Impunity for attacks on lawyers, prosecutors and judges, as well as smear campaigns against legal and human rights professionals in the Philippines, were highlighted in a panel discussion to mark International Fair Trial Day. Held on 14 June at the University of the Philippines in Manila, the event also highlighted the gaps in anti-terrorism legislation resulting […]
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An international “Caravana Filipina” monitoring mission took place from 4 to 14 June 2024, involving 12 international delegations in the Philippines, including the International Observatory for Lawyers in Danger (OIAD). The main purpose of the Caravan was to investigate and seek justice for the attacks on lawyers, prosecutors and judges in this Asian country from […]
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“A joint report by the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders—a partnership between the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT)—and the International Observatory for Lawyers in Danger (OIAD) presents findings from the judicial observation of the first hearing in the trial of 20 individuals involved in […]
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As we approach the final phase of the trial for the assassination of the former President of the Diyarbakir Bar Association, Tahir Elçi, on 28 November 2015, the OIAD is joining forces with the international legal community. The Observatory and 29 other organisations have issued a joint statement denouncing the apparent impunity that surrounds this assassination and […]
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On 14 June, the International Fair Trial Day will take place in Manila, Philippines, where legal experts from around the world will discuss the challenges to access to justice in Philippine society. The International Fair Trial Day Conference and the Ebru Timtik Award Ceremony will feature a diverse group of the Philippines-based and international panellists […]
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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 of eminent lawyers, human rights defenders, victims and academics from Mexico, as well as members […]
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Having taken note of the violent arrest of our colleague, Sonia Dahmani, lawyer at the Tunisian Bar, inside the Bar Association, on Saturday 11 May 2024, by hooded individuals who roughed up lawyers and journalists present, Having taken note of the press release issued by the Tunis section of the National Bar Association of Tunisia, […]
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The OIAD strongly condemns the threats to which some Tunisian lawyers are being subjected by the public authorities and expresses its indignation at the proceedings brought against them in conditions that clearly violate the fair trial rules laid down in the international treaties ratified by Tunisia. The OIAD is outraged that the freedom of movement […]
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On 18 March 2024, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights issued a “historic” ruling in the “Case of the members of the Lawyers’ Corporation ‘José Alvear Restrepo’ v. Colombia”. The Observatory was very pleased to interview prominent human rights lawyer Reinaldo Villalba to understand the content, consequences and scope of this decision. Reinaldo Villalba […]
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The International Observatory for Lawyers in Danger is establishing itself on the international stage at the United Nations Human Rights Council. The OIAD has submitted its first alternative report to the 46th session of the 4th cycle of the Universal Periodic Review on Afghanistan, in October 2023, on the subject of the legal profession engaged […]
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