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Guatemalan lawyer Claudia González Orellana laureate Lawyers for Lawyers Award 2023

AMSTERDAM, 19 April 2023 – Guatemalan lawyer Claudia González Orellana will receive the prestigious Lawyers for Lawyers Award 2023. The Award will be presented at a ceremony co-hosted by Lawyers for Lawyers and the Amsterdam Bar in the Rode Hoed

Nominate now for the Lawyers for Lawyers Award 2023!

The Lawyers for Lawyers Award aims to honor lawyers who have made significant contributions to the protection of the rule of law and human rights in challenging environments. Through the Award, Lawyers for Lawyers generates public recognition for the work

Recap seminar and 2021 Lawyers for Lawyers Award ceremony

On 18 November 2021, Lawyers for Lawyers and the Amsterdam Bar Association hosted the seminar ‘Resilience of Lawyers in Different European Contexts’ and the presentation of the 2021 Lawyers for Lawyers Award in theatre De Rode Hoed in Amsterdam. The

Letter on the continued detention of Dr. Mohammad Al-Roken

United Arab Emirates

In a letter to the UAE authorities Lawyers for Lawyers expressed concern about the continued arbitrary detention of lawyer Dr. Mohammed Al-Roken. This month, it has been eight years since Dr. Mohammad Al-Roken, a respected human rights lawyer, from the

One year since Selçuk Kozağaçlı received the L4L-Award

On this day, 23 May 2020, Lawyers for Lawyers takes the opportunity to look back on last year’s Lawyers for Lawyers Award presented to Selçuk Kozağaçlı from Turkey.  The Lawyers for Lawyers Award is awarded to a lawyer or group

Event at Consulate in honor of L4L Award for Selçuk Kozağaçlı

Türkiye

On 10 July 2019 the Dutch consulate in Istanbul hosted a special event in honor of the Lawyers for Lawyers Award given to lawyer Selçuk Kozağaçlı from Turkey. Kozağaçlı, who is currently serving a long prison sentence in Turkey, has

Uitreiking Lawyers for Lawyers Award 2019

Türkiye

Minister bij uitreiking Award 2019 “Independent position of lawyers under increasing pressure” In het bijzijn van ruim 200 mensen, waaronder vele advocaten uit binnen- en buitenland, heeft Serife Ceren Uysal namens advocaat Selçuk Kozağaçlı uit Turkije op 23 mei de

Uitreiking Lawyers for Lawyers Award 2019

De Lawyers for Lawyers Award 2019 gaat naar: Selçuk Kozağaçlı Mensenrechten- advocaat uit Turkije De uitreiking van de Award vindt plaats op donderdag 23 mei 2019 in Amsterdam. Registreer nu om deel te nemen!   De Award ceremonie zal worden

Selçuk Kozağaçlı to receive L4L Award 2019

Türkiye

Selçuk Kozağaçlı, a human rights lawyer from Turkey, will receive the Lawyers for Lawyers Award 2019. By selecting Selçuk Kozağaçlı, the expert jury “wants to applaud the unwavering dedication of both Selçuk Kozağaçlı and his colleagues to defending the basic human

Uitreiking Lawyers for Lawyers Award 2019

De Lawyers for Lawyers Award 2019 wordt uitgereikt op donderdag 23 mei 2019 in Amsterdam. Het is alweer de vijfde keer dat de internationaal gewaardeerde Lawyers for Lawyers Award wordt toegekend. Voorafgaand aan dit evenement is er een uiterst interessant

Alec Muchadehama will attend presentation fifth award

Zimbabwe

,,Protected by being in the spotlight of human rights monitoring organizations such as Lawyers for Lawyers’’ text: Johan van Uffelen Eight years after receiving the Lawyers for Lawyers (L4L) Award, Zimbabwean lawyer Alec Muchadehama is still steadfast in his work. Also during the

‘Rule of law more than ever under pressure’

Thailand

Award-winner Sirikan Charoensiri calls for nominations: “Awareness of the importance of defending human rights, the rule of law and democracy has increased  significantly among lawyers, legal practitioners and law students in Thailand since I received the Lawyers for Lawyers (‘L4L’)