Hejaaz Hizbullah granted confidential access to counsel
According to information we have received, a Sri Lankan Attorney General has agreed to grant detained human rights lawyer Hejaaz Hizbullah confidential access to his lawyers for the first time since his arrest on 14 April 2020. Mr. Hizbullah was arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on 14 April 2020 and placed under a […]
Recap online Speaker Tour with lawyer from the Philippines
From 9 November to 7 December, Lawyers for Lawyers organized an online Speaker Tour with Czarina, a human rights lawyer from the Philippines. The Speaker Tour was organized with the support of Wolters Kluwer. As part of the Speaker Tour, Czarina and Lawyers for Lawyers spoke to lawyers from the law firm Van Doorne, lawyers […]
Order barring Beatrice Mtetwa from handling a case overturned
On 17 August 2020, lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa was disqualified from representing her client journalist Hopewell Chin’ono by a Zimbabwean Magistrate. This attracted global concerns. Today, on the 15th of December, there has been a very welcome development in the case. In their application for review of the Magistrate’s decision filed in September 2020, Mtetwa & Chin’ono argued that […]
Dag van de Bedreigde Advocaat 2021 – Azerbeidzjan
24 januari 2021 is de jaarlijkse ‘Dag van de Bedreigde Advocaat’. Dit jaar staat de dag in het teken van advocaten uit Azerbeidzjan die vanwege hun legitieme werkzaamheden in de problemen komen. In het kader van deze dag worden op vrijdag 22 januari verschillende events georganiseerd, waaronder een online lezing waarvoor advocaten van harte uitgenodigd zijn! Advocaten […]
Online conference “Protection of Attorneys’ Rights: Russian Specificity”
On 19 December 2020, the online media project Voice of Attorney is organizing an international online conference on problems faced by Russian attorneys at law who have been persecuted for their professional activities in 2019 and 2020. The event is being supported by Lawyers for Lawyers, the Committee for the Bar Protection, and the International Commission […]
Call upon UAE authorities to immediately release human rights lawyer Mohammed Al-Roken
On International Human Rights Day, Lawyers for Lawyers alongside the International Center for Justice and Human Rights (ICJHR) and 7 other signatories, called on the UAE authorities to immediately release and human rights lawyer and defender Dr. Mohammed Al-Roken. Eight years have passed since the unjust arrest of Dr. Mohammed Al-Roken by the UAE State […]
7 years since disappearance Razan Zaitouneh
Today, 9 December 2018, marks seven years since the disappearance of lawyer Razan Zaitouneh. Together with her husband and two colleagues, Razan Zaitouneh disappeared on 9 December 2013 in Douma, after a group of armed men stormed the office of the Violations Documentation Center. Since then, no one has heard from them. As a prominent […]
Silver lining for LGBT+ community in Uganda
Last week Lawyers for Lawyers joined forces with its partner NautaDutilh in a webinar on LGBT+ rights in Uganda. Boudewijn Smit and Else Bavinck, both associate at NautaDutilh, had the honor to interview human rights lawyer and LGBT+ rights defender, Shibolo Awali Sean, on the position of the LGBT+ community in Uganda and his work […]
In Profiel: advocate Else Bavinck
Else Bavinck kwam met Lawyers for Lawyers in aanraking tijdens haar beroepsopleiding tot advocaat bij NautaDutilh. Toenmalig bestuurslid Harald Wiersema enthousiasmeerde haar in Woudschoten tot het worden van vrijwilliger bij Lawyers for Lawyers. Mensenrechten en het waarborgen van eerlijke rechtsspraak zijn onderwerpen die haar aangaan, en die zij kon praktiseren bij Lawyers for Lawyers. Dat […]
Training on the legal and ethical framework for lawyers in the Netherlands
On 4 December 2020, Lawyers for Lawyers provided an online training course on “The legal and ethical framework for lawyers in the Netherlands” to a group of lawyers from Kyrgyzstan. The training offered the Kyrgyz lawyers the opportunity to learn more about the exisiting disciplinary law for lawyers in the Netherlands, core values for lawyers […]
Concerns about situation Nasrin Sotoudeh
Alongside 26 Bar Associations, Law Societies, and organisations supporting the legal profession of over 14 countries, Lawyers for Lawyers stands in solidarity with our Iranian colleague Nasrin Sotoudeh and other lawyers in Iran who are being persecuted by their Government for carrying out their profession diligently and in accordance with the law. The repeated legal […]
One year since the formal arrest of Qin Yongpei
Precisely one year ago, on 3 December 2019, Chinese human rights lawyer Qin Yongpei was formally arrested. Until this day, Qin Yongpei remains detained in prison. On 31 October 2019, Qin Yongpei was detained in an apparent retaliation for criticising the corruption of high-level Chinese officials on social media. Consequently, the police raided his office. […]
Mohamed El-Baqer added to Egypt’s ‘terror list’
It has been reported that Egyptian human rights lawyer Mohamed El-Baqer has been arbitrarily added to Egypt’s ‘terrorist list’ on 19 November 2020 for a period of five years. Mohamed El-Baqer is an Egyptian lawyer and human rights defender. He is the director of the Adalah Center for Rights and Freedoms, which promotes civil and […]
Vacature student-stage
Gemiddeld 8 uur/wk, per 1 februari 2021 Wil jij het verschil maken voor bedreigde advocaten die opkomen voor de rechten van anderen? Wil jij leren hoe een NGO werkt en een netwerk opbouwen met advocaten van kleine en grote kantoren? En wil je dat doen in een jong, dynamisch en bevlogen team met projecten met […]
Concerns about the killing of Tahir Elçi and lack of effective investigation into his death
Lawyers for Lawyers, together with 42 other organizations, raised concerns about the lack of effective investigation into the killing of lawyer Tahir Elçi in a joint statement. We call on the Turkish authorities to ensure that, amongst other things, the case is heard by an independent, impartial, and competent court that is capable of establishing the […]
Call upon Turkish authorities to stop judicial harassment of Civil Society (including lawyers)
Together with the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute, the International Federation for Human Rights, Netherlands Helsinki Committee and World Organisation Against Torture, Lawyers for Lawyers called on the Turkish authorities to stop judicial harassment of civil society (including lawyers) in Southeast Turkey. The statement reads as follows: The undersigned organisations are deeply concerned about the recent attacks and […]