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Oral Statement at the OSCE Warsaw Human Dimension Conference

On 4 October 2024, Lawyers for Lawyers delivered an oral statement on the situation of lawyers across the OSCE region. The statement was delivered during the OSCE Warsaw Human Dimension Conference. The statement reads as follows: Lawyers play a vital

Ongoing trial of Hejaaz Hizbullah

Sri-Lanka

On 23 September, Lawyers for Lawyers  sent a public letter to the recently appointed Attorney General in Sri Lanka, expressing concerns about the ongoing trial against lawyer and human rights defender Hejaaz Hizbullah, a minority rights advocate and legal counsel

Joint oral statement to Human Rights Council on the Russian Federation

Russian Federation

On 23 September 2024, Lawyers for Lawyers, The International Bar Association, and Lawyers’ Rights watch Canada, delivered an oral statement during the interactive dialogue on the human rights situation in the Russian Federation. The dialogue took place during the 57th

Joint oral statement to Human Rights Council on Venezuela

Venezuela

On 20 September 2024, Lawyers for Lawyers, the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute, and the Law Society of England and Wales, delivered an oral statement during the interactive dialogue with the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Bolivarian Republic

Joint CCPR submission to UN Human Rights Committee on Türkiye 

Türkiye

On 16 September 2024, Lawyers for Lawyers, the Law Society of England and Wales (LSEW), the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI), and the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), submitted a second report on Türkiye’s implementation of the International

Joint oral statement to Human Rights Council on Sudan

Sudan

On 10 September 2024 the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute and Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada delivered an oral statement during the interactive dialogue with the High Commissioner on the situation of lawyers in Sudan. The dialogue took place during

Numbed by bureaucracy – interview with Marina Kanta

By Trudeke Sillevis Smitt Overload, rejections, bureaucracy, but also small bright spots: Marina Kanta outlines the work of an asylum lawyer in Athens in a Zoom interview. What is it like to be an asylum lawyer in Athens? Marina Kanta

Occupied Crimea: human rights lawyer Aleksey Ladin disbarred

Russian Federation

Lawyers for Lawyers, alongside the undersigned international lawyers’ rights and human rights organisations, strongly condemns the Tyumen Regional Bar Council’s decision to disbar Russian human rights lawyer Aleksey Ladin in retaliation for his human rights work. We call on the

Joint Submission to the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review of the Islamic Republic of Iran

Iran

On 16 July 2024, Lawyers for Lawyers, The Law Society of England and Wales (the Law Society) and Iran Human Rights Documentation Center (IHRDC) submitted a report for the fourth Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Joint UPR submission on Egypt

Egypt

On 16 July 2024, Lawyers for Lawyers, The Law Society of England and Wales, The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy (TIMEP) submitted a report for the fourth Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Egypt. The next UPR of Egypt will

Joint oral statement on China to the 56th session of the UN Human Rights Council

China

Lawyers for Lawyers and several other organisations cosigned an oral statement on the adoption of China’s 4th UPR report at the 56th session of the UN Human Rights Council. The statement was delivered during the Interactive Dialogue on the adoption

Turkey: International legal community condemns Turkey’s arrest of ÇHD-lawyers Naim Eminoğlu and Doğa İncesu

Türkiye

In a joint statement, the undersigned bar associations, law societies, and lawyers’ rights organizations – representing tens of thousands of lawyers from around the globe – condemn in the strongest possible terms the detention of Progressive Lawyers Association (“ÇHD”) lawyers