Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada
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Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada today issued a statement expressing concern about BC government incursion on the independence of the legal profession along with continued lack of access to justice through legal aid. See the full statement at lrwc.org/lrwc-statement….
#Russia must halt attacks on lawyers & HRDs in Russian-held areas of #Ukraine . Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada statement 6Oct22 at UN Human Rights Council #HRC51 , joined by IBA's Human Rights Institute, condemned Russia's unlawful invasion of Ukraine & called for a Special Rapporteur for Russia: lrwc.org/wp-content/upl…
#Philippines : Accountability for extrajudicial killings of lawyers & others. Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada joined IBA's Human Rights Institute's statement along with The Law Society, Lawyers for Lawyers & Karapatan. See the joint statement at lrwc.org/wp-content/upl… #HRC51
#Cambodia : End Cambodia’s human rights crisis by
establishing independent courts & legal profession.. Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada statement to UN Human Rights Council #HRC51 , 5 Oct 2022 Co-sponsored by the International Commission of Jurists icj. See the statement: lrwc.org/wp-content/upl…
#SouthSudan : Accelerate establishment of transitional justice mechanisms. Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada statement to UN Human Rights Council #HRC51 . 5 October 2022. See the statement: lrwc.org/wp-content/upl…
#Israel : Respect rights of lawyers & human rights defenders. Israel misuses law to close Palestinian CSOs & arbitrarily detain lawyer Salah Hammouri & humanitarian worker Mohammed el Halabi. Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada statement to UN #HRC51 30Sep22 joined by IBA's Human Rights Institute: lrwc.org/wp-content/upl…
#Russia : Widespread, systematic attacks on lawyers & human rights defenders facilitate unlawful war in #Ukraine . LRWC statement to UN Human Rights Council 26 Sept 2022 co-sponsored by OVD-Info English IBA's Human Rights Institute, ISHR Lawyers for Lawyers. See the statement at lrwc.org/wp-content/upl…. #HRC51
#China : Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada statements to UN Human Rights Council called for independent investigative mechanism to address arbitrary detention of lawyers/defenders. 20Sep2022: lrwc.org/wp-content/upl…. & enforced disappearances 21Sep: lrwc.org/wp-content/upl…. Joined by IBA's Human Rights Institute & Lawyers for Lawyers
#Myanmar Military junta's abuse of laws/courts to commit atrocity crimes. Continued access to resources facilitates impunity. Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada made 2 statements to the UN Human Rights Council #HRC51
1) 12 Sep: lrwc.org/wp-content/upl…;
2) 30 Sep with IBA's Human Rights Institute: lrwc.org/wp-content/upl…
Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada seeks #JusticeforSalah Hamouri, a Palestinian lawyer subjected to #Pegasus spyware, separated from family, arbitrarily detained without charge, may be deported to France from Jerusalem where he's lived all his life. justiceforsalah.net/get-involved/. Catherine Colonna Emmanuel Macron
#Sudan : Abolish immunities for members of the security forces and halt unnecessary use of force against peaceful protestors. Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada joined the IBA's Human Rights Institute statement to the #UN #HumanRightsCouncil . See the full statement: lrwc.org/sudan-abolishi… #HRC50
#SouthSudan must implement #UPR commitments to accede to the Convention on Enforced Disappearances & investigate all enforced #disappearances . See full statement to #UN #HumanRightsCouncil by Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada & IBA's Human Rights Institute lrwc.org/south-sudan-mu… #HRC50
#Afghanistan : Establish int’l investigative mechanism. See Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada statement at the #UN #HumanRightsCouncil #urgentdebate on rights of Afghanistan women/girls read by former Afghan parliamentarian & women’s rights defender Shukria Barakzai. lrwc.org/afghanistan-st… #HRC50
#Myanmar : Take urgent measures to halt the military junta’s atrocity crimes. Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada was joined by IBA's Human Rights Institute in a statement to the UN Human Rights Council calling for a Security Council referral to the ICC and an arms embargo. Full statement: lrwc.org/myanmar-take-u… #HRC50
#Belarus : Dozens of Belarusian lawyers persecuted since the 2020 elections. Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada & Lawyers for Lawyers joined the IBA's Human Rights Institute statement calling on the UN Human Rights Council to 'ensure accountability for abuses.' Full IBAHRI statement: lrwc.org/belarus-dozens… #HRC50