Report: The Continuous Crackdown on the Legal Profession in Belarus
In cooperation with the American Bar Association (ABA) and the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI), Lawyers for Lawyers has prepared this report to summarize the ongoing worrying trend of suppression of the legal profession and individual lawyers in Belarus as highlighted by the Human Rights Council in Resolution 50/L.18. It is a follow-up […]
Joint oral statement to Human Rights Council on Venezuela
On 26 September 2022, the International Bar Association Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI), The Law Society of England and Wales and Lawyers for Lawyers (L4L) delivered an oral statement on the situation of human rights defenders in Venezuela. The statement was delivered during the 51st session of the United Nations Human Rights Council. The statement reads […]
Sor.Rattanamanee Polkla: ‘We are lawyers, we are law-users, but we are also law-makers’
With more than twenty years of practice in human rights and environmental matters, Thai lawyer Sor.Rattanamanee Polkla is deeply committed to environmental justice. With her organization, the Community Resource Centre Foundation (CRC), she provides legal aid to communities who face serious negative environmental and social impacts as a result of development projects. Her motto? ‘We […]
Joint oral statement to Human Rights Council on Belarus
On 23 September 2022, Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC), the International Bar Association Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI), The Law Society of England and Wales, the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe and Lawyers for Lawyers delivered an oral statement on the situation of human rights defenders in Belarus. The statement was delivered during […]
Lawyers in Colombia hopeful about new left-wing government
At the invitation of Colombian lawyers and human rights activists, the International Caravana of Lawyers, an international fact-finding mission, visited Colombia from 21 to 28 August. During the mission, an international delegation, including Wout Albers from Lawyers for Lawyers, held talks with lawyers, victims of human rights violations and people from the judiciary. The first […]
Caught in Sri Lankan religious struggle
The Sri Lankan human rights lawyer Hejaaz Hizbullah was detained for almost two years, without knowing why. Meanwhile, there is an indictment, which seems to be out of the blue. He looks relaxed, Hejaaz Hizbullah. During the video interview, the Sri Lankan human rights lawyer sits at home, in an easy chair. His two-year-old daughter […]
Joint oral statement to Human Rights Council on Thailand and China
On 20 September 2022, Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC), the International Bar Association Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) and Lawyers for Lawyers delivered an oral statement on the widespread pattern of enforced disappearances including of lawyers and human rights defenders in Thailand and China. The statement was delivered during the 51st session of the United Nations Human […]
Joint oral statement to Human Rights Council on Türkiye and China
On 19 September 2022, Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC), the International Bar Association Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) and Lawyers for Lawyers delivered an oral statement on the systematic pattern of arbitrary detention of lawyers in Türkiye and China. The statement was delivered during the 51st session of the United Nations Human Rights Council. The statement […]
Egyptian lawyer Haitham Mohamadein set to be released from prison
Lawyers for Lawyers welcomes the news that, on 15 September 2022, Egyptian lawyer Haitham Mohamadein has been set to be released from prison after a pre-trial detention that lasted 16 months. Mr. Mohamadein is a labor lawyer with an affiliation with the El Nadim Centre for the Rehabilitation of Victims of Violence. In his role […]
Dam tot Damloop 2022
Veel advocaten zijn voortdurend ‘on the run’ voor de autoriteiten of andere opponenten in hun land. Lawyers for Lawyers zal met een team van 60 renners meedoen aan de goede doelen loop (10 Engelse mijl, 16,09 km). Door fondsen op te halen met deze run steunen zij hun collega’s in nood. De Dam tot Damloop […]
Advocacy charter the Philippines
On 1 September 2022, Lawyers for Lawyers was present in Geneva to attend the pre-sessions for the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) for The Philippines organized by UPR-Info. Lawyers for Lawyers discussed the findings of our UPR submissions with several country delegations, and met many other civil society organisations. During the pre-sessions Lawyers for Lawyers submitted […]
Seventh Caravana Internacional de Juristas
At the invitation of Colombian lawyers and human rights defenders, the International Caravana of Jurists, an international fact-finding mission, visited Colombia from 21st until the 28th of August. During the mission, an international delegation of lawyers from all over the world had the opportunity to have conversations with lawyers, victims of human rights violations and […]
Joint statement on ‘Civil society call to end enforced disappearances in China’
On the International Day of the Disappeared, Lawyers for Lawyers co-signed a statement, with a large coalition of organisations, which expresses concerns about enforced disappearances in the People’s Republic of China. Amongst the disappeared are several lawyers from China. Just over five years ago, on 13 August 2017, human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng vanished for […]
Fiona Iliff: “It’s very timely to talk about environmental protection in Zimbabwe”
Illustration: Joost Hölscher ‘Zimbabwe has historically been lucky in the way certain environmental areas have been protected. Now, we see the threats against the environment rising and the work of environmental defenders and lawyers becoming riskier’. According to Fiona Iliff, environmental and human rights lawyer in Zimbabwe from Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights ‘it’s very […]
Letter concerning the continued judicial harassment of Juan Carlos Flores Solís and Ana Elizabeth Cabral Pacheco
In a letter, Lawyers for Lawyers expresses concern about the judicial harassment of Mexican lawyers Juan Carlos Flores Solís and Ana Elizabeth Cabral Pacheco. Juan Carlos Flores Solís and Ana Elizabeth Cabral Pacheco are working as lawyers of the Comité en Defensa del Bosque el Nixticuil – Committee in Defence of the Nixticuil Forest. In […]
Mohamed Ramadan released from prison
Lawyers for Lawyers welcomes the news that Egyptian human rights lawyer Mohamed Ramadan has been released from prison after 4 years of pretrial detention. Mr. Ramadan had been arrested on 10 December 2018. Mohamed Ramadan is a human rights lawyer who previously worked for the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI). His activities included […]
