Save the Date! 29 May: L4L-Award seminar
23 March 2015

Save the Date! 29 May: L4L-Award seminar

25 YEARS BASIC PRINCIPLES ON THE ROLE OF LAWYERS

L4L invites you to

“Lawyers are not their clients”

Seminar

“Lawyers shall not be identified with their clients or their clients’ causes as a result of discharging their functions.”
(Article 18 Basic Principles on the Role of Lawyers)

+

Presentation of the L4L-Award 2015


 

Introduction:
Phon van den Biesen
President Lawyers for Lawyers

Special guests:
Prof. Cees Flinterman
Member UN Human Rights Committee

Cees Korvinus (The Netherlands)

Magamed Abubakarov (Russian Federation)
L4L-Award Laureate 2013

Ayse Bingol (Turkey)

Heikelien Verrijn Stuart
Chair of the L4L Award Jury

Moderator: Frederiek de Vlaming (UvA)


Date:          29 May 2015
Time:          13:00 – 17.30
Venue:       NautaDutilh,
Strawinskylaan 1999,
Amsterdam


Award ceremony 2015

The Lawyers for Lawyers Award will be awarded to a lawyer or a group of lawyers who work to promote the rule of law and human rights in an exceptional way and whose rights have been violated as a result.

Meer nieuws

15 November 2024

Joint statement: the harassment of Crimean human rights defenders and lawyers Rustem Kyamilev and Lilia Hemedzhy needs to end

In a joint statement, Lawyers for Lawyers and partners strongly condemn the violent raid on 7 November on the home of Crimean human rights defenders and lawyers Lilia Hemedzhy and Rustem Kyamilev, resulting in the arbitrary arrest and detention of

Lees verder
13 November 2024

Joint Statement on the Ongoing Harassment of Algerian Lawyer Mourad Zenati

Algeria

Lawyers for Lawyers, SHOAA for Human Rights, the Law Society of England and Wales, and the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute express grave concern regarding the arbitrary travel restrictions imposed on Algerian human rights lawyer Mourad Zenati, which is

Lees verder
13 November 2024

Vacancy internship Access to Justice Campaign 24 hours/wk

Do you want to make a difference for targeted lawyers standing up for the rights of the LGBTQIA+ community? Are you eager to learn about campaign planning and advocacy while building a network with international lawyers? And do you want

Lees verder
5 November 2024

Joint Statement on the sentencing of Chinese human rights lawyers Yu Wensheng and his wife Xu Yan

China

Lawyers for Lawyers, together with five other human rights and lawyers’ rights organisations, has issued a statement condemning the sentencing of Chinese human rights lawyer Yu Wensheng and his wife Xu Yan. We believe they are being targeted for their

Lees verder