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2025 General Meeting: the Observatory looks forward to seeing its members on 26 June in Madrid

The International Observatory for Lawyers in Danger will be holding its annual General Meeting on Thursday 26 June 2025 in

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PHILIPPINES / Presentation of the report “Black Robes, Red Targets” at The Hague

THE HAGUE, 4 June 2025 – The Philippine Caravan – an international fact-finding mission led by a coalition of ten

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OIAD press release on the double judicial observation mission in Turkey (26–30 May 2025)

The International Observatory for Lawyers in Danger was part of a major international delegation in Turkey from 26 to 30

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EVENT / Join the conference for the International Fair Trial Day focused on Tunisia, 12 June in Brussels & online

The Steering Groupe of the International Fair Trial Day (IFTD), in which OIAD participates, invites you to the International Fair Trial Day

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Democratic Republic of the Congo: Lawyers caught up in armed conflict and collapse of the judicial system

Paris, 2 June 2025 – The International Observatory for Lawyers in Danger is seriously alarmed by the situation of lawyers in North

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TURKEY: Joint Statement on the Arrest and Detention of Lawyer Ruken Gülağacı

The OIAD together with the undersigned bar associations and lawyers’ rights organisations express their deep concern over the detention of

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PHILIPPINES: Joint statement on the harassment and threats targeting human rights lawyer Maria Kristina Conti

The undersigned organisations express grave concern over the escalating campaign of red-tagging, harassment, and threats targeting human rights lawyer Maria

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SUDAN: Joint statement on the Arrest and Enforced Disappearance of Lawyer Khaled Omar Al-Sadiq

The OIAD together with 9 other organisations express deep concern over the enforced disappearance and incommunicado detention of Sudanese lawyer

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Bangladesh: Judicial harassment and discriminatory measures against lawyers

The OIAD is deeply concerned about the alarming wave of persecution, intimidation and political discrimination targeting many lawyers in Bangladesh. These

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TURKEY: Joint statement condemning unacceptable attacks on the Legal Profession

The International Observatory for Lawyers in Danger (OIAD) together with the International legal and human rights community condemns moves to

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