Myanmar: All States Must Use Diplomatic Means to Urge Government of Myanmar to End Humanitarian Crisis | Oral Statement to the 36th Session of the UN Human Rights Council
19/09/2017
Full PDF Version Video Stream Available (Chapter 58, at 02:18:43) Check Against Delivery Organization: Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada and International Bar Association Item: Item 4: Interactive dialogue with the Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar (oral … [Read more...]
Canada: Bill C-59 Does Not Address Human Rights and Civil Society Concerns | Joint Letter
19/09/2017
Full PDF Version (English) Full PDF Version (Français) Over 35 organisations and individuals from across Canadian civil society issued a joint letter to government that lays out overarching concerns with Bill C-59, An Act respecting national security matters. Bill C-59 makes some meaningful and … [Read more...]
Turkey: Immediately and Unconditionally Release Didem Unsal and 17 Other Lawyers | Letter
14/09/2017
Full PDF Version Photo: Semih Özakça (L) and Nuriye Gülmen (R) LRWC calls upon Turkey to immediately and unconditionally release Didem Unsal and 17 other lawyers, who were arrested and detained on 12 September 2017. The timing of the arrests was only one day before the lawyers were scheduled to … [Read more...]
Myanmar: Immediately Bring End to Human Rights Abuses against Rohingya People | Letter
13/09/2017
Full PDF Version 13 September 2017 President U Htin Kyaw President’s Office Office No. 18 Nay Pyi Taw, Republic of the Union of Myanmar Fax: 011 95 1 652 624 Daw Aung San Suu Kyi State Counsellor and Union Minister for Foreign Affairs Ministry of Foreign Affairs Building 9 Nay … [Read more...]
Canada: Canadian Child Hostages Overseas: The Ultimate Commodity – Working Paper by Catherine Morris
12/09/2017
Full PDF Version Canadian Child Hostages Oversees, examines Canada’s international law obligations to secure the safe release of Canadian citizens taken hostage and illegally detained abroad generally. The working paper focuses on the current the case of Canadian citizen Joshua Boyle, his wife, … [Read more...]
Colombia: Caravana Lawyers Group Calls Upon Colombia to Stop and Remedy Attacks on Members of the Corporación Colectivo de Abogados Luis Carlos Perez and other human rights defenders (HRDs) | Joint Letter
12/09/2017
Full PDF Version (English) Full PDF Version (Spanish) LRWC, la Fundación de la Abogacía Española, Lawyers for Lawyers, the Colombian Caravana UK Lawyers Group, Colombia Caravana de Juristas the Netherlandsand the Colombian Caravana Irish Lawyers’ Group joined to call on Colombia to stop and … [Read more...]
Philippines: Protect Cristina “Tinay” Palabay from Intimidation and Threats | Letter
20/08/2017
Full PDF Version Friday, August 18, 2017 H.E. Rodrigo Duterte President of the Republic, Malacañang Palace, JP Laurel St., San Miguel, Manila Philippines Fax: (+632) 742-1641 / 929-3968 E-mail: op@president.gov.ph The Honorable Vitaliano N. Aguirre II Secretary of Justice Padre … [Read more...]
Colombia: Amicus Brief on Compliance of Special Jurisdiction for Peace Act with International Law
11/08/2017
Full PDF Version (Spanish) A joint amicus brief was filed on 26 July 2017 in the Constitutional Court of Colombia by Lawyers Without Borders Canada with the support of LRWC, Global Rights Compliance and the Laval University Clinic of International and Humanitarian Law. The Amicus Brief examines the … [Read more...]
Colombia: Conduct Full and Impartial Investigation into Treatment and Unlawful Detention of Three Human Rights Defenders | Joint Letter
08/08/2017
Full PDF Version (Spanish) LRWC was deeply concerned to learn from the Equipo Juridico Pueblos (EJP) that on 1 July, whilst protesting peacefully, three human rights defenders were subjected to violence by law enforcement officials during their arrest for allegedly blocking a road and for alleged … [Read more...]
Colombia: Support for Precautionary Measures for Equipo Jurídico Pueblos | Joint Letter
07/08/2017
Full PDF Version On 12 July 2017, the Equipo Jurídico Pueblos (EJP) applied to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) for Group Precautionary Measures. The application asks that the IACHR order the Columbian Government to issue effective measures to protect the life and physical … [Read more...]
