Joint Submissions for the Universal Periodic Review of Canada

Lawyers Without Borders Canada (“LWBC”) and Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (“LRWC”) together submitted a report to the United Nations Human Rights Council for the upcoming Universal Periodic
Review (UPR) of Canada, to take place in the spring of 2018. Canada’s last UPR was in 2013.

Through the UPR, undertaken by the Human Rights Council, the human rights records of all UN member states are reviewed. The ultimate aim of this process is to improve the human rights situation in all countries. Although the UPR is a state-driven peer-review process, civil society organizations have the opportunity to make submissions for consideration in the process.

This joint submission focuses on three main topic areas that are important for Canada’s fulfillment of its international human rights obligations, and that reflect the organizational interests and expertise of LWBC and LRWC.

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