<p>LRWC VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES</p><p>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 </p><p>LETTER WRITING To draft letters on these cases: a. China—a letter outlining development since the September 2015 report. </p><p>RESEARCH - CANADA b. Site C - compile a fact sheet of all the actions in BC regarding Site C</p><p>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</p><p>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</p><p>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</p><p>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</p><p>OFFICE ASSISTANCE a. Filing – Filing LRWC materials in paper files, creating binders of outgoing projects, review and advise on improvements to filing system</p>
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