Lrwc Volunteer Opportunities

LRWC VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

CASE MONITORS The reports on cases must be submitted by September 2016: a. Egypt b. Indonesia – cases of Alldo Fellix Januardy and Asrul Azis Sigalingging; c. Lesotho -- case of Khotso Nthontho and other lawyers representing 23 soldiers charged with mutiny. d. Malaysia – case of Karen Cheah Yee Lynn, Shanmugan Ramsey, Francis Pereira and Charles Hector; e. Singapore f. Right to Peace – monitor development of the UN Human Rights Council Declaration on the Rights to Peace (Spanish language ability useful but not necessary) g. Viet Nam – case of Nguyen Van Dai

LETTER WRITING To draft letters on these cases: a. China—a letter outlining development since the September 2015 report.

RESEARCH - CANADA b. Site C - compile a fact sheet of all the actions in BC regarding Site C

COUNTRY MONITORS Country Monitors are needed for: a. Bangladesh b. China c. Egypt d. Malaysia e. The Philippines f. Singapore g. Turkey h. Viet Nam

UNITED NATIONS MONITORING BODIES MEMO a. Memo on elections to the UN Human Rights Council: what spaces are vacant and coming vacant; what states have applied; letters of candidature b. Report for the Universal Periodic Review of Bahrain c. Summary on the Universal Periodic Reviews of China

RESEARCH on INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW a. Illegitimate Prosecutions b. Rights of Prisoners to Medical Treatment - update c. Solitary Confinement - update d. Rights to Truth – update e. Duty to investigate and prosecute allegations of torture f. Certainty principle for criminal charges g. Summary on ASEAN membership and human rights obligations

PROMOTION and MEDIA a. Right to Dissent – Preparation of press releases and other promotional material announcing production of the LRWC Guidebook on the Right to Dissent b. Event Promotion – Talk on the decision by the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal in the Child and Family Caring Society v. Canada c. Developing a media strategy and media contacts

OFFICE ASSISTANCE a. Filing – Filing LRWC materials in paper files, creating binders of outgoing projects, review and advise on improvements to filing system