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Influence

We pleiten voor een vrije en onafhankelijke advocatuur. We reizen naar de VN in Genève voor presentaties en we spreken vertegenwoordigers van regeringen (advocacy). Daar benadrukken we continu het belang van de UN Basic Principles on the Role of Lawyers, de internationale afspraken over de onafhankelijke rol van advocaten. Ook organiseren we bijeenkomsten voor Nederlandse advocaten, kantoren en ordes, om hen bewust te maken van de situatie van hun internationale collega’s. En via kanalen zoals social media delen we de verhalen van advocaten die door hun werk bedreigd of vervolgd worden.

Als onderdeel van ons “influence” programma voeren wij een actieve lobby voor wetten en beleid die een vrije en onafhankelijke beroepsuitoefening van de advocatuur nastreven, in overeenstemming met internationaal erkende principes en standaarden.

Dit doen wij door:

  • Het lobbyen van internationale instanties en hun mechanismen om te pleiten voor standaarden, resoluties en aanbevelingen die de onafhankelijkheid en veiligheid van advocaten versterken.
  • Het lobbyen van overheden om effectieve rechtsbescherming in te stellen, te implementeren en af te dwingen, en waar nodig, wetten te wijzigingen die de onafhankelijke beroepsuitoefening van de advocatuur.

Consultative status

Lawyers for Lawyers has been granted the special consultative status by the UN Economic and Social Council, also known as the ECOSOC status. The status gives us the right to participate in meetings of the Council, its functional commissions and other subsidiary bodies.

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Fact finding missions

Reports of missions in which independent experts present their findings about the information they have gathered and the research they have done into the facts about a particular situation or conflict, are valuable sources of information for the United Nations and other state institutions and organizations to be able to act.

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6 juni 2023

Statement on the Situation of Venezuelan Human Rights Lawyer Venus Faddoul

Lawyers for Lawyers (L4L) remains deeply concerned about the deteriorating human rights situation in Venezuela. Venezuelan lawyers continue to be persecuted by various means such as threats, harassment, prosecution, and surveillance simply for performing their professional duties. The threats and

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5 juni 2023

Statement on the Conviction of Human Rights Laywer Vladimir Prokhorov

Vladimir Prokhorov, a Russian human rights lawyer known for defending Putin’s opponents, has fled the Russian Federation in May 2023 after being threatened in the courtroom. Mr Prokhorov had publicly made statements about the closed trial of his friend and

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5 juni 2023

Vacature student-stage

Gemiddeld 8 uur/wk, per 4 september 2023 Wil jij het verschil maken voor bedreigde advocaten die opkomen voor de rechten van anderen? Wil jij leren hoe een NGO werkt en een netwerk opbouwen met advocaten van kleine en grote kantoren?

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2 juni 2023

Submission to UN Human Rights Committee – Republic of Uganda

During its 138th session, from 26 June to 28 July 2023, the Human Rights Committee will consider the 2th periodic report submitted by the Republic of Uganda and adopt concluding observations that will assist Uganda in the implementation of the

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1 juni 2023

International Fair Trial Day Event on 14 June 2023

Mexico

Lawyers for Lawyers is happy to share the program for the event on 14 June 2023 for the third International Fair Trial Day. The focus country of this year’s International Fair Trial Day is Mexico. Time: 10:00 – 18:00 CST

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26 mei 2023

Lawyers’ Day in Tajikistan

Tajikistan

Today is “Lawyers’ Day” in Tajikistan, when lawyers celebrate the establishment of the first Bar Association.The situation of lawyers in Tajikistan remains concerning and, on what should be a day of celebration, Lawyers for Lawyers would like to pay attention

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26 mei 2023

Statement on the conviction of Human Rights Lawyer Mikhail Benyash

Russian Federation

Mikhail Benyash is a human rights and defence lawyer working in the Krasnodar region in Russia. Mikhail has advised protesters for over a decade and most recently he represented anti-war protesters and soldiers who do not want to fight in

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25 mei 2023

Concerns over detention of lawyers, journalists, politicians, and artists in Turkey

Türkiye

It has been exactly one month since the Turkish police carried out raids across 21 provinces in the country, resulting in the detention of numerous lawyers, journalists, politicians, and artists. Lawyers for Lawyers continues to be concerned over this matter.

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