Advocacy charter Venezuela
Lawyers for Lawyers, together with the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) submitted an advocacy charter to several country delegations to draw attention to the situation of lawyers in Venezuela with regard to the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Venezuela. In July 2021, Lawyers for Lawyers and IBAHRI submitted a report for the UPR of Venezuela. […]
Lawyers for Lawyers monitored 21st hearing in the Asrin case
A representative of Lawyers for Lawyers attended the 21st hearing in the Asrin case, which was held on 27 December 2021 in Istanbul. Many organizations, Lawyers for Lawyers amongst them, believe the prosecution of the lawyers of this firm is connected to their work in representing Abdullah Öcalan. One of the accusations is that after […]
Lezing Dag van de Bedreigde Advocaat i.s.m. de Jonge Balie Den Haag
Samen met Lawyers for Lawyers organiseert de Jonge Balie Den Haag van 17:00 – 18:00 op maandag 24 januari 2022 een online lezing met de prominente Colombiaanse mensenrechtenadvocaat en laureaat van de Lawyers for Lawyers Award Jorge Molano. Molano verleent juridische bijstand aan de slachtoffers van mensenrechtenschendingen in Colombia. Maandag 24 januari 2021 is de jaarlijkse […]
Ensure protection from death threats for lawyers of CCAJAR
In a joint letter, Lawyers for Lawyers, the Colombian Caravana, the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute, the International Observatory for Lawyers in Danger, Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada, and the Law Society of England and Wales express concern about the safety of members of the Colombian human rights law firm, Corporación Colectivo de Abogados José […]
LOIPR Turkey: Call to ensure engagement with UNHRC
On 3 August 2021, the United Nations Human Rights Committee adopted the list of issues prior to the submission of the second periodic of Turkey. Earlier this year, Lawyers for Lawyers filed a submission on the list of issues prior to reporting (LOIPR) to inform the Committee about the situation of lawyers in Turkey. In […]
Global legal community stands in solidarity with Mohamed el-Baqer
We, the undersigned members of the global legal community, stand in solidarity with Egyptian lawyer Mohamed el-Baqer as he awaits his verdict on baseless criminal charges on December 20, 2021, following years of reprisal by the Egyptian state. We call on the Egyptian authorities to drop all charges against el-Baqer, to promptly release him unconditionally, […]
Mikhail Kirilyuk: “We should never stop resisting”
5 December was Lawyers’ Day in Belarus. However, the situation of lawyers in Belarus is extremely concerning. They are subject to harassment, intimidation, and improper interference as they try to perform their professional functions and the very independence of the legal profession in Belarus is under threat. To mark this day, we spoke to the […]
Russian Federation: UPR mid-term report
In preparation of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the Russian Federation in 2023, Lawyers for Lawyers has written a mid-term report. In this report, we set out to what extent the Russian Federation has implemented the recommendations it accepted during the 2018 UPR process in relation to the role of lawyers. During the UPR in […]
Letter on the continued detention of Mohamed El-Baqer
In a letter, Lawyers for Lawyers expresses concern about the the continued detention of the Egyptian lawyer Mohamed El-Baqer. Mr. El Baqer is is a lawyer and human rights defender in Egypt. He is the director of the Adalah Center for Rights and Freedoms, which provides legal aid for political detainees and prisoners of conscience, […]
Eight years since disappearance Razan Zaitouneh
Today, 9 December 2018, marks eight 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 […]
Free arbitrarily detained right to health defenders and lawyers in Iran
We, the undersigned civil society and human rights organizations, call for the immediate release of prominent human rights defenders Mehdi Mahmoudian, Arash Keykhosravi, and Mostafa Nili, who have been arbitrarily detained by the Iranian authorities since August 14, 2021. We also call on the international community to urge Iran to end these arbitrary detentions in […]
Recap seminar and 2021 Lawyers for Lawyers Award ceremony
On 18 November 2021, Lawyers for Lawyers and the Amsterdam Bar Association hosted the seminar ‘Resilience of Lawyers in Different European Contexts’ and the presentation of the 2021 Lawyers for Lawyers Award in theatre De Rode Hoed in Amsterdam. The Lawyers for Lawyers Award is awarded every two years to a lawyer or group of […]
Concerns about the suspension of Lin Qilei’s and revocation of Liang Xiaojun’s legal practice licenses
Lawyers for Lawyers (L4L), The 29 Principles, Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC), Human Rights Now, China Change, the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI), Paris Bar Association, the Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales and the Taipei Bar Association’s Human Rights Committee express concern about the suspension of the license of lawyer […]
Joint submission SR/IJL regarding report HRC
Lawyers for Lawyers, The 29 Principles, Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC), the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI), the Paris Bar Association, Human Rights Now, the Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales, and China Change have sent a joint submission on the situation of lawyers in the People’s Republic of China and […]
Russian Federation: Authorities must cease harassment of lawyer Ivan Pavlov
We, the undersigned organizations, condemn the various forms of harassment against lawyer Ivan Pavlov, which have involved multiple violations of his human rights, as well as hindrance of his professional activities. Recently, authorities of the Russian Federation filed a motion to initiate disciplinary proceedings against Ivan Pavlov seeking his disbarment. He was also labelled as […]
Vacature student-stage
Gemiddeld 8 uur/wk, per 1 februari 2022 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 […]