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Een vrije en onafhankelijke advocatuur. Voor iedere advocaat. Waar ook ter wereld. Lawyers for Lawyers is een onafhankelijk netwerk van advocaten voor advocaten. Wij komen op voor vakgenoten die in hun beroep worden bedreigd en tegengewerkt. Omdat hun rechten ook onze rechten zijn. Zo verdedigen we samen de rule of law.

In 2022 heeft Lawyers for Lawyers voor minstens 198 advocaten campagne gevoerd in 38 verschillende landen.
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21 september 2023

Oud bestuurslid Joost Italianer overleden

Foto: Gregor Servais Lawyers for Lawyers ontving het verdrietige nieuws dat Joost Italianer op 9 september 2023 na een langdurige ziekte is overleden. Joost was advocaat bij NautaDutilh, begenadigd jazzpianist en, van 2004 tot 2015, bestuurslid van Lawyers for Lawyers.

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20 september 2023

Philippine lawyer Maria Alzate killed in broad daylight

Philippines

Atty. Maria Alzate, a Philippine lawyer known for defending the poor, was killed on Thursday September 14, in Abra province, in the north of the country. In broad daylight, two unidentified assassins on a motorcycle shot her at close range,

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13 september 2023

Joint oral statement on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan

Afghanistan

On 11 September 2023, Lawyers for Lawyers, The Law Society of England and Wales and Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada delivered an oral statement during the Interactive Dialogue on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan. The Interactive dialogue took place

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13 september 2023

Joint oral statement on the report of the Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar

On 11 September 2023, Lawyers for Lawyers, the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute, The Law Society of England and Wales and Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada delivered an oral statement during the Interactive Dialogue on the report of the Independent

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12 september 2023

Vacature programma medewerker / Vacancy program officer

Vacature programma medewerker English below Lawyers for Lawyers (L4L) komt op voor bedreigde advocaten. We helpen advocaten om hun taak als beschermer van de rechtsstaat vrij en onafhankelijk te kunnen uitoefenen en zetten ons in om vervolging van advocaten te

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5 september 2023

GUATEMALA: Joint statement of 29 organisations in support of Guatemalan lawyer Claudia González, condemning her detention and calling for her immediate release

“On the morning of 28 August 2023, lawyer Claudia González was arrested, charged with the crime of abuse of authority. The arrest took place following a search of her home ordered by the Public Prosecutor’s Office, as part of the alleged

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5 september 2023

Zimbabwean lawyers Tapiwa Muchineripi and Doug Coltart arrested

Zimbabwe

L4L is worried about the news of Zimbabwean lawyers Tapiwa Muchineripi and Doug Coltart being arrested in the evening of 4 September. The lawyers were defending their hospitalized clients, before they were arrested on suspicion of obstructing justice. Their clients,

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31 augustus 2023

Arrest of Guatemalan lawyer Claudia González Orellana

Guatemala

On the morning of 28 August 2023, lawyer Claudia González and laureate of the Lawyers for Lawyers Award 2023 was arrested, charged with the crime of abuse of authority. The arrest took place following a search of her home ordered

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