Canadian Lawyers for International Human Rights (CLAIHR) has been promoting international human rights from a uniquely Canadian perspective since 1992. We host events, advocate for policy reform, and serve as a Friend of the Court when matters of international human rights arise.
What’s New
We’re suing the federal government over illegal arms exports to Israel. Read more about the case here.
CLAIHR, Al-Haq – Law in the Service of Man, Ayman Oweida and a confidential Palestinian asylum seeker joint letter to Federal Government on Arms Exports to Israel Violating Canadian and International Law
Check out what CLAIHR has been up to this year! Read our 2023 Annual Report.
Read CLAIHR’s submission to Canada’s Universal Periodic Review at the United Nations for 2023!
Climate Change Litigation in Canada
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804, 2024
Coalition of Canadian Human Rights Lawyers Urges Canada to Suspend Existing Permits and Close All Loopholes in Arms Trade with Israel
On March 5, 2024, CLAIHR initiated legal proceedings together with Al-Haq – Law in the […]
1701, 2024
Why Working to Uphold International Human Rights in Israel and Occupied Palestine is Important to Me
by Karen Segal
Today, CLAIHR has announced the formation of an ad hoc Working Group on […]
305, 2021
THE COVID-19 CRISIS: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS SHOULD NOT SUPERSEDE THE RIGHT TO HEALTH
Could you patent the sun? – Polio vaccine inventor, Jonas Saulk
By Harmit Sarai and Karen […]
