In Profiel: advocaat Wout Albers
Wout Albers valt op als sociaal advocaat in Amsterdam. Na zijn rechtenstudie, tien jaar vrijwilligerservaring bij Amnesty International en periodes in Frankrijk en Colombia, startte hij zijn eigen praktijk, Taelman Advocaten, en sloot hij zich aan bij Lawyers for Lawyers. Als voorzitter van de focusgroep Latijns-Amerika houdt hij zich bezig met advocaten die worden bedreigd […]
Fantastische opbrengst veiling Balie Oost-Brabant!
Afgelopen vrijdag heeft de balie in Oost-Brabant heeft een bedrag van €12.000 bijeengebracht voor Lawyers for Lawyers door middel van een veiling tijdens een digitale nieuwjaarsbijeenkomst. Lawyers for Lawyers dankt de Balie Oost-Brabant voor deze fantastische donatie! Om gezamenlijk het glas te heffen op het nieuwe jaar, had de lokale orde alle advocaten een goed […]
Advocacy charter Nepal
Lawyers for Lawyers submitted an advocacy charter to several country delegations to draw attention to the situation of lawyers in Nepal with regard to the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Nepal. In July 2020, Lawyers for Lawyers submitted a report for the UPR of Nepal. Lawyers for Lawyers has expressed concerns about the threats, harassment and […]
Advocacy charter Myanmar
Lawyers for Lawyers and Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) submitted an advocacy charter to several country delegations to draw attention to the situation of lawyers in Myanmar with regard to the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Myanmar. In July 2020, Lawyers for Lawyers and LRWC submitted a report for the UPR of Myanmar. The report gathers […]
Turks sprekende stagiair(e) gezocht (stagevergoeding)
Gemiddeld 16-24 uur/wk, per 15 februari 2021 Wil jij meewerken aan een project met een focus op Turkije en daarmee het verschil maken voor bedreigde advocaten uit Turkije 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 […]
Seminar – Day of the Endangered Lawyer (Azerbaijan)
The Day of the Endangered Lawyer 2021 focuses on Azerbaijan. The Law Society of England and Wales, ELDH, Deutscher Anwaltverein and Lawyers for Lawyers invite you to a seminar on some of the challenges faced by lawyers practising their profession in Azerbaijan. The seminar will take place from 2.00-3.30 pm (UK time) on Thursday 21 […]
Hejaaz Hizbullah granted confidential access to counsel
According to information we have received, a Sri Lankan Attorney General has agreed to grant detained human rights lawyer Hejaaz Hizbullah confidential access to his lawyers for the first time since his arrest on 14 April 2020. Mr. Hizbullah was arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on 14 April 2020 and placed under a […]
Recap online Speaker Tour with lawyer from the Philippines
From 9 November to 7 December, Lawyers for Lawyers organized an online Speaker Tour with Czarina, a human rights lawyer from the Philippines. The Speaker Tour was organized with the support of Wolters Kluwer. As part of the Speaker Tour, Czarina and Lawyers for Lawyers spoke to lawyers from the law firm Van Doorne, lawyers […]
Order barring Beatrice Mtetwa from handling a case overturned
On 17 August 2020, lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa was disqualified from representing her client journalist Hopewell Chin’ono by a Zimbabwean Magistrate. This attracted global concerns. Today, on the 15th of December, there has been a very welcome development in the case. In their application for review of the Magistrate’s decision filed in September 2020, Mtetwa & Chin’ono argued that […]
Dag van de Bedreigde Advocaat 2021 – Azerbeidzjan
24 januari 2021 is de jaarlijkse ‘Dag van de Bedreigde Advocaat’. Dit jaar staat de dag in het teken van advocaten uit Azerbeidzjan die vanwege hun legitieme werkzaamheden in de problemen komen. In het kader van deze dag worden op vrijdag 22 januari verschillende events georganiseerd, waaronder een online lezing waarvoor advocaten van harte uitgenodigd zijn! Advocaten […]
Online conference “Protection of Attorneys’ Rights: Russian Specificity”
On 19 December 2020, the online media project Voice of Attorney is organizing an international online conference on problems faced by Russian attorneys at law who have been persecuted for their professional activities in 2019 and 2020. The event is being supported by Lawyers for Lawyers, the Committee for the Bar Protection, and the International Commission […]
Joint statement Dr. Mohammed Al-Roken
On International Human Rights Day, Lawyers for Lawyers alongside the International Center for Justice and Human Rights (ICJHR) and 7 other signatories, called on the UAE authorities to immediately release and human rights lawyer and defender Dr. Mohammed Al-Roken. Eight years have passed since the unjust arrest of Dr. Mohammed Al-Roken by the UAE State […]
Seven years since disappearance Razan Zaitouneh
Today, 9 December 2018, marks seven 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 […]
Silver lining for LGBT+ community in Uganda
Last week Lawyers for Lawyers joined forces with its partner NautaDutilh in a webinar on LGBT+ rights in Uganda. Boudewijn Smit and Else Bavinck, both associate at NautaDutilh, had the honor to interview human rights lawyer and LGBT+ rights defender, Shibolo Awali Sean, on the position of the LGBT+ community in Uganda and his work […]
In Profiel: advocate Else Bavinck
Else Bavinck kwam met Lawyers for Lawyers in aanraking tijdens haar beroepsopleiding tot advocaat bij NautaDutilh. Toenmalig bestuurslid Harald Wiersema enthousiasmeerde haar in Woudschoten tot het worden van vrijwilliger bij Lawyers for Lawyers. Mensenrechten en het waarborgen van eerlijke rechtsspraak zijn onderwerpen die haar aangaan, en die zij kon praktiseren bij Lawyers for Lawyers. Dat […]
Training “The legal and ethical framework for lawyers in the Netherlands”
On 4 December 2020, Lawyers for Lawyers provided an online training course on “The legal and ethical framework for lawyers in the Netherlands” to a group of lawyers from Kyrgyzstan. The training offered the Kyrgyz lawyers the opportunity to learn more about the exisiting disciplinary law for lawyers in the Netherlands, core values for lawyers […]
