The Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights is delighted to announce the appointment of a new Board of Directors whose ...

Today, Human Rights First (HRF) and the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights (RWCHR) recommended the Canadian government ...

The deteriorating and inhumane conditions of Ali Karimli’s detention have reached a critical point, posing a serious and growing threat to his health and life, compelling his domestic legal counsel to ...

We are deeply concerned by the worsening detention conditions of Ali Karimli, leader of the opposition Azerbaijan Popular Front Party (APFP), who collapsed from severe dehydration yesterday during a ...

This June, the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights filed its latest motion for leave to intervene in an appeal before the Supreme Court of Canada. We are delighted to announce that our motion has ...

Today, the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights (RWCHR), alongside a broad coalition of legal, investigative, and civil society organizations, referred high-level foreign officials to the ...

Click here to read Passion and Compassion: The Advocacy of Irwin Cotler, by Naomi Loewith (June, 2026) Naomi Loewith’s profile piece, Passion and Compassion: The Advocacy of Irwin Cotler weaves ...

On behalf of the Canadian Coalition for a Foreign Influence Transparency Registry (FITR Coalition) and Human Rights Action Group (HRAG), we write this Open Letter to you to urge that all necessary ...

Targeted sanctions are part of how we fight back against growing authoritarianism. In an era of rising transnational repression and hostage diplomacy, Canada, like all liberal democracies, must learn ...

The RWCHR launched the Sudan Taskforce for Accountability and Justice (STAJ) in 2024 to hold perpetrators and enablers of mass atrocities in Sudan to account. By strategically targeting their capacity ...

This collaborative panel, co-hosted by the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights and Macquarie University, launches the special issue of the Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism ...

The RWCHR stands with the 2SLGBTQIA+ community and continues to advocate for the freedom to openly be who you are. We are proud that our founder and International Chair, Irwin Cotler, helped legalize ...