03/2022
Full pdf joint statement Also see LRWC's separate statement to the UN Human Rights Council. Organization: Lawyers for Lawyers Item: Item 6 – UPR Outcome Thailand Date: 23/24 March 2022 Speaker: Ms. Julia Smakman Oral Statement to the 49th Session of the UN Human Rights Council from … [Read more...]
UN Human Rights Council: Halt the atrocities against Myanmar people, including human rights defenders | Oral Statement
21/03/2022
Full pdf statement See the Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur. See LRWC's statement at 1:20:44 Also see a joint statement of the International Bar Association's Human Rights Institute (joined by LRWC) UPDATE: Resolution extending the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the … [Read more...]
UN Human Rights Council: Iran: Arbitrary detention and ill-treatment of human rights lawyers and defenders | Joint oral statement
16/03/2022
Full .pdf statement See video. LRWC statement at 01:42:14 Organization: Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada Item: Item 3: General Debate Date: 16 March 2022 Speaker: Paria Saremi Oral Statement to the 49th Session of the UN Human Rights Council from Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC), … [Read more...]
UN Human Rights Council: Turkey: Abuse of anti-terrorism laws to arbitrarily detain human rights lawyers and defenders | Joint oral statement
15/03/2022
Full pdf statement See the Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on Counter Terrorism. See LRWC's statement at 01:51:24 Organization: Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada Item: Item 3: Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on Interactive dialogue with the … [Read more...]
UN Human Rights Council: OHCHR report on grave human rights violations in Xinjiang can wait no longer | Joint oral statement
08/03/2022
Full joint statement (.docx) | See joint letter released 8 March 2022 See the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights' Annual Update 8 March 2022. See Human Rights Watch video statement at 33:30 Joint statement: Item 2 General Debate on High Commissioner’s update OHCHR report on … [Read more...]
China: Arbitrarily detained lawyer Yu Wensheng released | Update
04/03/2022
Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada welcomes the news that Chinese human rights lawyer Mr. Yu Wensheng has been released from prison after completing a four year prison sentence for "inciting subversion of State power." He was reunited with his wife Ms. Xu Yan in Beijing. However, there are significant … [Read more...]
