National Lawyers Guild calls upon President-Elect Obama to close Guantanamo, opposes national security courts
After September 11, 2001, George W. Bush established the Guantánamo Bay prison to enable the United States to imprison non-Americans indefinitely outside the reach...
IADL Bulletin of UN Activities – April 2014
This April 2014 Bulletin of UN Activities from the International Association of Democratic Lawyers contains reports from IADL representatives in Geneva, New York, and Vienna,...
AAJ: Rejecting the “Lima Group” on Venezuela: No to empires and colonies
The following statement was issued by the American Association of Jurists, a Non-Governmental Organization with consultative status before the ECOSOC and permanent representation before...
La AIJD urge las autoridades de facto en Bolivia a poner fin a toda...
Nos enfrentamos a una situación muy insólita. El informe del Grupo de Trabajo sobre el Examen Periódico Universal (EPU) del Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia,...
International lawyers condemn police raid on human rights activist Charlotte Kates’ home
The International Association of Democratic Lawyers (IADL) strongly condemns the recent and disturbing police raid targeting the home of human rights activist Charlotte Kates...
IADL rejects U.S. unilateral coercive measures targeting the International Criminal Court
The following resolution was adopted by the International Association of Democratic Lawyers Council meeting on 25 October 2020:
IADL RESOLUTION ON U.S. UNILATERAL COERCIVE MEASURES...
September 15, Online Event: Puerto Rico Hearing, International People’s Tribunal on U.S. Imperialism
Join us on Friday, September 15 for our hearing covering the impact of U.S. sanctions and imperialism on the people of Puerto Rico at 10:30AM Eastern...
End the criminalisation of refugees and human rights defenders! IADL/ELDH events in Vienna
Report on IADL/ELDH events in Vienna on 23 May 2019
The 23 May saw the IADL, in collaboration with ELDH and other organisations, hold 2...
Video: Jan Fermon of IADL at European Conference on Israeli Settlements
The following talk was given by Jan Fermon, General Secretary of the International Association of Democratic Lawyers, on 6 November 2017 in Brussels, Belgium,...
Statement of International Solidarity with the People’s Movement in Algeria
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The Algerian anti-colonial revolution was a catalyst for liberation struggles around the world. Algeria has strayed...