The OIAD has joined forces with 33 organisations and bar associations to denounce the long prison sentences handed down to ÖHD lawyers and TUAD members for their work in support of human rights. 2016 CCBE Award winners Ayşe Acinikli, Ramazan Demir, and other ÖHD lawyers were sentenced to harsh penalties on 29 January 2026. […]
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Report date: February 2026 Description: This report, drafted by the OIAD and Lawyers for Lawyers (L4L), analyses the serious deterioration of the rule of law in El Salvador and its direct impact on the independent practice of law. Since May 2021, the country has experienced a deep erosion of the separation of powers, marked by […]
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Report date: February, 2026 Description: The International Observatory of Lawyers at Risk (OIAD), together with Lawyers for Lawyers, The Law Society of England and Wales, International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute, the Foundation Day of the Endangered Lawyers and the European Association of Lawyers for Democracy and World Human Rights (ELDH) has submitted a mid-term […]
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Judicial observation mission – trial of Sonia Dahmani Trial observation of: Sonia Dahmani (criminal hearing related to statements on prison conditions) Date of hearing: 26 December 2025 Report date: January 2025 Description: Alessandro Magoni (Brescia) and Richard Sédillot (Rouen) represented the OIAD at the trial of Sonia Dahmani before the criminal division of the Tunis Court […]
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Trial observation of: Istanbul Bar President and Bar Council Date of mission: 5 – 9 January 2026 Date of the report: January 2026 Description: The OIAD, represented by its delegates Antonio Fraticelli (Bologna) and Berta Alvarez Ciordia (CGAE), a attended the final phase of the trial of the President of the Istanbul Bar Association and […]
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Date du rapport: Janvier 2026 Description: L’Observatoire international des avocats en danger (OIAD), en collaboration avec Lawyers for Lawyers et l’Association espagnole des droits de l’homme (APDHE), a présenté un rapport intermédiaire sur le Guatemala dans le cadre du quatrième cycle de l’Examen périodique universel (EPU) des Nations unies. Le rapport analyse le degré de […]
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Trial observation of: Sonia Dahmani – appeal hearing in the “Racism II” case Date of hearing: 28 November 2025 Report date: 15 Decembre, 2025 Description: This report details an international observation mission to Tunisia concerning the legal proceedings against lawyer and columnist Sonia Dahmani. Franck Heurtrey participated in the mission as a representative of the […]
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Trial observation of: Ahmed Souab Date of mission: 30 October – 1 November 2025 Date of the report: November 2025 Description: The OIAD, represented by Richard Sédillot (Rouen), attended the trial of Tunisian lawyer Ahmed Souab on Friday 31 October 2025. Mr Souab was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment and three years’ administrative supervision. […]
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Trial observation of: Sonia Dahmani Date of mission: 10 – 12 November 2025 Date of the report: November 2025 Description: The OIAD, represented Alessandro Magoni (Brescia), attended the trial of Tunisian lawyer Sonia Dahmani on Tuesday 11 November 2025. Ms. Dahmani had previously been sentenced to two years’ imprisonment, reduced to eighteen months on appeal, […]
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Trial observation of: ÖHD, 14th Chamber of the Caglayan Court Date of hearing: 1 to 4 September 2025 Report date: September 2025 Description: The report reviews the judicial observation mission in which the OIAD, represented by Dominique Attias, participated in the context of the ÖHD trial before the 14th Chamber of the Caglayan Court. Since […]
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