Throughout its history IADL has organised campaigns and activities in defence of the rights of the Palestinian people. IADL opposed aggression by Israel against its neighbours and promoted the respect for international law in the area.
IADL Statements and News on Palestine
IADL Solidarity Statement with UK Hunger Strikers: Prisoners for Palestine
The International Association of Democratic Lawyers (IADL) expresses its solidarity with the hunger strikers currently remanded in custody in the United Kingdom, and with...
November 19, Online People’s Academy Course: International Law Protects Struggles for...
Join the Monique and Roland Weyl People’s Academy of International Law for Course 10: International Law Protects Struggles for Liberation and Emancipation which will examine...
Video: Prisons as a Frontline of Genocide — IADL Dialogue with...
IADL Secretary-General Micol Savia in conversation with Sahar Francis about the state of Palestinian Political Prisoners, the impact of the most recent ceasefire, and...
October 21, Webinar: Prisons as a Frontline of Genocide: Palestinian Political...
Prisons as a Frontline of Genocide: Two Years of War Crimes Against Palestinian Political Detainees
IADL in conversation with Sahar Francisof Addameer, Prisoner Support and...
Two years of genocide and resistance: IADL statement on the rights...
Please note: As we publish this statement, there are hopeful reports about the achievement of a preliminary ceasefire agreement in Gaza, concluded in Egypt....
IADL Statement to the UN Human Rights Council on the rights...
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Micòl Savia, Secretary-General of the IADL and permanent representative to the United Nations in Geneva, delivered the following statement to the 33rd meeting of...
IADL stands in solidarity with the Global Sumud Flotilla and condemns...
The International Association of Democratic Lawyers condemns the targeted attacks on the Global Sumud Flotilla and Israel’s ongoing threats against this vital and historic...
IADL Urgent Statement on the Detention and Deportation of Charlotte Kates
The International Association of Democratic Lawyers (IADL) condemns the arbitrary detention and deportation of our Deputy Secretary-General, Charlotte Kates, at Athens International Airport on...
IADL statement to the UN Human Rights Council denounces Israeli assassination...
On September 16 2025, the UN Human Rights Council held an urgent debate to discuss the recent military aggression launched by Israel against Qatar...
IADL Strongly Condemns and Repudiates the US-Israeli attacks on the PCHR...
We condemn the unmitigated and unscrupulous attack against the Gaza headquarters of our IADL affiliate the Palestinian Center for Human Rights.
This unjustifiable attack on...
International and U.S. Based Organizations to Call for Resignation of Annalena...
New York, NY —On 9 September 2025, former German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock assumed her functions as President of the United Nations General Assembly...
IADL condemns U.S. sanctions on Palestinian human rights organizations and urges...
The International Association of Democratic Lawyers strongly condemns the most recent attack by the United States on international justice, accountability, and the rights of...
Appeal to the Italian National Forensic Council: Respect for international law,...
03.09.2025
Appeal to the Italian National Forensic Council:
Respect for international law, the United Nations, and standing against genocide is the duty of professional organizations!
The European...
Kathmandu Declaration of the IADL
The following Declaration is the final statement of the 19th Congress of the International Association of Democratic Lawyers, "The Role of Democratic Lawyers in...
Declaración de Katmandú de la AIJD
La siguiente Declaración constituye la declaración final del 19º Congreso de la Asociación Internacional de Juristas Demócratas, titulado «El papel de los juristas demócratas...
Appeal to invoke the “Uniting for Peace” mechanism against genocide in...
The Israeli genocidal aggression against the Palestinians is causing new victims every day. The United Nations has officially established the existence of a situation...
IADL condemns Israel’s attack on the “Handala” and calls for immediate...
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The International Association of Democratic Lawyers (IADL) condemns the Israeli occupation’s naval attack on the “Handala” ship of the Gaza...
IADL congratulates Georges Abdallah on his liberation, calls for freedom for...
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The International Association of Democratic Lawyers (IADL) extends its warm congratulations and welcome to Georges Ibrahim Abdallah, the people of...
Urgent IADL statement condemning illegal Israeli aggression against Iran, warning against...
The International Association of Democratic Lawyers condemns in the strongest terms the illegal aggression perpetrated by Israel against the Islamic Republic of Iran, that...
United Kingdom: The “Filton 18” case is a warning sign of...
Concerns by the legal and human rights community about warning signs of erosion of the rule of law and democracy in the United Kingdom
The...
Solidarity statement with the legal team representing Harakat al-Muqawamah al-Islamiyyah (Hamas)
We note that lawyers based in the United Kingdom have made an application to the British Home Secretary under section 4 of the Terrorism...
Bertha von Suttner: Pioneer of Peace and Equality
The following article was published in the March 2025 special issue of the International Review of Contemporary Law, the journal of the IADL.
“After the verb...
February 19, Online: Protection of Human Rights in the Inter-American, African...
Protection of Human Rights in the Inter-American, African and European Systems
Wednesday, February 19
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IADL Statement on Gaza Ceasefire and Justice for Palestine
After 15 months of an escalated Israeli genocide against the Palestinian people, especially in Gaza, and vicious aggression against Lebanon, Yemen, Syria, Iraq and...