China: Joint Statement to the 40th Session of the Human Rights Council by ISHR joined by LRWC | Joint Statement

Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada joined International Service for Human Rights (ISHR) in the following oral statement given at the China's Universal Periodic Review on 15 March 2019 at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. UN WebTV live stream (Chapter 20, 00:38:43) Full .pdf statement Human … [Read more...]

Colombia: Protective Measures for Human Rights Lawyer Adil Meléndez | Letter

Full PDF Version (ENG) / Full PDF Version (ESP) Adil Meléndez, Human Rights Lawyer 13 March, 2019 Pablo Elías González Monguí Director, Unidad Nacional de Protección Carrera 63 # 14 – 97 Puente Aranda Bogotá D.C. 111611 Colombia Dear Mr González Monguí Re: Protective measures … [Read more...]

Saudi Arabia: Release Women Human Rights Defenders: Statement to the 40th Session of the Human Rights Council | Joint statement of ISHR, CIVICUS and LRWC

Full .pdf statement Video stream available (Chapter 17, at 00:43:29) Human Rights Council 40th session UPR adoption: Saudi Arabia  Speaker: Salma El Hosseiny – Check against delivery Mr. President, We call upon the Saudi authorities to immediately and unconditionally release … [Read more...]

Iran: Lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh: Release and quash sentences | Letter

Full .pdf letter 13 March 2019 His Excellency Ayatollah Sayed Ali Khamenei Office of the Supreme Leader Islamic Republic of Iran Shahid Keshvardoost Street Jomhuri Eslami Avenue Tehran, Iran Fax: + 98 21 441 2030 Email: info_leader@leader.ir President Hassan Rouhani Islamic … [Read more...]

China and Saudi Arabia: Oral Statement to the 40th Session of the UN Human Rights Council

Full .pdf statement Video stream available (Chapter 43 at 01:31:44) Check against delivery Organization: Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada Item 5: General Debate – Human rights bodies and mechanisms Date: 13 March 2019 Speaker: Ms. Judith van den Lichtenberg Oral Statement to the 40th … [Read more...]

Iran: Oral statement, Human Rights Council 40th session: Arbitrary detention of lawyer Ms. Nasrin Sotoudeh

Full .pdf statement Check against delivery Organization:   Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada Item 4: General Debate Date: 12 March 2019 Speaker: Ms. Hélène Ramos dos Santos Oral Statement to the 40th Session of the UN Human Rights Council from Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC), NGO in special … [Read more...]

Iran: Oral Statement to the Human Rights Council: Ongoing and Intensified Wrongful Treatment of Lawyers in the Islamic Republic of Iran

Full .pdf Statement Video Stream Available (Chapter 23, 00:44:58) Check against delivery Organization: Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada Iem 4: Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the Islamic Republic of Iran Date: 11 March 2019 Speaker: Ms. Hélène Ramos dos Santos Oral … [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

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...]

Saudi Arabia: Over 50 Human Rights Groups Call for Immediate Release of Women’s Rights Defenders | Letter

Full PDF Version Loujain Al-Hathloul (left), Aziza Al-Yousef, Eman Al-Nafjan, Samar Badawi (right) Over 50 NGOs including LRWC sent a letter on 19 February 2019 to over 30 Ministers of Foreign Affairs of UN Member States calling for adoption of a resolution at the 40th session of the UN Human … [Read more...]

Saudi Arabia: Nomination of Waleed Abu Al-khair for the Lawyers for Lawyers Human Rights Award 2019

Full PDF Version Waleed Abu al-Khair of Saudi Arabia Nomination for the Lawyers for Lawyers Human Rights Award 2019 Nominee: Waleed Abu al-Khair of Saudi Arabia Nominator: Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada References: Daniel N. Arshak and Tony Fisher Summary of Work of Nominee Waleed … [Read more...]