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Joint UPR submission Venezuela

Venezuela

On 15 July 2021, Lawyers for Lawyers and the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) submitted a joint report for the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Venezuela. The next review for Venezuela will take place January 2022. In the

End harassment of Michał Romanowski

Poland

Lawyers for Lawyers, the Amsterdam Bar Association and the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) call for an end to the harassment of Polish lawyer Michal Romanowski, in relation to his legitimate professional activities. Michał Romanowski is a Polish attorney and

6-year anniversary of the 709-Crackdown

China

Today, July 9, 2021 marks the sixth anniversary of what has come to known as the ‘709 Crackdown’: the nationwide crackdown on Chinese lawyers and human rights activists on the 9th of July 2015. During the summer of 2015, the

Targeting of Algerian lawyers constitutes new escalation in the unrelenting criminalisation of fundamental freedoms

Algeria

The undersigned organizations are concerned about the attacks against lawyers from the Collective for the Defence of Hirak Detainees, as part of the Algerian authorities’ accelerated crackdown on the peaceful Hirak movement. The organisations are further alarmed by the recent

Joint statement on the sixth anniversary of the ‘709 Crackdown’

China

Today, 9 July 2021, we, the undersigned organizations, take the opportunity to commemorate the sixth anniversary of the crackdown on Chinese lawyers and human rights defenders which occurred in the People’s Republic of China on 9 July 2015. On that

Joint oral statement during id with SR on human rights in Belarus

Belarus

On 5 July, Lawyers for Lawyers and Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada delivered an oral statement during the interactive dialogue with Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus. The dialogue took place during the 47th session of the

Release the four lawyers convicted at the “UAE 94” trial

United Arab Emirates

On the eight anniversary of the mass “UAE 94” trial that imprisoned dozens of government critics and reform activists in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Lawyers for Lawyers and the International Center for Justice and Human Rights (ICJHR) express concern

Side event: Protection of the Right to Freedom of Peaceful Assembly

Side-event at the UN 47th Session of the Human Rights Council, Report Launch: Access to Justice as an Integral Element of the Protection of the Right to Freedom of Peaceful Assembly Friday, July 2, 2021, 2:00pm – 3:30 pm CEST,

Side event: Increasing Suppression of the Legal Profession in Belarus

Belarus

Side-event at the UN 47th Session of the Human Rights Council, Lawyers Under Threat: Increasing Suppression of the Legal Profession in Belarus Tuesday, July 6, 2021, 3:00pm-4:00pm CEST, Virtual Event Via Zoom This side-event (click here for flyer) will address

Joint oral statement during id with the SR/IJL

On 28 June, Lawyers for Lawyers alongside the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute, the National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers, Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada, and the Law Council of Australia delivered an oral statement during the interactive dialogue with Special

Joint oral statement during id with the SR/IJL on Philippines, Turkey and Iran

On 28 June, Lawyers for Lawyers alongside, Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC), the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), the International Bar Association’s Institute for Human Rights (IBAHRI), the Association of American Jurists (AAJ), the International Association of Democratic Lawyers (IADL),

Joint letter on conviction and imprisonment Robert Roșu

Romania

In a joint letter Lawyers for Lawyers and the Law Society of England and Wales express concern about the conviction and imprisonment of lawyer Robert Roșu from Romania. On 17 December 2020, the High Court of Justice and Cassation of Romania