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OIAD statement denouncing threats against French lawyers who signed an op-ed against the Rassemblement National (National Rally – far-right party)

The International Observatory for Lawyers in Danger (OIAD) strongly condemns the very serious threats published on 3 July 2024 on the far-right website RESEAU LIBRE, calling for the elimination of a number of lawyers who signed an op-ed in the run-up to the French parliamentary elections in June-July 2024. The far-right group openly threatened the […]

TURKEY: OIAD attends hearing of colleague Özum Burgun in Diyarbakir in may 2024

Gaspard Lindon, lawyer at the Bar in Paris and delegate of the International Observatory for Lawyers in Danger (OIAD), travelled to Diyarbakir on May 1st alongside Françoise Cotta, member of ASF-DS and associate of the OIAD. Özum Burgun, whose trial was held on 2 May 2024 at the Diyarbakir court, was one of 52 people taken […]

PHILIPPINES: Mobilisation for International Fair Trial Day in Manila: NUPL wins Ebru Timtik prize

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 […]

PHILIPPINES: “Caravana Filipina” international fact-finding mission

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 […]

Turkey: First hearing in latest trial against Saturday Mothers/People

“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 […]

TURKEY: International mobilisation over the lack of justice in Tahir ELCI’s killing case

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 […]

PHILIPPINES: International Fair Trial Day event in Manila

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 […]

MEXICO: eighteen international organizations, including the OIAD, released a report of the 2023 International Fair Trial Day and of the Ebru Timtik Award

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 […]

TUNISIA: Joint resolution on the arbitrary detention of Sonia Dahmani

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, […]

Tunisia: OIAD statement in support of Tunisian lawyers

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 […]