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The International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) works to promote and protect human rights and the independence of the legal profession worldwide. www.ibanet.org/IBAHRI
On 12 Mar 1830 EST, join IBAHRI and partners for 'Voices from the frontline: women lawyers advancing access to justice', a side event of the #UN #CSW70 in #NewYork examining the gender-specific risks and barriers that #women #lawyers confront.
Register: tinyurl.com/47ekcrt8
The death threat against Rey Gorgonio, Chairperson of the Negros Chapter of the National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers (NUPL), in the Philippines, is part of a broader pattern of intimidation, harassment & coercion of development workers, farmers, civil society & lawyers in Negros.
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#Philippines: IBAHRI & 23 orgs call for urgent & effective protection measures for #HumanRights #lawyer Rey Gorgonio & those working with him, in consultation with him & his professional associations. Also call for investigation into 'explicitly menacing' death threat.
Share: tinyurl.com/2h7jkhjm
Speaking at the APPG's #UnitedKingdom Parliament event on 2 March 2026, IKWRO Campaigner @payzee.bsky.social stressed the need to address gender-based violence in the #UK: ‘We have millions of women and girls in the UK who are living with female genital mutilation but have never been asked.’
04.03.2026 09:36 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Speaking on #Sudan at the APPG on International Law, Justice & Accountability's event on #women’s rights on 2 March 2026, Dr Eva Khair stated that ‘widespread use of sexual violence has been particularly devastating. What we’d like to see is that the UK sees Sudan as worthy of its diplomatic cache’.
04.03.2026 09:32 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
@zahrajoya.bsky.social told the APPG that ‘the system of gender apartheid in #Afghanistan’ means that ‘being a woman has become a structural crime’. She called on the #UK Government to hold the #Taliban accountable: ‘in this chaotic moment, we should not turn a blind eye to these issues’.
03.03.2026 17:39 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
On 2 March 2026, the APPG on International Law, Justice & Accountability hosted a session at #UK Parliament on #women's rights. The Chair, IBAHRI’s Baroness Helena Kennedy LT KC emphasised that ‘the advances that have been made for women have in fact gone into retreat in many places’.
03.03.2026 17:18 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
#Sudan: In response to the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission for the Sudan's report from 17 Feb 2026, IBAHRI has issued an urgent appeal to the international community to prioritise the protection of life, prevent further atrocities and ensure #justice.
Read: tinyurl.com/wfn3v84n
#Afghanistan: IBAHRI and partners have issued a statement of deep alarm at the accelerating deterioration of #HumanRights. On 4 Jan 2026, the Taliban issued the ‘Criminal Procedure Code for Courts’, representing a dangerous escalation in the #legal entrenchment of repression: tinyurl.com/422rabj6
03.03.2026 16:22 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
On 9 March 2026, 1600 EST, join IBAHRI’s Dr @ewelinaochab.bsky.social for a parallel event at the UN's #CSW70 focused on #justice for #Yazidi #women. Co-hosts: IBAHRI, Yazda, the Coalition for Genocide Response, @globalr2p.org & the British Group Inter-Parliamentary Union.
RSVP: chgcah.org/yazidi/
On 6 March 2026, 1030-1140, join Mark Stephens CBE, IBAHRI Co-Chair, at #UKMediaFreedomForum for a session on Defending #Democracy: Countering Disinformation & Navigating #AI. Attend in-person at @citystgeorges.bsky.social or online.
Register: mediafreedomforum.co.uk/registration/
IBAHRI and 60+ organisations call for continued hybrid attendance options for #UN sessions to allow for broad and diverse participation from civil society orgs, #HumanRights defenders and Small Island & Developing States who cannot attend in person.
Read the statement: tinyurl.com/2t8rffe7
Join Can Yeginsu (@canyeginsu.bsky.social), Deputy Chair of the @hlpmediafreedom.bsky.social, at the UK Media Freedom Forum on 5 March from 1400-1450. Mr Yeginsu will be speaking at Session 3 on safeguarding press freedom against #legal threats.
Register now: mediafreedomforum.co.uk/registration/
📣Register your interest in the UK Media Freedom Forum 2026: forms.gle/Sh6FxLkjNmuu...
🗓️ 5–6 March | 📍@citystgeorges.bsky.social + online
🌐 Visit mediafreedomforum.co.uk for programme + updates
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#Belarus: As the #UnitedNations Human Rights Council 61st session begins, IBAHRI and partners call for the renewal and strengthening of the mandates of the #UN Special Rapporteur and the Group of Independent Experts on the Situation of #HumanRights in Belarus.
Read the letter: tinyurl.com/22jzkyar
#Crimea: IBAHRI and partners have issued a joint statement strongly condemning the forcible entry and unwarranted search of two #legal offices in Simferopol and the continued systemic persecution of #lawyers in occupied Crimea.
Read and share the statement: tinyurl.com/5n8fw9jn
#Russia #Ukraine
Join us March 17 for a virtual panel on advancing international accountability to end gender apartheid in Afghanistan.
🕢 7:30am PDT | 10:30am EDT | 7pm Kabul
Speakers include Yalda Royan, Ewelina Ochab & Annie Pforzheimer with moderator Nazila Jamshidi.
Register: bit.ly/ZoomCSW70
#Türkiye: IBAHRI and 30+ orgs have issued a statement condemning the conviction and sentencing of 10 #lawyer members of the Association of Lawyers for Freedom and of 20 executives and staff of the Prisoners’ Families Solidarity Association on 28 Jan 2026.
Read and share: tinyurl.com/4knfswk3
#Türkiye: IBAHRI and 30+ orgs have issued a statement condemning the conviction and sentencing of 10 #lawyer members of the Association of Lawyers for Freedom and of 20 executives and staff of the Prisoners’ Families Solidarity Association on 28 Jan 2026.
Read and share: tinyurl.com/4knfswk3
FINAL CALL: IBAHRI and a panel of #UK parliamentarians are inviting submissions to inform an inquiry into the destruction of cultural heritage of the #Armenian people in Nagorno-Karabakh. Deadline 28 February 2026.
More info: tinyurl.com/ydx4v4fd
#HumanRights #NagornoKarabakh
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#Iran: IBAHRI & partners are gravely concerned by the systematic denial of access to #legal representation for arrested protestors & the arbitrary arrest of #lawyers for legitimate work relating to the uprising. These practices violate Iran’s #HumanRights obligations.
Read: tinyurl.com/mr4cz327
IBAHRI condemns #UK authorities' search of a barrister’s chambers & seizure of privileged defence materials linked to a #Guantanamo detainee case. Such actions fundamentally undermine #legal professional privilege, a bedrock principle of #FairTrial rights & the #RuleOfLaw
Read: tinyurl.com/yc8d6m79
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Monday 16 Feb, 1600–2000 GMT: a seminar on the promise, limits and future of the principle of #UniversalJurisdiction and other international #justice mechanisms. Join high-level panel discussion, including IBAHRI's Baroness Helena Kennedy LT KC.
Contact: info@hrsolidarity.org
#HumanRights
IBAHRI & partners from International Fair Trial Day have launched the 2025 International Fair Trial Day & Ebru Timtik Award report, focusing on the deepening crisis for the #RuleOfLaw & #FairTrial rights in #Tunisia.
Read & share the report: www.ibanet.org/document?id=...
#HumanRights #AhmedSouab
2/2 Related material: The 2025 International Fair Trial Day & Ebru Timtik Award report, focused on the deepening crisis for the rule of law and fair trial rights in Tunisia. tinyurl.com/ydzfrka6
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#Tunisia: IBAHRI and partners have issued a statement strongly condemning the arbitrary arrest and conviction of #AhmedSouab – #lawyer, #HumanRights defender and Ebru Timtik Award Winner 2025.
Read and share:
English – tinyurl.com/bkp5azh9
French – tinyurl.com/3vvcjfw7
operate in accordance with China’s international legal obligations. Failure to do so risks confirming that these violations are not aberrations, but the accepted operation of the system itself.’
#HongKong #China #NationalSecurityLaw 4/4
political disagreement, but of legal compliance. At this stage, responsibility for correcting these errors can no longer rest with the Hong Kong SAR authorities alone. As the sovereign power, Beijing must act to address and remedy these procedural failures and ensure that Hong Kong’s courts...3/4
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