Mois : décembre 2009

Lawyers Rights Watch Canada LRWC is a committee of Canadian lawyers who promote human rights and the rule of law by providing support internationally to human rights defenders in danger. LRWC promotes the implementation and enforcement of international standards designed to protect the independence and security of human rights defenders around the world. LRWC:

• campaigns for lawyers whose rights, freedoms or independence are threatened as a result of their human rights advocacy; and,
• produces legal analyses of national and international laws and standards relevant to human rights abuses against lawyers and other human rights defenders;
• works in cooperation with other human rights organizations … (Homepage).

International Law; Publications; Campaigns; Education; News, events; Join; Links; Donate;
Address: LRWC, 3220 West 13th Avenue, Vancouver, B.C., Canada V6K 2V5;
Contacts.

About: LRWC was incorporated as a non-profit society on June 8, 2000 and LRW(LR)C was incorporated January 2, 2002, pursuant to the provisions of the Canada Corporations Act. LRWC is run by volunteers and funded solely by membership fees and donations from individuals. Donations are gratefully accepted. Continuer la lecture de « Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada LRWC »

of the University of British Columbia UBC

Welcome to the Centre for Women’s and Gender Studies, founded in 1991 and part of the College for Interdisciplinary Studies. The Centre for Women’s and Gender Studies is the home as well of the Centre for Race, Autobiography, Gender and Age (RAGA) whose Director is Sunera Thobani. We also share our building and work closely with the undergraduate Program in Women’s Studies, whose Chair is Wendy Frisby, situated in the Faculty of Arts. Before the Graduate Program began in 2000, the Centre’s activities consisted primarily of co-ordinating and profiling feminist work throughout the campus and of networking across British Columbia, Canada and globally to ensure that UBC was better known for its record of feminist initiatives and that the UBC community better understood the diverse needs and resources pertinent to feminist scholarship … (full text Homepage).

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Program; Students; Faculty & Staff; Events; Publications; Links;
Address: CENTRE FOR WOMEN’S AND GENDER STUDIES, 1896 East Mall, Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z1, Canada;
Map; Contact.

The Master Program: … Welcome to graduate work in Women’s Studies, a field that has pioneered interdisciplinary studies for several decades as well as forging strong links between the University and the wider community.  Continuer la lecture de « Centre for Women's and Gender Studies CWAGS »

Linked on our blogs with Torture: The Transfers of Afgan Prisoners.

• LAW members write legal briefs and letters examining and explaining international law governing the use of force between states.
• Advocacy to Governments and the United Nations: LAW members lobby elected members of their national governments to oppose the illegal use of force against Iraq and Afghanistan. LAW lobbies responsible bodies of the United Nations to maintain international peace and security and to prevent the illegal use of force between states.
• LAW members seek to lobby and inform national governments and United Nations officials by providing legal briefs and through correspondence and meetings.
• … (full text events, activities).

Homepage;
Torture & Law; Articles: legals, others; Letters; Reports; Press releases (in french); News; Links;
Criminal Charges: against Bush, against Rumsfield;
Contact Gail Davidson: Tel 604 738 0338, Fax 604 736 1175, E-mail.

About: LAW opposes the illegal use of force against Afghanistan and other countries and supports the use of national and international law to settle disputes, prosecute offenders and protect rights.  Continuer la lecture de « Lawyers Against the War LAW »

Frontpage, which is dividing in Accueil français, and english Homepage.

For every language all pages the same URL. To reach a page click on the internal links in the left column, as in english for Mission, Methodology, History, Team, Project, Partners, Participate. the Contact e-mails are on the page Team.

NGO-NET is a Non Governmental Organisation founded in 1998, based in France. Its mission is to support the Non Governmental Organisations (NGO) and Community Based Organisations (CBO), particularly in Africa. To reach this aim NGO-NET will use one main tool : the Internet to be able to:   Continuer la lecture de « ngo net Africa »