Canada: International law obligations to suspend construction of pipeline and...
Full .pdf legal brief | Press release Canada’s international human rights law obligations to suspend construction of the Coastal GasLink Pipeline and stop use of force against the Wet’suwet’en Canada...
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Canada: LRWC releases legal brief on Canada’s international law obligations...
Full .pdf press release | Full legal brief (.html) | full legal brief (.pdf) Photo from Unist’ot’en Camp press release http://unistoten.camp/feb10/ Canada‘s international human rights law obligations...
View ArticleCanada: Indigenous Nations, organizations and individuals support federal...
Full PDF (ENG) Full PDF (FR) LRWC signed an open letter published this week in The Hill Times. The letter was signed by 37 Indigenous Nations and governments and other organizations, and 125 human...
View ArticleCanada’s Senate must immediately pass Bill C-15: UN Declaration on the Rights...
Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) calls on Canada’s Senate for immediate passage of Bill C-15, the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act. LRWC welcomes the House of...
View ArticleCanada must conduct thorough, independent investigation of all undocumented...
• International law obligation for thorough, independent investigation • Implement UNDRIP and TRC Calls to Action • How Canadians can help Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) shares in the grief of...
View ArticleCanada: Implementation of UNDRIP is now the law
LRWC calls upon all Canadian authorities to ensure prompt action to implement Canada’s Act respecting the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples [UNDRIP]. The Act is now the law...
View ArticleCanada: Unlawful attacks on Indigenous land rights defenders in Wet’suwet’en...
Full .pdf letter [See errata *]. On 15 December 2021 LRWC wrote to Canadian and British Colombia authorities expressing concern about “allegations of unlawful use of force by the Royal Canadian Mounted...
View ArticleCanada: Gidimt’en land defenders made a submission to UN about ongoing rights...
See full .pdf submission to the UN (EN) Scroll down for the list of signatories and 26 endorsing organizations, including LRWC. Gidimt’en land defenders make submission to United Nations about ongoing...
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Enforced disappearances: “Every minute counts”| Joint submission to UN CED...
Full pdf submission On 15 August 2023, LRWC joined a submission to the UN Committee on Enforced Disappearance (CED) and the Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearance (WGEID). The...
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Open Letter: Premier David Eby Stop the criminalization of Wet’suwet’en land...
Full PDF joint open letter [EN] | [FR] Wet’suwet’en land defenders, under the governance of the Wet’suwet’en Nation’s Hereditary Chiefs, oppose the construction of a natural gas pipeline by the...
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