International Day for Lawyers in Danger 2025: The Belarusian legal profession under pressure
This year, the International Day for Lawyers in Danger focused attention on the reality of lawyers in Belarus. Independent lawyers
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France: Lawyers named in media report for defending foreign nationals
The OIAD was dismayed and appalled to find out about a video posted on X by the media outlet “Frontières”,
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Report on the state of the Convention on the protection of the profession of lawyer
[Photo: Flickr / Nathan Guy (2008)] Last September 9 – 11, 2024, the Committee of Experts at the Council of Europe
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TURKEY: Joint Statement by the International Legal and Human Rights Community on the Actions Against the Istanbul Bar Association
The OIAD, together with 56 other organisations from the international legal and human rights community, sign a joint statement in
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SYRIA: The OIAD supports free and independent Syrian Bar elections
Paris, 27 January 2025 – In December 2024, the fall of Bashar Al Assad’s regime marked a major turning point for
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Press statement on the International Day
International Day for Lawyers in Danger 2025: Focus on the alarming situation of lawyers in Belarus 24 January 2025 (date) –
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RUSSIE : Les avocats d’Alexeï RUSSIA: Alexei Navalny’s lawyers sentenced to prison sentencescondamnés à des peines de prison ferme
Paris, 21 January 2025 – The International Observatory for Lawyers in Danger strongly condemns the sentencing to prison terms of lawyers
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International mobilisation in support of Reza Khandan, Iranian human rights defender
Following the arrest of Reza Khandan at his home on Friday 13 December 2024, 24 organisations have jointly submitted an urgent request
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2025: Belarus
24 January 2025: 15th International Day for Lawyers in Danger, dedicated to Belarus 24 January 2025 marks the 15th International
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OIAD press release: preparations for the 2025 International Day for Lawyers in Danger – focus on Belarus
Paris, 3 December 2024 – The 2025 International Day for Lawyers in Danger highlights the plight of Belarusian lawyers, who
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