Sri Lanka: Death threat against Dr. Saravanamuttu, human rights defender
Re: Death threat against Dr. Saravanamuttu, human rights defender To: President Mahinda Rajapakse From: Harini Sivalingam Date: 2009-08-26 Our organization, Lawyers Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) is deeply...
View ArticleLRWC Statement to 12th Session of the HRC Re: Sri Lanka
Statement to 12th Session of the HRC Re: Sri Lanka by LRWC
View ArticleSri Lanka Accountability: Statement to the Human Rights Council 12 September...
Human Rights Council: Interactive Dialogue Accountability for war crimes in Sri Lanka – Recommendations of Panel of Experts. see full statement
View ArticleSri Lanka: 3rd and 4th Periodic Report on the Implementation of the...
Executive Summary: These submissions are made by Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada in aid of the Committee against Torture’s (CAT) examination of the combined 3rd and 4th Periodic Report of Sri Lanka...
View ArticleSri Lanka Human Rights Abuses: Statement made at Interactive Dialogue with...
Sri Lanka: Statement at Interactive Dialogue 27 February 2012 See full statement
View ArticleSri Lanka: PAIKIASOTHY SARAVANAMUTTU – Executive Director of the Centre for...
On 20 August 2009, Dr. Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu received an anonymous death threat. It had been typed in English and posted to his residence in Colombo, Sri Lanka. According to its contents,...
View ArticleSri Lanka: Reprisals against supporters of Human Rights Council Resolution
Re: Reprisals against supporters of Human Rights Council Resolution A/HRC/19/L.2, “Promoting Reconciliation and Accountability in Sri Lanka” To: President Mahinda Rajapakse From: Gail Davidson,...
View ArticleSri Lanka: Impeachment of Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake | Letter
Re: Impeachment of Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake To: President Mahinda Rajapakse From: Gail Davidson, Executive Director, LRWC Date: January 16, 2013 To view a PDF version, please click here....
View ArticleSri Lanka: Threat to arrest individuals attending the 22nd Session of the...
To: President Remigiusz Henczel, UN Human Rights Council From: Gail Davidson, Executive Director, LRWC Re: Threat to arrest individuals attending the 22nd Session of the Human Rights Council Date:...
View ArticleSri Lanka: Oral Intervention at the UN Human Rights Council on Deteriorating...
PDF version Re: Interactive Dialogue with High Commissioner Lawyers Rights Watch Canada March 4, 2013 Speaker: Vani Selvarajah Thank you Mr. President, Madam High Commissioner, on behalf of Lawyers’...
View ArticleSri Lanka Human Rights Defender Sunila Abeyasekara | Oral Statement to the...
Full Statement pdf Date: 9 September 2013 Item 2: General Debate Speaker: Gary Anandasangaree Mr. President, Madam High Commissioner, Your Excellencies You are all too familiar with the work of Sunila...
View ArticleSri Lanka: Oral Statement at the Human Rights Council 24th Session
Full pdf version Date: September 26, 2013 Check Against Delivery Agenda Item 2 & 10 General Debate Speaker: Ms. Vani Selvarajah Thank you Mr. President, Lawyers Rights Watch Canada wishes to thank...
View ArticleSri Lanka: Oral Statement to UN HRC Applauding Recommendation to Establish a...
Full PDF Version LRWC applauds the recommendation to establish a special court to prosecute war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Sri Lanka during the 26-year civil war and calls on the...
View ArticleSri Lanka: Hold Accountable Those Responsible for Atrocity Crimes during and...
Full PDF Version This statement was not delivered because of scheduling. Mr. President: Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada thanks the High Commissioner for Human Rights for his work promoting, protecting and...
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Sri Lanka: Oral Statement to the 40th Session of the Human Rights Council:...
Live video stream, Chapter 29, 01:09:34 Full .pdf statement Check against delivery Organization: Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada Item 2: Interactive Dialogue on the OHCHR Report on Sri Lanka Date: 20...
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Sri Lanka: Dr. Kumaravadivel Guruparan and the Decision to Bar Academics from...
Full PDF Kumaravadivel Guruparan, a human rights lawyer December 10, 2019 Prof. Mohan De Silva University Grants Commission – Sri Lanka 20 Ward Place Colombo 07 Sri Lanka Email: sponec@slt.lk Dear...
View ArticleSri Lanka: Oral Intervention at the UN Human Rights Council on Deteriorating...
Oral Intervention by Vanitha Selvarajah at the UN Human Rights Council On March 4, 2013, Vanitha Selvarajah gave an oral intervention on behalf of LRWC at the 22nd session of the UN Human Rights...
View ArticleSri Lanka: Prevailing Impunity and Lack of Accountability for Human Rights...
Full PDF (ENG) Direct link to LRWC statement See full debate on Sri Lanka: 24 February and 25 February 2021. Organization: Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada Item: Item 2: Sri Lanka – Report of the UN High...
View ArticleSri Lanka and Afghanistan: Oral Statement to the 48th Session of the UN Human...
Full pdf statement (EN) Video of full debate: See the opening statements and reports of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights during Item 2 of the 48th session. Second meeting with report on...
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ACTION NEWS: LRWC newsletter Autumn 2021
Join or Renew | Support LRWC’s work LRWC Action News, Autumn 2021 Edition (full pdf) Afghanistan | Belarus | Burundi | Cambodia | Canada | China | Colombia | Iran | Myanmar | Pakistan | Philippines |...
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