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Lawyers bill must be tested against Basic Principles

Iran

Lawyers for Lawyers today contributed to the UPR process of Iran, indicating its concerns about the draft law providing rules for lawyers and the bar association. This law would seriously affect lawyers’ independence in Iran. Together with Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada, L4L recommended this

Government should practice what it preaches

Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan should speed up the effective implementation of measures to strengthen the role of lawyers, Lawyers for Lawyers said today. Lawyers for Lawyers, also on behalf of The Law Society of England and Wales and Law and Lawyers’ Rights Watch

Oral statement to Human Rights Committee

Russian Federation

Today Lawyers for Lawyers delivered an oral statement to the Human Rights Committee for the review of the Russian Federation’s compliance with it’s international human rights obligations. Lawyers for Lawyers highlighted the Russian Federation’s failure to protect its lawyers and

27 January in Geneva: side-event Persecution of Lawyers and Journalists in Turkey

Türkiye

The Law Society of England and Wales, Lawyers for Lawyers, Lawyers Rights Watch Canada, Privacy International, Fair Trial Watch and Media Legal Defence Initiative cordially invite you to join the panel discussion on the Persecution of Lawyers and Journalists in Turkey,

Lobby in Geneva for UPR Iran and Kazakhstan

On Monday, October 6th, and Wednesday, October 8th, Lawyers for Lawyers attended ’pre-sessions’ organized by the NGO ‘UPR-Info’. During these sessions NGOs have the opportunity to lobby country delegations in Geneva, to take over the recommendations of UPR submissions previously

Letter to authorities and petition to WGAD for Le Quoc Quan

Vietnam

2 September is ‘National Day’ in Vietnam. On this day, the Vietnamese president often grants amnesty to prisoners of conscience. In view of this, Lawyers for Lawyers, together with a broad coalition of organizations, sent a letter to the Vietnamese authorities to urge

Turkey L4L, LRWC, the Law Society and FTW file joint UPR submission

L4L has together with Lawyers Rights Watch Canada, the Law Society of England and Wales and Fair Trial Watch filed a joint submission for the Universal Periodic Review before the UN Human Rights Council of Turkey, which will take place in January/February 2015. In this

L4L L4L actively engaged in consultation at HRC

On 13 June, L4L, Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) and the Asian Legal Resource Center delivered oral statements at the 26th session of the Human Rights Council, this time with respect to the reports presented by the Special Rapporteur on arbitrary, summary and extrajudicial

L4L Submissions on Iran and Vietnam at HRC

L4L has together with Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) filed two submissions for the Human Rights Council on Iran and Vietnam. Submission Iran In the submission on Iran, that was co-signed by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), we ask

Kazakhstan submission on the Universal Periodic Review

L4L has brought to the attention of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) mechanism key issues regarding Kazakhstan’s compliance with its human rights commitments to guarantee effective access to legal services provided by an independent legal profession as set out in the UN

Iran and Myanmar L4L actively engaged in consultation at HRC

On 17 March, L4L and Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) delivered oral statements at the 25th session of the Human Rights Council, this time with respect to Iran and Myanmar. Since L4L was granted ECOSOC Consultative Status in July 2013, it

Vietnam L4L participates in UPR ‘side-event’

Every four years the United Nations Human Rights Council reviews the human rights situation of each member state. In advance of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) on Vietnam, L4L, together with a coalition of Vietnamese and international