À la Commission interaméricaine des droits de l’homme sur le fond de la pétition des membres du Collectif d’avocats José Alvéar Restrepo

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The amici are Lawyers Without Borders Canada (“LWBC”) and Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (“LRWC”), both associations of lawyers that share an interest in the fundamental role that lawyers, and particularly human rights lawyers, play in ensuring respect for the human rights of all and the proper administration of justice. The amici respectfully submit this brief for the benefit of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (“Commission” or « IACHR ») in its consideration of the Petition of the Members of the “José Alvéar Restrepo” Lawyers’ Collective (“CCAJAR” or “Lawyers’ Collective” or “Petitioners”).

LWBC and LRWC join in presenting an elaboration of the scope of the Colombian State’s responsibility for the succession of attacks, threats, surveillance, acts of intimidation and harassment to which the Lawyers’ Collective has been subjected, in violation of Articles 4, 5, 8.1, 11, 13, 16, 22 and 25 of the American Convention on Human Rights (“American Convention”), in connection with the State’s obligations under Article 1.1.

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