Save The Date: 18 november – seminar and uitreiking L4L Award 2021
Lawyers for Lawyers en de Amsterdamse Orde van Advocaten nodigen u uit om deel te nemen aan het seminar ‘Resilience of Lawyers in Different European Contexts’ in theater de Rode Hoed in Amsterdam op donderdag 18 november 2021 van 15:00 – 17:45. Tijdens het tweede deel van het seminar, zal de Lawyers for Lawyers Award […]
Report: Legal Report on Indictment – Veysel Ok
Lawyers for Lawyers has authored a report for the PEN Norway Turkey Indictment Project. The report is titled “Legal Report on Indictment: Veysel Ok” and investigates and reflects upon the flaws of the 2016 indictment issued against the lawyer Veysel Ok in light of Turkish domestic legislation and international human rights laws and herewith shows […]
Joint oral statement to the Human Rights Council on the Philippines
On 7 October, Lawyers for Lawyers, Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada, the Law Society of England and Wales, the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI), the International Association of Democratic Lawyers (IADL), the International Service for Human Rights (ISHR), and Union Internationale des Avocats (UIA) delivered an oral statement on the Philippines during the General […]
Concerns on lawyers’ situation in Tajikistan at UPR pre-session
On 7 October 2021, Lawyers for Lawyers (L4L), together with the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI), attended the online pre-session organized by UPR Info on the Universal Period Review (UPR) of Tajikistan in Geneva. The statement was presented on behalf of L4L and IBAHRI by Dilrabo Samadova (Association of Young Lawyers – Amparo). […]
Two years since Ali Jasseb Hattab Al-Heliji has forcibly disappeared
The whereabouts of human rights lawyer Ali Jaseb Hatteb Al-Heliji from Iraq remain unknown exactly two years after he was abducted by armed men on 8 October 2019. Mr. Al-Heliji is a human rights lawyer and a member of the Advocates for the Protesters Rights Commission. He advocates for the rights of political prisoners and […]
UPR submission highlights threats to lawyers in Hungary
Lawyers for Lawyers, together with the International Bar Association Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI), submitted an advocacy charter to several country delegations to draw attention to the situation of lawyers in Hungary with regard to the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Hungary. In March 2021, Lawyers for Lawyers and the IBAHRI submitted a report for the […]
Advocacy charter Thailand
Lawyers for Lawyers submitted an advocacy charter to several country delegations to draw attention to the situation of lawyers in Thailand regarding the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Thailand. In March 2021 Lawyers for Lawyers submitted a report for the UPR of Thailand. Lawyers for Lawyers called attention to the situation of lawyers in Thailand mainly focusing on the difficulty of lawyers […]
Soheila Hejab on hunger strike
It has been reported that Iranian lawyer and human rights defender Soheila Hejab went on hunger strike in protest of the increasing pressure on political prisoners and the harassment of her and her family by members of the security forces. On 18 March 2020, Hejab was sentenced by the Revolutionary Court of Tehran to 18 […]
Appeal for UAE to release detained human rights activists ahead of Dubai Expo
As the Expo Dubai 2020 opens for six months starting on 1 October 2021 in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) under the motto “Connecting Minds and Creating the Future through sustainability, mobility and opportunity”, we the undersigned call on the Emirati authorities to demonstrate their commitment to these values by releasing all imprisoned human rights […]
Myanmar, Colombia, China: joint oral statement during the id on the UPR
On 1 October, Lawyers for Lawyers Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada, the Law Society of England and Wales, the International Commission of Jurists, the International Service for Human Rights, and the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute delivered an oral statement during the interactive dialogue on the Universal Period Review. The dialogue took place during the […]
Nine years since the arrest of Khalil Ma’touq
Today nine years ago, on 2 October 2012, prominent Syrian human rights lawyer Khalil Ma’touq and his colleague Mohamed Zaza were arrested. Since then, nothing has been heard of them and their whereabouts remain unknown. Ma’touq, director of the Syrian Center for Legal Studies and Research, is a human rights lawyer who has been defending […]
Joint oral statement to Human Rights Council on Myanmar
On 24 September, Lawyers for Lawyers Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada, the Law Society of England and Wales, and the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute delivered an oral statement during the interactive dialogue on the High Commissioner for Human Rights’ written update on Myanmar. The dialogue took place during the 48th session of the UN […]
Meeting with lawyer from Turkey
Earlier this month, three members of the focus group Turkey had a meeting with a lawyer from Turkey in The Hague and talked about the current situation of lawyers in Turkey. The lawyer outlined that identification of lawyers with their clients remains a pressing issue in Turkey. A new trend is that lawyers are also […]
Joint oral statement to Human Rights Council on Belarus
On 24 September, Lawyers for Lawyers Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada, the Law Society of England and Wales, and the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute delivered an oral statement during the interactive dialogue on the interim oral update of OHCHR on the situation of human rights in Belarus. The dialogue took place during the 48th […]
Joint oral statement to Human Rights Council on Turkey and Iran
On 22 September, Lawyers for Lawyers Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada, the Law Society of England and Wales, and the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute delivered an oral statement during the general debate on civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development. The dialogue took place during the 48th session of […]
Online event: the security and independence of the lawyers and judges in modern Turkey
The International Commission of Jurists, the Amsterdam Bar Association, Lawyers for Lawyers and Judges for Judges are organizing an online round table discussion on the security and independence of the lawyers and judges in modern Turkey on 5 October 2021 from 16:00 – 17:00 (CET). The state of the rule of law in Turkey is […]