Nieuws

Lawyers for Lawyers launches Access to Justice Campaign

In recent years, Lawyers for Lawyers has received many reports about harassment from lawyers representing clients with an LGBTIQ+ identity or are perceived as such. Around the world, lawyers are being threatened because of their work on these cases. To

Joint Statement over upcoming hearing in the case of M’hamed Hali’s arbitrary legal licence denial

Morocco

Lawyers for Lawyers, the International Bar Association Human Rights Institute, Front Line Defenders, the International Service for Human Rights and NOVACT express their concerns over the situation of Sahrawi human rights defender M`hamed Hali, who has been arbitrarily deprived of

International Fair Trial Day and the Ebru Timtik Award 2024 laureates

Philippines

On 14 June, the fourth Award Ceremony of the #EbruTimtikAward took place in Manila. Where the award was presented to National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers (NUPL). On International Fair Trial Day, promoted by more than a hundred lawyers’ organisations around

Submission to UN Human Rights Committee – 4th period review of India

India

During its 141st session, from 1 July to 23 July 2024, the United Nations Human Rights Committee (‘the Committee’) will examine India’s implementation of the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR or Covenant), in light

Trial observation of the trial against the former president of the Diyarbakır Bar Association, Mehmet Emin Aktar

Türkiye

On 23 May, Lawyers for Lawyers attended a hearing at the 5th High Criminal Court of Diyarbakır, Turkey, in the trial against the former president of the Diyarbakır Bar Association, Mehmet Emin Aktar. Lawyers for Lawyers was represented by a

Joint-Statement on UN experts’ call on government to stop targeting and retaliating against human rights lawyers

Egypt

In a joint-statement, Lawyers for Lawyers and 27 other organizations endorsed the letter by five UN Special Rapporteurs, published on 19 May 2024, addressing the Egyptian government about the targeting of human rights lawyers through counter-terrorism legislation, resulting in their

Joint statement on the lack of justice for the unlawful killing of Kurdish lawyer Tahir Elҁi

Türkiye

The undersigned organizations are gravely concerned about the continuing failure to ensure accountability for the unlawful killing of Tahir Elҁi on 28 November 2015, and the lack of due process surrounding the ongoing criminal prosecutions. Tahir Elçi was a prominent

Second hearing in the case of human rights lawyer Suleyman Sahin

Türkiye

On May 21st, the second hearing in the case of human rights lawyer Suleyman Sahin took place in Diyarbakir, Turkey. Representatives from Lawyers for Lawyers attended to show support and to observe whether the court adhered to international fair trial

Tunisian lawyers fight to restore democracy – Interview with Dalila Ben Mbarek Msadek

Tunisia

Tunisian President Kais Saied behaves like an autocrat, says lawyer Dalila Ben Mbarek Msadek, who is assisting opposition leaders and is now being prosecuted herself. Since the Arab Spring, Tunisia seemed to (re)find its way to democracy, but after current

Aan de frontlinie van de rechtsstaat

the Netherlands

Elles Besselsen en Floor Engelbertink zijn beiden migratierechtadvocaat en actief bij stichting Lawyers for Lawyers Met grote verbazing lazen wij in het NRC het redactioneel commentaar “Procederen als dekmantel is onethisch gedrag” van 1 mei 2024 over de onrechtmatige strafrechtelijke

Mexico: eighteen international civil society organizations released a report of the 2023 International Fair Trial Day and of the Ebru Timtik Award.

Mexico

On June 14, 2023, around 300 human rights lawyers, judges, reporters, and associations worldwide attended online and in-person to the third edition of the International Fair Trial Day (IFTD) and Ebru Timtik Award. The Conference had the participation as panellists

Joint Statement on the 2,000 days of arbitrary detention for human rights defender and lawyer Hoda AbdelMoneim

Egypt

Lawyers for Lawyers, the undersigned 18 human rights organizations and the FreeHoda Campaign condemn the prolonged arbitrary detention of lawyer and human rights defender Hoda Abdel-Moneim for more than 2,000 days. Following the completion of her previous sentence, which was