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GUATEMALA: 23 International organizations express concern over the detention of lawyer Ramón Cadena

Lawyers for Lawyers, the International Observatory for Lawyers in Danger (OIAD), Juezas y Jueces para la Democracia, Asociación de Abogadas

Preliminary conclusions of the International Mission of Jurists for Guatemala

Guatemala, 29 October 2025 – For several years, international organisations, independent missions and civil society organisations have been warning about

Council of Europe Convention on the Protection of the Legal Profession

Speech by Leonardo Arnau, President of the OIAD Council of Europe Convention on the Protection of the Legal Profession 36th

Belarus: Human rights lawyers’ association declared “extremist” amid intensifying crackdown

Belarusian authorities have designated the Belarusian Association of Human Rights Lawyers (BAHRL) as an “extremist formation,” imposing severe legal sanctions

Joint Statement/Georgia

Joint Statement/Georgia – Freezing of NGO Accounts and Impact on Legal Protection and the Work of Lawyers In response to

DRC: In eastern Congo, defending justice is risking your life

Amid intensifying fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, human rights defenders, especially lawyers, have become prime targets for armed

Türkiye: Proceedings against Istanbul Bar Association board a “direct assault” on independence of legal profession

Twelve legal and human rights organisations intervene in proceedings against the executive board ahead of trial* Criminal and civil proceedings

ANGOLA: Joint press statement expressing deep concern at the incident involving lawyer Zola Ferreira Bambi

Lawyers for Lawyers, the International Observatory for Lawyers at Risk, the Law Society of England and Wales, the International Bar

TURKEY: Ebru Timtik, remembering a lawyer who devoted her life to justice

27 August marks another year since the death of Ebru Timtik, a lawyer who died after 238 days on hunger

DRC: Joint press release on the arbitrary detention of lawyers at the Kinshasa-Gombe Bar Association

The OIAD and Lawyers for Lawyers, in collaboration with the signatory Bars and organisations committed to the defence of lawyers’

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