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At the beginning of 2002, three lawyers joined forces to participate, on a voluntary basis, in international solidarity efforts. That same year, their desire to make a difference gave birth to Lawyers Without Borders Canada.
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Many challenges remain to eliminate discrimination against women in Canada
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Fatoumata Sidibe’s determination and commitment to becoming a magistrate in Mali
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Dignity Network in Ottawa: Strengthening Human Rights for All
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The impacts of cholera on victims and their families
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Guatemala: Journalism under siege
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A decision setting back the fight against sexual violence linked to armed conflict in West Africa
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The “Corporación Humanas” Testifies Before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights in Washington DC
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Inter-American Court Declares Colombia Responsible for Human Rights Violations
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Fighting corruption, a feminist agenda
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Celebrating Progress, Advocating for Autonomy
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Freedom of Expression and Gender Identity in Canadian Schools
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Canada’s Vital Role in Global Human Rights and Democracy Defense
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Appointement of Veronique Lamontagne as Executive Director
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A Fresh Chapter: Lawyers without Borders Canada Embraces Two Distinguished Board of Directors
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We are all Alejandra
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Fighting gender violence and discrimination in Honduras
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Colombia and Ukraine exchange on peacebuilding efforts
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Notice of the 2023 Annual General Meeting
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Lawyers Without Borders Canada’s Contribution to the Universal Periodic Review of Canada
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Human Rights Education
Monitoring guidelines with a human rights and gender perspective to prevent corruption – Honduras
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Opportunities and mechanisms for public participation in extractive concessions – Honduras
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Guide for using recommendations from international bodies and mechanisms – Honduras
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Honduran Case Law Database
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High-level public officials’ appointments in Honduras: Lessons learned and recommendations
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LGBTI rights in Honduras: a constant struggle for inclusion and justice
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Ukrainian helpline reunites mother and children
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Survivor of sexual violence in Ukraine is finally heard after years of impunity
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LWBC participates in a conference in Venezuela on human trafficking
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Follow the money: A strategy to end human trafficking
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Beatriz vs El Salvador : A historic hearing on abortion rights
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Women Lawyers in Wartime, the New Path of a Ukrainian Organization
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Human rights lawyers at risk
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Sosa Orantes case: Canada could end 40 years of impunity
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Judicial response to conflict-related sexual violence in Mali is inadequate
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Criminalization of Human Rights Defenders 101
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Human rights gains are possible in Mali, thanks to them
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Their fight against abusive preventive detention in Haiti is paying off
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Fighting human trafficking in Guatemala
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Empowerment of Colombian women affected by the armed conflict
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Strategic Litigation and Victim Empowerment in Honduras
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Law firms involved in the fight against gender-based violence in El Salvador
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Lawyers Without Borders Canada’s Third Interuniversity Competition in International Criminal Law in Bucaramanga, Colombia Gets Underway
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Discriminated in Cameroon because of his language
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He is looking for his father, arrested and reported missing in Mauritania
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Bankass massacre in Mali: witnesses describe the attack
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RETEJIENDO SABERES: Women as Protagonists in the Mechanisms of Transitional Justice and Peace building in Colombia
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Victim of a massacre, his call for help is ignored by the Canadian government
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The Inter-American Forum Closes with the Signing of a Declaration to Strenghten Coordination and Collaboration to Fight Trafficking in Persons in the Americas
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Raïf Badawi, almost free
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Internally displaced youth increasingly involved in the transitional justice process in Mali
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Care Canada, Santé Monde, Lawyers Without Borders Canada and the Government of Canada announce funding for FANMKAD project
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The most important stages in the Anchicayá case
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Major Achievements
Afro-descendant community in Anchicayá, Colombia receives National Human Rights Award
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A young Haitian stands up for people with disabilities
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International standards on gender-based violence: LWBC organizes an expert forum for the Salvadoran legal community
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Recognition of the Lenca people in the “Gualcarque Fraud” case: a step towards justice
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2020-2021 annual report: staying without borders despite the pandemic
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New appeal to the IACHR seeking the accountability of the Government of Haiti in light of the judicial standstill in the case of Duvalier and others
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Victims of multiple crises in Mali will get reparation
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Significant judicial progress for two indigenous Guatemalan youth
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What future for the fight against corruption in Honduras?
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Vicky Hernandez: A landmark decision for Latin America’s LGBTI community
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More than $16M provided to Lawyers Without Borders Canada for a project promoting peace and justice in Mali
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Fannie Lafontaine finalist for Canada’s Top 25 Most Influential Lawyers
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Alleged Massacre Perpetrator Lives Freely in Canada: Canadian Government Called to Act
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We bet on peace in Colombia
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Conflicts that unite the women of Colombia and Venezuela
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Unjustly Imprisoned and Tortured in Sri Lanka
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Access to justice strengthened for indigenous women in Guatemala
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Project PLURIELLES: for a better access to sexual and reproductive health care in Africa
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Mali: New project makes the fight against impunity a priority
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Vocation human rights defender and lawyer without borders
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An indispensable guide to the fight against corruption in Haiti
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Witness #6 must not be forgotten
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The trial of Alvaro Uribe is a test for the rule of law in Colombia
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How to ensure a lasting peace in Mali?
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Public hearing of the TRC: Mali listens to victims
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Stories of Voluntary Cooperation
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Human trafficking in in Guatemala, a phenomenon between normalization and ignorance
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The search for the truth brings Gambia and Mali together
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Another new beginning, this time in Guatemala
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The Malian National Accord Law: a threat to peace, reconciliation, and victim’s Rights
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Being a social leader isn’t a crime: The case of Julian Gil
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Major Achievements
Release of 17 persons in habeas corpus: a great moment for the protection of the rights of detainees in Haiti
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Impact of the armed conflicts on the lives of women and girls
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And the winner is…: This year’s Interuniversity Competition in International Criminal Law comes to an end
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Meeting the needs of cholera victims in Haïti
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Lawyers meet for the launch of the first firm specialized in strategic litigation in Haiti
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The never-ending fight for justice: A review of the year after the humanitarian pardon was granted to Fujimori
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New project, new beginning!
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Preserving the memory of the disappeared in Honduras
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One year after: “The most gender-sensitive peace process in history”?
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One year after: an alarming rise in violence against human rights defenders
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One year after: Colombia’s Special Jurisdiction for Peace and the creation of transitional justice tribunals
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The Colombian Peace Negociations- Observations on the Preliminary Agreement on Victims
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Strategic Litigation of Human Rights Abuses: A Guidebook for Legal Practitioners from the Commonwealth Caribbean
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Canadian lawyers contribute to the conviction of Ríos Montt in Guatemala
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Reflections Regarding the Las Dos Erres Massacre Cases in Guatemala
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The Principle of Complementarity in the Rome Statute and the Colombian Situation: A Case that Demands More than a “Positive” Approach
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Presentación del informe de la Comisión Internacional de Auditoría Social y Política al CAJAR
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