Vacature stage communicatie
Gemiddeld 16 uur/wk, per 1 maart 2020 Wil jij je communicatie skills inzetten om het verschil maken te voor bedreigde advocaten die opkomen voor de rechten van anderen? En wil je dat doen in een jong, dynamisch en bevlogen team met projecten met een internationale focus? Lees dan verder! Lawyers for Lawyers (L4L) komt op voor […]
Şerife Ceren Uysal: “You can keep one generation in jail. But not the next one”
Text: Johan van Uffelen Photo: Peter Beijen Turkish lawyer Şerife Ceren Uysal was invited to the Netherlands by Lawyers for Lawyers for International Human Rights Day on 10 December. On that day, the #FreeTheLawyers Campaign was launched to highlight the cases of unjustly detained lawyers. One of the lawyers featured in the campaign is Selçuk […]
#FreeTheLawyers: stuur een kaart aan een collega in de gevangenis!
Steeds meer advocaten worden wegens hun werk veroordeeld tot lange gevangenisstraffen. Stuur een groetenkaartje aan een collega in de gevangenis! Op 10 december 2019 heeft Lawyers for Lawyers de #FreeTheLawyers campagne gelanceerd. De campagne bestaat uit een reeks activiteiten, waaronder interventies, sociale media campagnes, rapporten en advocacy voor specifieke zaken van gedetineerde advocaten uit […]
#FreeTheLawyers Campaign has launched
Around the world, lawyers are harassed, threatened or attacked for simply doing their job. It depends on the political reality and the factual circumstances what instruments are used to silence lawyers or prevent them from representing certain clients. Lawyers increasingly face arbitrary arrest and prosecution. There is an alarming trend of lawyers who are sentenced […]
#FreeTheLawyers: send a greetings card to an imprisoned lawyer
More and more lawyers are sentenced to long prison sentences because of their work. In order to support unjustly jailed lawyers and to convey a message of solidarity to them, Lawyers for Lawyers encourages you to write greetings cards to unjustly jailed lawyers around the world as part of our two-year long #FreeTheLawyers campaign. The […]
Joint open letter to Chinese authorities
In a joint open letter to the Ministry of Justice of the People’s Republic of China and the All China Lawyers Association, Lawyers for Lawyers together with several other organisations expressed concern about the deteriorating situation of human rights lawyers in China and called on the Chinese authorities to respect their human rights obligations under […]
Prison sentence Yorov shortened by six years
On 26 November 2019 the 28-year prison sentence of jailed Tajik lawyer Buzurgmehr Yorov was shortened by six years. This was part of a recent mass amnesty in Tajikistan, as reported by Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty. Yorov is one of Tajikistan’s most eminent human rights lawyers, a reputation developed by taking on a number […]
L4L observed four court hearings in Istanbul
On 26 and 28 November 2019, representatives from Lawyers for Lawyers and Fair Trial Watch attended four court hearings in Istanbul, Turkey. They were accompanied by Peter Hanenberg, president of the Rotterdam Bar Association, Nardy Desloover, who represented the Dutch Bar Associations, and observers from France and Germany. All cases are against lawyers who are […]
Vacature student-stage
Gemiddeld 8 uur/wk, per 1 februari 2020 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 […]
The famous Victoria case
The cases of the lawyers U Khin Maung Zaw and Daw Su Darli Aung from Myanmar were brought to the attention of Lawyers for Lawyers. U Khing Maung Zaw and Daw Su Darli Aung jointly defend a defendant in a trial called the “Victoria-case”, a child rape case, currently the most famous and known criminal […]
We are all Tahir Elçi
‘‘We are all Tahir Elçi’’ was repeatedly enunciated during the commemoration of the death of Turkish lawyer Tahir Elçi. On the 28th of November 2019, Turkish lawyers, held a commemoration for their colleague Tahir Elçi in front of the court in Kadıköy, Istanbul. Delegates from Lawyers for Lawyers joined the commemoration as an act of […]
College met advocaat Saif ul-Malook uit Pakistan
EVENT OP 23 JANUARI 2020 Vierentwintig januari 2020 is de jaarlijkse ‘Dag van de bedreigde advocaat’. Dit jaar staat deze dag in het teken van advocaten uit Pakistan. Op uitnodiging van Lawyers for Lawyers, Stichting de Dag van de Bedreigde Advocaat en het Amsterdam Center on the Legal Professions zal de gerenommeerde advocaat Saif ul-Malook uit Pakistan […]
Preventive detention Mahienour El-Massry prolonged
On 18 November 2019, the the Supreme Public Prosecution again prolonged the preventive detention of Egyptian human rights lawyer Mahienour El-Massry for an additional fifteen days, for “investigative purposes”. Mahienour El-Massry is a prominent human rights lawyer known for her work to promote judicial independence and prisoners’ rights. In 2014, she was awarded with the […]
Follow-up concluding observations by UN Human Rights Committee
On 8 November 2019, the UN Human Rights Committee published a report evaluating the follow-up to its concluding observations on Azerbaijan. In October 2016, the UN Human Rights Committee reviewed Azerbaijan’s compliance with its international human rights obligations under the ICCPR. Lawyers for Lawyers submitted two reports on Azerbaijan to the Committee: a submission on the List of Issues and […]
Kumaravadivel Guruparan barred from practicing law
On 9 November 2019 Sri Lankan human rights lawyer Kumaravadivel Guruparan was informed by the Jaffna University Council that he is no longer allowed to practice as a lawyer before the courts of Sri Lanka. The decision was made by the University Grants Commission and allegedly instigated by the Sri-Lankan military. This was reported by […]
Open letter calling for the release of Al-Roken
In an open letter to the authorities of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Lawyers for Lawyers together with other organisations called for the release of prominent lawyer and human rights defender Dr Mohammed Al-Roken. The UAE President, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, proclaimed 2019 to be the “Year of Tolerance”. However, Dr Al-Roken and […]