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Sor.Rattanamanee Polkla: ‘We are lawyers, we are law-users, but we are also law-makers’

Thailand

With more than twenty years of practice in human rights and environmental matters, Thai lawyer Sor.Rattanamanee Polkla is deeply committed to environmental justice. With her organization, the Community Resource Centre Foundation (CRC), she provides legal aid to communities who face

Joint oral statement to Human Rights Council on Belarus

Belarus

On 23 September 2022, Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC), the International Bar Association Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI), The Law Society of England and Wales, the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe and Lawyers for Lawyers delivered an oral

Lawyers in Colombia hopeful about new left-wing government

Colombia

At the invitation of Colombian lawyers and human rights activists, the International Caravana of Lawyers, an international fact-finding mission, visited Colombia from 21 to 28 August. During the mission, an international delegation, including Wout Albers from Lawyers for Lawyers, held

Caught in Sri Lankan religious struggle

Sri-Lanka

The Sri Lankan human rights lawyer Hejaaz Hizbullah was detained for almost two years, without knowing why. Meanwhile, there is an indictment, which seems to be out of the blue. He looks relaxed, Hejaaz Hizbullah. During the video interview, the

Joint oral statement to Human Rights Council on Thailand and China

On 20 September 2022, Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC), the International Bar Association Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) and Lawyers for Lawyers delivered an oral statement on the widespread pattern of enforced disappearances including of lawyers and human rights defenders in

Joint oral statement to Human Rights Council on Türkiye and China

On 19 September 2022, Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC), the International Bar Association Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) and Lawyers for Lawyers delivered an oral statement on the systematic pattern of arbitrary detention of lawyers in Türkiye and China. The statement

Egyptian lawyer Haitham Mohamadein set to be released from prison

Egypt

Lawyers for Lawyers welcomes the news that, on 15 September 2022, Egyptian lawyer Haitham Mohamadein has been set to be released from prison after a pre-trial detention that lasted 16 months. Mr. Mohamadein is a labor lawyer with an affiliation

Dam tot Damloop 2022

Veel advocaten zijn voortdurend ‘on the run’ voor de autoriteiten of andere opponenten in hun land. Lawyers for Lawyers zal met een team van 60 renners meedoen aan de goede doelen loop (10 Engelse mijl, 16,09 km). Door fondsen op

Advocacy charter the Philippines

Philippines

On 1 September 2022, Lawyers for Lawyers was present in Geneva to attend the pre-sessions for the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) for The Philippines organized by UPR-Info. Lawyers for Lawyers discussed the findings of our UPR submissions with several country

Seventh Caravana Internacional de Juristas

At the invitation of Colombian lawyers and human rights defenders, the International Caravana of Jurists, an international fact-finding mission, visited Colombia from 21st until the 28th of August. During the mission, an international delegation of lawyers from all over the

Joint statement on ‘Civil society call to end enforced disappearances in China’

China

On the International Day of the Disappeared, Lawyers for Lawyers co-signed a statement, with a large coalition of organisations, which expresses concerns about enforced disappearances in the People’s Republic of China. Amongst the disappeared are several lawyers from China. Just

Fiona Iliff: “It’s very timely to talk about environmental protection in Zimbabwe”

Zimbabwe

Illustration: Joost Hölscher ‘Zimbabwe has historically been lucky in the way certain environmental areas have been protected. Now, we see the threats against the environment rising and the work of environmental defenders and lawyers becoming riskier’. According to Fiona Iliff,