Invitation: seminar and award ceremony 2025 Lawyers for Lawyers Award
Lawyers for Lawyers and the Amsterdam Bar Association would like to cordially invite you to join our seminar “Lawyers representing journalist targeted around the globe” and the presentation of the 2025 Lawyers for Lawyers Award in theatre de Rode Hoed in Amsterdam on Thursday, 15 May 2025, from 15.30 – 17.30 CET. Lawyers play a critical role in safeguarding free and […]
Amstelveen becomes 14th Shelter City in the Netherlands
Photograph by Maria Indjeian Diaz The city of Amstelveen has joined the network of Shelter City, becoming the 14th Shelter City in the Netherlands. On 9th April, the launch of Shelter City Amstelveen was officiated with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the municipality of Amstelveen, Lawyers for Lawyers, and Justice & Peace […]
Angolan lawyer Zola Ferreira Bambi to receive the Lawyers for Lawyers Award 2025
AMSTERDAM, April 3rd, 2025 – Angolan lawyer Zola Ferreira Bambi has won the Lawyers for Lawyers Award 2025. The Award will be presented at a ceremony co-hosted by Lawyers for Lawyers and the Amsterdam Bar Association in the Rode Hoed in Amsterdam on 15 May. Jury remarks “Once again, it was difficult for the jury to […]
Lawyers for Lawyers expresses concern over criminal prosecution of Indonesian Lawyer Tony Budidjaja
On February 20, 2025, Indonesian lawyer Tony Budidjaja was sentenced to two months’ imprisonment under Article 317 of the Indonesian Criminal Code for “calumnious submissions of charge or information to authorities”. This charge relates to actions he took while acting in his capacity as legal counsel. According to the information we have received, Mr. Budidjaja’s […]
Upcoming hearing in the criminal proceedings against Claudia Gonzalez Orellana
Spanish version available below On 26 February 2025, a hearing will take place in the case of Claudia González Orellana, a human rights lawyer from Guatemala and recipient of the Lawyers for Lawyers Award 2023. Lawyers for Lawyers will closely monitor the hearing to ensure that Ms. González’s rights to due process, as guaranteed by […]