European Parliament Resolution Underlines Dire Human Rights Situation in Turkey and Expresses Serious Concern for the Independence of Lawyers, Prosecutors and Judges

UIA-IROL fully supports the European Parliament resolution of 19 May 2021 on the 2019-2020 Commission Reports on Turkey (2019/2176(INI))  (“the Resolution”) and its...

Joint Statement - Targeting of Algerian lawyers constitutes new escalation in the unrelenting criminalisation of fundamental freedoms

The undersigned organizations are concerned about the attacks against lawyers from the Collective for the Defence of Hirak Detainees, as part of the Algerian authorities' accelerated...

Joint Statement - Death Penalty Crisis in Egypt: The International Community Must Call for an End to All Executions in Egypt

We call on the international community to urgently and publicly condemn the escalating use of the death penalty in Egypt.

Joint Appeal for UAE to release detained human rights activists ahead of Dubai Expo

Your highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al Nahyan,

All Acts of Harassment against Russian Lawyer Ivan Pavlov, Including at the Judiciary Level, Must Immediately Cease

UIA-IROL expresses its grave concerns about the ongoing judicial prosecution of prominent Russian human rights lawyer, Ivan Pavlov.

Joint statement to the UN Human Rights Council - Halt the attacks on lawyers and human rights defenders

Joint Declaration on the Death Penalty and Women’s Rights - 19th World Day Against the Death Penalty - 10 October 2021

As we mark the 19th World Day Against the Death Penalty dedicated to women facing capital punishment, who have been sentenced to death, who have been executed or who have been pardoned or...

24 de enero de 2014- Día Internacional del Abogado Amenazado - Invitación a manifestar a favor de los abogados colombianos

Para los abogados colombianos tanto las amenazas como los asesinatos son hoy una realidad cotidiana: desde 1991, más de 400 abogados han sido asesinados en Colombia. Esto...

Joint Statement - Russian Federation: Authorities must cease harassment of lawyer Ivan Pavlov

We, the undersigned organizations, condemn the various forms of harassment against lawyer Ivan Pavlov, which have involved multiple violations of his human rights, as well as hindrance of...

Global Legal Community Stands in Solidarity with Egyptian Lawyer Mohamed el-Baqer

We, the undersigned members of the global legal community, stand in solidarity with Egyptian lawyer Mohamed el-Baqer as he awaits his verdict on baseless criminal charges on December 20,...