Litigating International Human Rights
Matas, David (Remarks prepared for a Law Society of Zimbabwe workshop at Troutbeck in the Eastern Highlands, Zimbabwe, May 14, 2004) A. Difficulties Raising international law in court has obvious...
View ArticleAdvocating for Human Rights Defenders Around the World
Houle, Elizabeth A. Law Now, Vol. 29, Issue page 27, August/September 2004. Those of us who practice law in safe environments such as Canada owe a duty to those who risk not only their freedom but also...
View ArticleUnited Kingdom government must institute an inquiry Re: lawyer Patrick Finucane
United Kingdom government must institute an inquiry under the Tribunals of Inquiry (Evidence) Act of 1921 (“1921 Act”) into the 1989 murder in Northern Ireland of lawyer Patrick Finucane: Open letter...
View ArticleSierra Leone Law Libraries Project: Final Report, 25 April 2005
Pongracic-Speier, Monique Background: Between 1991 and 2000, the West African nation of Sierra Leone suffered a bloody and destructive civil war. Horrific war crimes and crimes against humanity were...
View ArticleLRWC Burma Country Report: April 2005
Copeland, Paul The political situation in Burma is worse than before, if that is possible. Democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi is still under house arrest. This time she has been held for 22 months, and...
View ArticleLRWC Colombia Country Report: April 2005
Neun, Heather, B.A.,MPhil, LL.B Colombia Update The human rights situation in Colombia is extremely serious.[ii] While there has been some reduction in the rates of kidnapping, the number of arbitrary...
View ArticleLRWC Nepal Country Report: April 2005
Morris, Catherine, BA, LLB, LLM Kingdom of Nepal Nepal’s human rights situation has been very poor for a number of years. Its human rights situation is intertwined with political conflict involving an...
View ArticleLRWC Sudan Country Report: April 2005
Morris, Catherine BA, LLB, LLM Republic of Sudan Sudan was much in the news in 2004 as the world’s media attention was focussed on the crisis in Darfur, Sudan, which is very conservatively estimated to...
View ArticleOutlawing Judicial Independence: The Prosecution of Judge Baltasar Garzón in...
Outlawing Judicial Independence: The Prosecution of Judge Baltasar Garzón in Spain by Gail Davidson
View ArticleDenial of justice at the Missing Women Commission more than a shame to the...
by Catherine Morris and Gail Davidson 14 September 2011 Opinion published in the Vancouver Sun, and the Victoria Times Colonist The B.C. government’s refusal to provide legal representation to groups...
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Undermining the rule of law: The case of Omar Khadr
Omar Khadr was never charged with U.S. criminal offences or internationally recognized war crimes. by Catherine Morris 10 October 2012 Opinion published in the Toronto Star Omar Khadr while being...
View ArticleSpeaker’s Corner: Officials must stop demonizing Omar Khadr
Monday, 22 October 2012 | Written by Catherine Morris | Opinion published in the Law Times The Canadian government has claimed Omar Khadr had the benefit of due process in the United States.His...
View ArticleCambodia: Corporate Land-Grabbing & Fabricated Charges in Cambodia: What Can...
Corporate Land-Grabbing & Fabricated Charges in Cambodia: What Can Canadian Lawyers Do? Catherine Morris Canadian Bar Association, International Assistance Section Vancouver, BC, Canada February...
View ArticleCanada: Implementation of International Human Rights Treaties in Canada |...
Full PDF Version Implementation of international human rights treaties in Canada Briefing note 1 March 2014 Catherine Morris This briefing note explains Canada’s legal responsibility to implement and...
View ArticleSierra Leone Law Libraries Project: Final Report, 25 April 2005
Pongracic-Speier, Monique Background: Between 1991 and 2000, the West African nation of Sierra Leone suffered a bloody and destructive civil war. Horrific war crimes and crimes against humanity were...
View ArticleCatherine Morris, “Corporate Land-Grabbing & Fabricated Charges in Cambodia:...
Full Text (pdf) On 12 February 2014, Catherine Morris spoke to the International Assistance Section of the Canadian Bar Association in Vancouver. To illustrate the work of Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada,...
View ArticleCanada: Bill C-51 – A Legal Primer
Full PDF Version Bill C-51: A Legal Primer by Clayton Ruby and Nader Hasan. Canadian lawyers Clayton Ruby and Nader Hasan analyze Bill C-51 and conclude, “Bill C-51, the Anti-Terrorism Act, 2015,...
View ArticleCanada: Bill C-51 perverts the rule of law
by Catherine Morris Law Times (print edition) and Georgia Straight (online), 27 April 2015 One of the worst things about Bill C-51 is that it threatens the rule of law and undermines the integrity and...
View ArticleCanada: The Case for Replacing the 2002 Legal Services Society Act – Part I:...
Full PDF Version “The Case for Replacing the 2002 Legal Services Society Act – Part I: Tracking the Trajectory of Legal Aid in British Columbia” appears in the May 2016 edition of the Advocate (74...
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