12° Día de la Abogacía en Riesgo dedicado a Colombia

Como todos los años, el UIA-IROL apoya el Día de la Abogacía en Riesgo, una iniciativa internacional que tiene lugar todos los 24 de enero con el objetivo de llamar la atención sobre la...

UIA and AIJA condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

The International Association of Lawyers (UIA) and the International Association of Young Lawyers (AIJA) note with deep dismay and great concern the military invasion of the territory of...

Joint statement: Qatari lawyers sentenced to life imprisonment

The undersigned organisations are gravely concerned about the sentencing to life imprisonment of Qatari lawyers Hazza bin Ali Abu Shurayda al-Marri and Rashed bin Ali Abu Shurayda al-Marri...

Turkey: Final Report - Fact-finding Mission on CHD’s Trials

Joint Statement - Lawyers on Hunger Strike Near Death

ÇHD Trials: Injustice Against Turkish Lawyers Continues

UIA-IROL is deeply concerned about the latest development in the trials against lawyers of the Turkish lawyers' organization, ÇHD (Progressive Lawyers of Turkey), which appears to...

Joint Letter to UN Special Mandate Holders - Case of Tahir Elçi

UIA-IROL, together with more than forty national, regional and international NGOs and lawyers' organisations, addressed a letter to special United Nations mandate holders to request their...

Joint statement - Concerns about access to the legal profession and increasing disbarments of lawyers in Turkey

We, the undersigned organizations, have long been deeply concerned about the increasingly challenging and hostile environment in which lawyers in Turkey have had to operate since the state...

Joint Press Release - Fact Finding Mission - Turkey - "An entire profession on trial"

Press release issued by the legal Fact-Finding Mission, taking place in Istanbul from 15 September to 20 September, to monitor and observe current mass trials against lawyers in Turkey.

International Fair Trial Day - Joint Statement on the Situation in Egypt, the Focus Country of 2022

Today, 14 June 2022, marks the International Fair Trial Day (IFTD), which will be observed for the second time worldwide. The focus country of the IFTD this year is Egypt, a country that is...