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Tunisia – Release “Lawyers Under the Watch”

Tunisia

OMCT Joint Paper Addressing the Increasing Number of Prosecutions Against Lawyers in Tunisia Lawyers for Lawyers is pleased to announce the publication of a joint paper titled “Lawyers Under the Watch,” a comprehensive examination of the growing challenges legal professionals

Vacature student-stage, 16-36 uur per week

This vacancy has closed. Follow our LinkedIn to stay updated on new vacancies. Deze vacature is nu gesloten. Volg onze LinkedIn voor nieuwe vacatures. ——————————————————————————————————————–English below Gemiddeld 16-36 uur/wk, per 1 februari 2024 Wil jij het verschil maken voor bedreigde

Vacature student-stage

This vacancy has closed. Follow our LinkedIn to stay updated on new vacancies. Deze vacature is nu gesloten. Volg onze LinkedIn voor nieuwe vacatures. ——————————————————————————————————————– English below Gemiddeld 8 uur/wk, per 1 februari 2024 Wil jij het verschil maken voor

Vacature Manager Fondsenwerving en Communicatie

Word jij de eerste manager Fondsenwerving en Communicatie bij Lawyers for Lawyers? Verantwoordelijkheden: Fondsenwerving Communicatie Contacten in Nederland De Manager Fondsenwerving en Communicatie is verantwoordelijk voor de fondsenwerving voor Lawyers for Lawyers. Het huidige budget is 250.000 euro en er

Nasrin Sotoudeh released on bail after being arrested at funeral of Armita Garavand

Iran

Prominent human rights lawyer and women’s right activist Nasrin Sotoudeh was arrested on Sunday 29 October 2023 in Tehran while attending the funeral of 16-year-old  Armita Garavand, who passed away a day earlier after nearly a month in coma. After

IBAHRI and L4L concerned over arbitrary lawyer license deprivation of Sahrawi human rights defender, M’hmed Hali

Morocco

The International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) and Lawyers for Lawyers (L4L) are concerned over the situation of Saharawi human rights defender M`hamed Hali who has been arbitrarily deprived of his right to practice as a lawyer in the

Joint statement: three years after being charged, three Iranian human rights lawyers’ are set to face trial

Iran

Lawyers for Lawyers has received information that Iranian lawyers Nazanin Salari, Mahmoud Taravtrouy, and Masoud Ahmadian are expected to be tried on 11 November 2023. Together with 10 organisations, L4L issued a solidarity statement before the trial. Human Rights lawyers

NOvA-commissie: ruim helft verkiezingsprogramma’s voldoet niet volledig aan minimumnormen van de rechtsstaat

the Netherlands

De Nederlandse orde van advocaten (NOvA) heeft ook voor de komende Tweede Kamerverkiezingen een commissie ingesteld die de verkiezingsprogramma’s toetst op rechtsstatelijkheid. Één van de commissieleden is voorzitter van het L4L bestuur Irma van den Berg. Bij tien van de

Belarus: Suppression of independent lawyers has intensified. Is there a Solution?

Belarus

October 9, 2023 – On the sidelines of the Warsaw Human Dimension Conference, Lawyers for Lawyers, co-hosted a side event on Belarussian Lawyers. The event served to elaborate on the plight of the legal profession in Belarus, to introduce the

Report: An Analysis of the Indictment against Lawyer Aryen Turan – PEN Norway

Lawyers for Lawyers has written a report for the PEN Norway Turkey Indictment Project. The report is titled “Legal Report on Indictment: Aryen Turan” and examines the flaws of the indictment issued against Turan in 2022 in light of Turkish domestic legislation and

Vacature algemeen bestuurslid

Voor het bestuur van Lawyers for Lawyers zijn we op zoek naar twee algemeen bestuursleden Functie Als bestuurslid ben je nauw betrokken bij de groei van de stichting en lever je een bijdrage aan de bepaling en bewaking van koers

Oral statement to Human Rights Committee on Iran

Iran

On 9 October, Lawyers for Lawyers delivered an oral statement on Iran during the 139th session of the Human Rights Committee. During the session, the Committee reviewed Iran’s compliance with its international human rights obligations, and more in particular the