We urged the Algerian authorities to immediately release an Algerian lawyer being held in pre-trial detention arbitrarily.
Nathaniel Hayward, international policy assistant, details the Law Society's international team's successes over the last year and their focus areas for 2022.
We've called on the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council to take action to defend the rule of law.
We urge the UN Human Rights Council to call on Iran and Turkey to release all those detained for performing their lawful work as lawyers and defenders.
We oppose the proposed prospective-only remedies which would lead to judgments that apply only in the future, leaving past wrongs to stand.
We've called on the UN Human Rights Council to take further action on the human rights situation in Belarus.
We urge the UN Human Rights Council to collect and preserve evidence of serious human rights violations in the Philippines.
We're concerned by the lack of effective engagement with the universal periodic review process by Myanmar, Colombia, China.
The Judicial Review and Courts Bill had its second reading debate on Tuesday 26 October. It will make significant changes to judicial review processes alongside other provisions relating to courts.
We’re gravely concerned about the situation in Afghanistan, and all those working in the Afghan justice system who now face a perilous future as the Taliban takes power.
A one-off update from the Law Society’s public affairs team on highlights and happenings from the major party conferences.
The Law Society is urging Egyptian authorities to release Mohamed el Baqer, a lawyer who has spent the past two years in pre-trial detention without having been charged.
