Joint UPR submission Tajikistan
On 25 March 2021, Lawyers for Lawyers together with the International Bar Association submitted a report for the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Tajikistan. The UPR of Hungary will take place in November 2021. In the report, Lawyers for Lawyers (L4L) and the International Bar Association (IBA) emphasize that Tajikistan is currently not fulfilling all […]
UPR submission Thailand
On 25 March 2021, Lawyers for Lawyers submitted a report for the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Thailand. This review will take place in June 2021. In the report, Lawyers for Lawyers highlighted that the Thai authorities do not always uphold the necessary guarantees for the proper functioning of the legal profession in practice, as […]
Letter on ongoing detention and judicial harassment of Abdulmajid Rizoev
In a letter to the Tajik authorities Lawyers for Lawyers expressed concern about the ongoing detention and judicial harassment of human rights lawyer Abdulmajid Rizoev from Tajikistan. Abdulmajid Rizoev is a lawyer, human rights defender and former employee of the Young Lawyers Association Amparo, which was forcibly liquidated in 2012. As part of his human rights […]
Arrest of Öztürk Türkdoğan
Lawyer and human rights defender Öztürk Türkdoğan was arrested during a police raid on his home in Ankara on the 19th of March 2021. While Öztürk Türkdoğan was released on the same day under judicial control, the charges against him remain unknown. This was reported by the Human Rights Association. Besides being a lawyer, Öztürk […]
Statement on The Need for a CoE Rec on Combatting SLAPPs
Alongside 102 other signatories, Lawyers for Lawyers calls on the Council of Europe (CoE) to act on the growing threat of Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPPs). The statement reads as follows: The undersigned groups, representing a range of different public watchdogs (including journalists, activists, NGOs, lawyers, trade unions, workers’ representatives, scholars and whistleblowers), call […]
Attacks and harassment of Raquel Sánchez
Lawyers for Lawyers is deeply concerned about the safety of Raquel Sánchez, a Venezuelan lawyer, woman human rights defender and coordinator of the Venezuelan NGO Foro Penal, Táchira, a non-governmental organization that provides legal assistance to arbitrarily detained persons in Venezuela. Raquel is also a member of the Grupo de Trabajo Defensoras del Táchira, a […]
Joint letter on the revocation of license to practice law of five lawyers
In a joint letter Lawyers for Lawyers and the Law Society of England and Wales express concern about the revocation of the licenses to practise law of five Belarus lawyers who have been providing legal services to, among others, detained protestors and political opponents of the Belarus government. In February 2021, the licenses of Maksim Konon, […]
Statement on the situation of lawyers in Myanmar
Lawyers for Lawyers is deeply concerned about the current situation in Myanmar, including the situation of lawyers. According to our information, following the military coup in Myanmar on 1 February 2021, more than 2,100[1] people have been arbitrarily arrested, charged or sentenced in relation to the coup, and grave, systematic human rights violations are occurring […]
Joint letter on the imprisonment of Hoda Amid
In a joint letter Lawyers for Lawyers and Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) express concern about the imprisonment of the Iranian lawyer and women’s rights defender Hoda Amid. Hoda Amid has played a prominent role in educating Iranian women about marital and familial legal rights in Iran. According to our information, Hoda Amid and her […]
Red-tagged Philippine human rights lawyer stabbed in the head with screwdriver
On the night of Wednesday 3 March 2021, Philippine human rights lawyer Angelo Karlo Guillen became a victim of a near-fatal stabbing. Guillen represents Philippine activists and human rights defenders in court and is the Assistant Vice President of the National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers (NUPL). Guillen was stabbed multiple times in the head and neck […]
Bevindingen van de commissie rechtsstatelijkheid in verkiezingsprogramma’s
De commissie rechtsstatelijkheid in verkiezingsprogramma’s heeft op verzoek van de Nederlandse Orde van Advocaten (NOvA) de verkiezingsprogramma’s doorgelicht en heeft de voorstellen van de partijen getoetst aan de drie minimumnormen waaraan de rechtsstaat moet voldoen: een voorspelbare en regelgeleide overheid, eerbiediging van fundamentele rechten en vrijheden, effectieve toegang tot een onafhankelijke rechter. Irma van den […]
In Profiel: advocaat Jaap Koster
Jaap Koster is na een bloemrijke carrière in de advocatuur bij Houthoff en Clifford Chance momenteel consultant bij het laatstgenoemde kantoor. De uren die hierdoor vrijkwamen werden al snel gevuld met vrijwilligerswerk bij Lawyers for Lawyers, bestuurlijke nevenfuncties binnen de culturele sector en experimenteren in de keuken. Ik spreek met Jaap over zijn carrière tot […]
Joint oral statement to Human Rights Council on Egypt
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) in cooperation with Lawyers for Lawyers and a large number of NGOs from around the world, delivered an oral statement during the 46th session of the UN Human Rights Council. In the statement, the NGOs expressed their support for a joint declaration by UN member states condemning […]
Concerning circumstances for lawyers
After the arrest of Russian opposition leader Aleksej Navalny at the Sheremetyevo airport and his ensuing detention, hundreds of thousands of people participated in January in peaceful protests throughout all of Russia. Reports state that thousands of protesters were arrested on the 23rd and 31st of January. After the trial against Aleksej Navalny on the […]
17 years since disappearance Somchai Neelapaijit
Seventeen years ago, Thai human rights lawyer Somchai Neelapaijit disappeared and he is currently still missing. Until now, no perpetrators have been held accountable for his disappearance. Somchai disappeared on 12 March 2004, one day after he had publicly accused the police of torturing his clients, who were in detention in the South of Thailand. […]
Joint oral statement during ID with the SR on the Islamic Republic of Iran
The International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (the IBAHRI), the International Commission of Jurists (the ICJ), Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada, The Law Society of England and Wales, and Lawyers for Lawyers delivered an oral statement during the interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the Islamic Republic of Iran. The dialogue took place during the […]