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Joint oral statement “Attacks on lawyers: Turkey, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, and China”

On 1 March 2018, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) delivered a joint oral statement before the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, in the framework of the 37th Session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva. The joint oral statement

Call on States to hold China accountable at Council

China

In a private letter sent to select UN member states, nearly 20 human rights organisations called for clear and concrete actions to denounce China’s current rollback in respect for human rights at the UN Human Rights Council, which opens its

Follow-up procedure to WGAD

Vietnam

In November 2017, Media Legal Defence Initiative – on behalf of Lawyers for Lawyers, Lawyers Rights Watch Canada, PEN International and Viet Tan – submitted a Follow-Up Procedure to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD). In June 2017, the WGAD published an

Meetings with Members of European Parliament

Vietnam

On 22 and 23 November 2017, representatives of Reporters Sans Frontières (RSF), Lawyers for Lawyers (L4L) and Viet Tan met with seven Members of the European Parliament. They visited the European Parliament on behalf of a broad coalition of NGO’s

Orange the World Karen Mejía, Honduras

Honduras

The 25th of every month has been designated “Orange Day” by the United Nations Secretary-General’s Campaign UNiTE to End Violence Against Women, to raise awareness and take action to end violence against women and girls. From 25 November, the International Day for

Oral statement at Human Rights Committee

Democratic Republic of Congo

Lawyers for Lawyers delivered an oral statement to the United Nations Human Rights Committee about the situation of lawyers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). This week, the Committee reviewed the implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights by

Oral statement at UN Human Rights Council

Indonesia

On 21 September 2017, L4L delivered an oral statement during the 36th Session of the UN Human Rights Council. During this session, the Universal Periodic Review Outcome Report of Indonesia was adopted. Earlier, L4L had already submitted a NGO-submission for

WGAD calls for immediate release of Nguyen Van Dai

Vietnam

The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) has recently published an Opinion calling for the immediate and unconditional release of the prominent Vietnamese human rights lawyer and blogger Nguyen Van Dai. The WGAD Opinion is the result of

Oral statement on Myanmar

Myanmar

On 15 June 2017, L4L and Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) delivered an oral statement to the UN Human Rights Council during the Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on Myanmar. The statement reads as follows: Mr. President, Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada

L4L Oral statement during ID with Special Rapporteur

On 12 June 2017, the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute delivered an oral statement to UN Human Rights Council on behalf of L4L and other NGOs. The statement was delivered during the 35th session of the Human Rights Council, during

UPR Mid-term report

Vietnam

In preparation of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Vietnam in 2019, L4L, together with the Law Society of England and Wales and Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada, has written a mid-term report. In this report, we set out to which

UN Applications for consultative status for 2018

NGOs interested in applying for ECOSOC consultative status should submit their application and required documents before 1 June 2017. The following link provides background information, some of the benefits and the instructions how to apply: http://csonet.org/index.php?page=view&nr=377&type=230&menu=14