Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada

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Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada @LRWCanada 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. @LRWCanada statement 6Oct22 at UN Human Rights Council #HRC51, joined by @IBAHRI, 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. @LRWCanada joined @IBAHRI's statement along with @TheLawSociety, @L4L_INT & @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.. @LRWCanada statement to UN Human Rights Council #HRC51, 5 Oct 2022 Co-sponsored by the International Commission of Jurists @ICJ_org. See the statement: lrwc.org/wp-content/upl…

#SouthSudan: Accelerate establishment of transitional justice mechanisms. @LRWCanada 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. @LRWCanada statement to UN #HRC51 30Sep22 joined by @IBAHRI: 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 @ovdinfo_en @IBAHRI, @ISHRglobal @L4L_INT. See the statement at lrwc.org/wp-content/upl…. #HRC51

#China: @LRWCanada 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 @IBAHRI & @L4L_INT

#SriLanka: Collapse & Disregard of Civil Liberties @LRWCanada statement to UN Human Rights Council #HRC51, 13 September 2022. See the statement lrwc.org/wp-content/upl…

#Myanmar Military junta's abuse of laws/courts to commit atrocity crimes. Continued access to resources facilitates impunity. @LRWCanada made 2 statements to the UN Human Rights Council #HRC51 1) 12 Sep: lrwc.org/wp-content/upl…; 2) 30 Sep with @IBAHRI: lrwc.org/wp-content/upl…

LRWC welcomes the UN Human Rights Council’s adoption of a resolution to mandate a Special Rapporteur on humans rights in #Russia. See more at lrwc.org/lrwc-at-un-hrc… #HRC51

LRWC intervenes at the UN Human Rights Council's 51st session on violations in over a dozen countries: #Afghanistan #Cambodia #China #Myanmar, #Israel #OPT #Philippines #Russia #SouthSudan #SriLanka #Thailand #Türkiye #Ukraine. lrwc.org/lrwc-at-un-hrc… #HRC51

LRWC deplores the UN Human Rights Council's rejection of a debate on #China's #Xinjiang region. See LRWC's report of its #HRC51 interventions at lrwc.org/lrwc-at-un-hrc…

@LRWCanada 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/. @MinColonna @EmmanuelMacron

#Sudan: Abolish immunities for members of the security forces and halt unnecessary use of force against peaceful protestors. @LRWCanada joined the @IBAHRI 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 @LRWCanada & @IBAHRI lrwc.org/south-sudan-mu… #HRC50

#Afghanistan: Establish int’l investigative mechanism. See @LRWCanada 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. @LRWCanada was joined by @IBAHRI 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. @LRWCanada & @L4L_INT joined the @IBAHRI statement calling on the UN Human Rights Council to "ensure accountability for abuses." Full IBAHRI statement: lrwc.org/belarus-dozens… #HRC50