Joint oral statement to Human Rights Council on Thailand
On 24 March 2022, Lawyers for Lawyers and Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada delivered an oral statement on Thailand during the 49th session of the UN Human Rights Council. During this session, the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Outcome Report of Thailand was adopted. Lawyers for Lawyers had already submitted a NGO-submission for the UPR-session of Thailand. […]
Joint oral statement to Human Rights Council on Tanzania
On 23 March 2022, Lawyers for Lawyers and the Law Society of England and Wales delivered an oral statement on Tanzania during the 49th session of the UN Human Rights Council. During this session, the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Outcome Report of Tanzania was adopted. Lawyers for Lawyers had already submitted a NGO-submission for the […]
Call upon Hungary to effectively implement all recommendations relating to the protection of lawyers
On 23 March 2022, Lawyers for Lawyers and the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) delivered an oral statement on Hungary during the 49th session of the UN Human Rights Council. During this session, the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Outcome Report of Hungary was adopted. Lawyers for Lawyers and IBAHRI had already submitted a […]
Call upon Tajikistan to ensure the independence and safety of lawyers in line with the UN Basic Principles on the Role of Lawyers.
On 23 March 2022, Lawyers for Lawyers and the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) delivered an oral statement on Tajikistan during the 49th session of the UN Human Rights Council. During this session, the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Outcome Report of Tajikistan was adopted. Lawyers for Lawyers and IBAHRI had already submitted a […]
Call upon the Council to ensure that all its members uphold General Assembly Resolution 60/251
On 21 March 2022, Lawyers for Lawyers alongside Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada, the Law Society of England and Wales, and the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute, delivered an oral statement on the Russian Federation during the General Debate. The General Debate took place during the 49th session of the UN Human Rights Council. The […]
Joint oral statement during ID OHCHR report on the situation of HR in Belarus
On 17 March 2022, Lawyers for Lawyers alongside the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute, the Law Society of England and Wales, and Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada delivered an oral statement about the findings of the OHCHR Examination report, during the Interactive Dialogue on the OHCHR report on the situation of human rights in Belarus […]
Joint oral statement to Human Rights Council on Iran
On 16 March 2022, Lawyers for Lawyers alongside Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC), International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI), and Front Line Defenders delivered an oral statement on the arbitrary detention and ill-treatment of human rights lawyers and defenders during the General Debate. The General Debate took place during the 49th session of the UN […]
Joint oral statement on Turkey during ID with the SR on HR while countering terrorism
On 14 March 2022, Lawyers for Lawyers alongside Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC), and the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI), delivered an oral statement on Turkey during the Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism. The Interactive Dialogue took place […]
Joint oral statement on China during ID with SR on Torture
On 11 March 2022, Lawyers for Lawyers alongside Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC), International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI), and Human Rights Now, NGOs in special consultative status and endorsed by The 29 Principles and The Rights Practice, deliverd an oral statement on enforced disappearances, torture and ill-treatment of lawyers and defenders in China. […]
Dennis Kwok: “Hong Kong has become a police state”
Everyone should subject their relations with Hong Kong and China to a risk analysis, says Dennis Kwok. The repression in Hong Kong is only a symptom of the new style of China’s politics. Peace of mind is hard to find for Hong Kong lawyer and former parliamentarian Dennis Kwok. He left Hong Kong in 2021 […]
Free imprisoned human rights lawyer Mohammad Najafi in Iran
The lawyer Mohammad Najafi, who has been unlawfully and unjustly imprisoned in Iran since 2018 on multiple convictions for his defense of basic civil and political liberties and is currently serving a 54-month prison sentence, should be freed immediately, Lawyers for Lawyers and the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) said in a joint […]
Solidarity with Ukrainian lawyers and other Ukrainian citizens
Lawyers for Lawyers is gravely concerned by the news about the invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation. We condemn the actions of the Russian Federation, which are in contravention of the international law which prohibits the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of a state. These actions are […]
Yu Wensheng reunites with his family in Beijing
Lawyers for Lawyers welcomes the news that Chinese human rights lawyer Yu Wensheng was able to leave Nanjing Prison and reunite with his family in Beijing on 1 March 2022, as reported by his wife Xu Yan. Yu Wensheng left prison upon completion of his arbitrary sentence, and after four years of arbitrary detention. Xu […]
Oral statement to Human Rights Committee on the Russian Federation
Today Lawyers for Lawyers delivered an oral statement during the 134th session of the Human Rights Committee for the review of the Russian Federation’s compliance with its international human rights obligations, and more in particular the implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. In January 2022, Lawyers for Lawyers submitted a report […]
Illia Salei included in the Unified Register of Lawyers of Ukraine as a foreign lawyer
Lawyers for Lawyers welcomes the news that the Belarusian lawyer, Illia Salei, has been included in the Unified Register of Lawyers of Ukraine as a foreign lawyer. Salei represented the presidential candidate Viktar Babaryka and Maria Kolesnikova, a leader of the Belarusian protest movement and member of the Coordination Council. Arrested together with Maksim Znak […]
Letter on the arrest and detention of Osama Bayoumi
In a letter, Lawyers for Lawyers expresses serious concern over the arbitrary arrest, subsequent disappearance and ongoing detention of Egyptian human rights lawyer Osama Bayoumi. Mr. Bayoumi is a member of the Lawyers Syndicate and working on prominent human rights cases. According to the information we received, Mr. Bayoumi was arrested on 29 January 2022 […]