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A rights group consists of lawyers making advocacy to ensure lawyers and human rights defenders perform their duty without fear of intimidation, reprisal and judicial harassment.

The Arrested Lawyers Initiative is the member of the International Observatory for Lawyers.

• Interview with Steven Donziger, US attorney victimized because of his legal battles with Chevron

  By The Arrested Lawyers Initiative on 3 April 2021

  UK journalist Stephen Delahunty made an interview with Steven Donziger for our Youtube channel. Steven Donziger won a multibillion-dollar judgment against Chevron in Ecuador. In reprisal, he was sued in New York, and he has been on house arrest for… Read More ›

• The World Justice Project: Turkey ranks 123rd out of 128 countries concerning respect to fundamental rights

  By The Arrested Lawyers Initiative on 15 March 2021

  

  With regard to Factor 4 named ‘Fundamental Rights’ Turkey ranked 123rd out of 128 countries -just ahead of Iran, Egypt, China, Venezuela and Myanmar-.

• The Global Magnitsky Laws: How they can protect human rights defenders, including lawyers

  By The Arrested Lawyers Initiative on 1 March 2021

  

  The Arrested Lawyers Initiative, International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute, the Italian Federation for Human Rights, Italian National Bar Association and Justice Abroad arranged a conference bringing together international experts, human rights defenders, lawyers, and practitioners to discuss the impact… Read More ›

• The UN publishes the statistic about Turkey’s 2020 UPR cycle.

  By The Arrested Lawyers Initiative on 29 January 2021

  

  Turkey was reviewed by UPR WG 35, in January 2020. It received 321 recommendations and it supported 216 recommendations at the adoption of its UPR outcome at HumanRights Council 45, in September 2020. Supported recommendations related to: Legal and general framework of implementation, universal and cross-cutting… Read More ›

• Exclusive Interview: Diego García-Sayán, the UN Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers

  By The Arrested Lawyers Initiative on 24 January 2021 • ( 1 )

  

  On the International Day of Endangered Lawyers – 2021, we have the privilege of having an exclusive interview with Mr Diego García-Sayán, the UN Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers. We talked about a wide range of topics: from growing authoritarianism to attacks on judges and lawyers; Poland, Turkey, Hungary, Italy and others.