Recap online conference ‘Attacks on Human Rights Lawyers in Zimbabwe’
On 21 September 2021, Lawyers for Lawyers (L4L), Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) and the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) organized an online seminar on the situation of human rights lawyers in Zimbabwe. The event coincided with the launch of the report ‘Attacks on Human Rights Lawyers in Zimbabwe’ by L4L and […]
Malaysia: UPR mid-term report
In preparation of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Malaysia in 2023, Lawyers for Lawyers has written a mid-term report. In this report, we set out to what extent Malaysia has implemented the recommendations it partially accepted during the 2018 UPR process in relation to the role of lawyers. During the UPR in 2018, Malaysia partially accepted […]
Report: Attacks on Human Rights Lawyers in Zimbabwe
Lawyers for Lawyers and Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) have launched the joint report “Attacks on Human Rights Lawyers in Zimbabwe”. The report reflects on the worrisome trend of increased systematic arrests of a number of Zimbabwean lawyers, and restrictions that have been placed on them, since the beginning of 2020, impacting their freedom […]
Colombia: UPR mid-term report
In preparation of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Colombia in 2023, Lawyers for Lawyers, Lawyers’ Right Watch Canada and the Colombian Caravana have written a mid-term report. In this report, we set out to what extent Colombia has implemented the recommendations it accepted during the 2018 UPR process in relation to the role of […]
An entire profession on trial
Press release issued by the legal Fact Finding Mission, taking place in Istanbul from 15 September to 20 September, to monitor and observe current mass trials against lawyers in Turkey. A group of approximately 30 lawyers from Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain and Switzerland, representing international organizations, bar associations and the Council […]
Joint oral statement during ID with Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar
On 13 September, Lawyers for Lawyers, the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute and the Law Society of England and Wales delivered an oral statement during the interactive dialogue with the Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar (IIMM). The dialogue took place during the 48th session of the UN Human Rights Council. The statement reads as […]
Laureate of 2021 Lawyers for Lawyers Award Maksim Znak sentenced
According to the information received, the Minsk Regional Court sentenced Maksim Znak to 10 years of imprisonment for “calls for action aimed at causing harm to national security”, “conspiracy to seize power by unconstitutional means” as well as “creation and leading of an extremist organization” on 6 September 2021. Maksim Znak is a Belarusian lawyer […]
Maksim Znak and Liudmila Kazak laureates Lawyers for Lawyers Award 2021
Belarusian lawyers Maksim Znak and Liudmila Kazak will receive the Lawyers for Lawyers Award 2021. 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 18 November 2021. Jury remarks “By awarding Maksim Znak and Liudmila Kazak the Lawyers for […]
Who will defend the defenders in Turkey?
This piece was originally published on 19 August 2021 on OpenGlobalRights in English; in Turkish; and Spanish. Not long ago, international human rights scholars and experts considered Turkey a promising story of democratic transformation. But both human rights and those who defend them in Turkey are increasingly at risk today. Particularly since the 2016 coup […]
Concerns over safety of legal professionals in Afghanistan
Lawyers for Lawyers is gravely concerned about the demise of the rule of law in Afghanistan and the situation of lawyers and all those working in the Afghan justice system, as the Taliban takes control of the Afghan government and society. It has been reported that the situation of about the approximately 270 women judges […]
Arrest of Hazza bin Ali Al-Marri
It has been reported that lawyer Hazza bin Ali Al-Marri from Qatar has been arrested on 10 August 2021, after he emerged as a prominent figure in leading the protests organized by the Al-Murra tribe against a recently issued law regulating the Shura Council elections. The recently issued law withholds particular groups of Qatar society […]
Concerns about the repression against Belarusian lawyers and the disbarment of Dmitriy Laevski
Together with more than 50 lawyers’ organizations, bar associations, civil society organisations and individual lawyers, Lawyers for Lawyers co-signed a joint statement on the mounting repression against Belarusian lawyers and the disbarment of Dmitriy Laevski. Since peaceful protests in Belarus erupted in 2020, following the presidential election condemned by the international community, the law in […]
Statement on the “Day of profession of lawyers of the Republic of Azerbaijan”
On this day – 30 July 2021 – Azerbaijan celebrates the Day of profession of lawyers of the Republic of Azerbaijan, a day during which lawyers are placed in the limelight. Lawyers for Lawyers uses this day to reflect on and assess the current situation for human rights lawyers in Azerbaijan. Current situation in Azerbaijan […]
Report: Lawyers Under Threat – Increasing Suppression of the Legal Profession in Belarus
Lawyers for Lawyers, the American Bar Association Center for Human Rights (ABA CHR), and the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) have launched the joint report “Lawyers Under Threat: Increasing Suppression of the Legal Profession in Belarus.” The report analyzes 24 cases of retaliatory acts against lawyers who represent defendants in politically sensitive cases […]
Mahienour El-Massry released from prison
Lawyers for Lawyers welcomes the news that Mahienour El-Massry, a prominent human rights lawyer from Egypt, has been released from prison. On 22 September 2019, Mahienour el-Massry was arrested in front the State Security Prosecution office in Cairo, where she was following up on the investigations into a lawyer who was detained as part of […]
Concerns about access to the legal profession and increasing disbarments of lawyers in Turkey
In a joint statement, Lawyers for Lawyers, AIJA – International Association of Young Lawyers, the Institute for the Rule of Law of the International Association of Lawyers (UIA-IROL), the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI), Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada, The Law Society of England and Wales, and The Netherlands Helsinki Committee express concern about […]