US EditionJoint NGO Statement on the Day of the Endangered Lawyer (24 January)
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Day of the Endangered Lawyer 2026: USA – Bar Human Rights Committee of England & Wales
The Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales endorses and supports the Coalition for the International Day of the Endangered Lawyer 2026 Report highlighting its focus on the United States. BHRC echoes the call to action to the greater international community to support the legal profession and upholding the rule of law in the US. The Statement and Subsequent Report Calls on the US to: Immediately cease all forms of retaliation, intimidat…
Joint NGO Statement on the Day of the Endangered Lawyer (24 January)
Today, 24 January 2026, marks the International Day of the Endangered Lawyer. In recognition of endangered lawyers around the world, the undersigned NGOs, express deep alarm at the growing repression of lawyers worldwide for the legitimate exercise of their professional duties. Attacks on lawyers strike at the very heart of the rule of law, deny victims meaningful access to justice, and enable wider assaults on human rights and democratic instit…
The reports of the international bodies of 2025 (and those of the years immediately preceding) denounce and document the systematic use of threats and repressive activities against lawyers defenders of human rights and of politically unaligned causes in various parts of the world. The defensive activity in favour of the unwelcome subjects to some States because of their activism on social and political issues, has done, does and will continue to…
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