Letter on behalf of Justus Ijeoma
In a letter to the Nigerian authorities Lawyers for Lawyers expressed concern about the maltreatment of lawyer Justus Ijeoma by the police. Justus Ijeoma is a Nigerian human rights lawyer and the executive director of the International Human Rights and Equity Defense Foundation (I-REF). His work especially focuses on police violence. By providing free legal services […]
Joint letter on conviction Nasrin Sotoudeh
On 30 December 2018, lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh was sentenced to 38 years in prison and 148 lashes after being tried in absentia and without access to a legal representative of her own choosing. In a joint letter Lawyers for Lawyers and the Law Society of England & Wales expressed their concern about the conviction of […]
Concluding observations UN Human Rights Committee on Vietnam
In March 2019, the UN Human Rights Committee reviewed Viet Nam’s compliance with its international human rights obligations. Last week, the Committee issued the concluding observations of this review. In the concluding observations the Committee expressed its concern “about allegations of violations of fair trial guarantees, especially of human rights defenders, political activists, and individuals […]
House of Aleksandr Peredruk’s parents searched
On 2 April 2019, the apartment of Aleksandr Peredruk’s parents in Murmansk was searched by the police in relation to an investigation of a suicide bomb attack in Arkhangelsk in 2018. It is feared that this investigation might be an attempt to link him to the event. This was reported by Frontline Defenders. Aleksandr Peredruk […]
Artists standing up for Turkish lawyers
They may burn your robes… Text: Johan van Uffelen they may put your hands in chains but they can’t lock your heart they may set fire to your robes but they fear your angels These are two lines from a poem by Anne Vegter, the former Dutch national poet, written in support of three persecuted Turkish […]
Statement on situation of lawyers in Turkey
On this day, 5 April 2019 – celebrated as Lawyers’ Day in Turkey – 34 organizations, including Lawyers for Lawyers, take the opportunity to strongly condemn the ongoing crackdown against lawyers in Turkey. View the full statement here. Following the failed coup d’état of 15 July 2016, the Turkish government declared a state of emergency […]
UPR submission Kazakhstan
On 28 March 2019, Lawyers for Lawyers submitted a report for the Universal Periodic Review of Kazakhstan. This review will take place in October/November 2019. In the report, Lawyers for Lawyers highlighted that the Kazakh authorities do not always uphold the necessary guarantees for the proper functioning of the legal profession in practice, as set out in the […]
Poem by Anne Vegter in support of three persecuted Turkish lawyers
In November 2018, Anne Vegter, the former Dutch national poet, and photographer Bianca Sistermans traveled to Istanbul at the invitation of Lawyers for Lawyers, to join a trial monitoring mission. Anne Vegter wrote a poem in support of three persecuted Turkish lawyers. Bianca Sistermans made black-and-white portraits of the three lawyers. And together they made […]
UPR submission Egypt
On 28 March 2019, Lawyers for Lawyers submitted a report for the Universal Periodic Review of Egypt. This review will take place in October/November 2019. In the report, Lawyers for Lawyers highlighted that the Egyptian authorities do not always uphold the necessary guarantees for the proper functioning of the legal profession in practice, as set out in the […]
Pre-session Democratic Republic of the Congo
In March 2019 Anne-Marie Verwiel en Irma van den Berg attended the pre-session organized by UPR-Info on the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). In October 2018 Lawyers for Lawyers and Défense de la Défense jointly submitted a UPR-report on the situation of lawyers in DRC. Irma and Anne-Marie travelled to Geneva […]
L4L submits report for UPR Iran
On 28 March 2019, Lawyers for Lawyers submitted a report for the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the Islamic Republic of Iran. This review will take place in October/November 2019. In the report, Lawyers for Lawyers highlighted that the Iranian authorities do not always uphold the necessary guarantees for the proper functioning of the legal profession in practice, as […]
Report Caravana mission 2018
The International Caravana of Jurists travelled to Colombia at the beginning of September 2018, to ascertain the impact that the peace process has had on the work of human rights lawyers and the dynamics of the conflict. A report of the mission is now available. Since 2008, the Caravana has organised six international biannual delegations […]
18 lawyers sentenced to long prison terms
On 20 March 2019, the Istanbul 37th Heavy Penal Court in Silivri Court House sentenced 18 lawyers to prison sentences between 3 years and 2 months and 19 years. The lawyers, from Halkın Hukuk Bürosu (HHB, Peoples’ Law Office) and Ҫağdaş Hukukçular Derneği (ҪHD, Progressive Lawyers Association), were arrested in September and November 2017. Six of […]
Concerns over arrests lawyers
Lawyers for Lawyers is concerned about the arrests of several lawyers in Egypt. We expressed these concerns in a letter to the Egyptian authorities. According to public reports, members of the Nasr City Police Investigation Department and the National Security Agency have conducted a mass arrest campaign, rounding up at least 40 human rights workers, […]
Presentation Lawyers for Lawyers Award 2019
On Thursday 23 May 2019, the Lawyers for Lawyers Award 2019 will be presented in Amsterdam. This will be the fifth award ceremony of the prestigious Lawyers for Lawyers Award. Prior to this ceremony a very interesting seminar will be held. So please save the date and register for this event! The seminar will be organized […]
Joint letter on behalf of Adil Melendez
In a joint letter Lawyers for Lawyers, the Colombian Caravana, the Foundation of the Spanish National Bar Association, the International Observatory of Lawyers and Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada expressed concerns about the withdrawal of security measures from Adil Meléndez. Adil Jose Meléndez Marquez is a prominent Colombian human rights lawyer. He is one of the few […]