DAY OF THE ENDANGERED LAWYER – 2022 – events in solidarity with endangered lawyers in Colombia

20 January 2022

London: Day of the Endangered Lawyer (DEL) Online Seminar, 20 January 2022, 16h00 – 17h30 CET / 15h00 – 16h30 GMT (organised by The Law Society for England and Wales) https://events.lawsociety.org.uk/ClientApps/Silverbear.Web.EDMS/public/default.aspx?tabId=37&id=2963&orgId=1&guid=94c9b42c-fe22-46d9-9d9e-6e9bfa5ebbe2

Berlin: Zur Situation von Anwältinnen und Anwälten in Kolumbien- Online-Seminar with the Colombian human rights lawyers Zoraida Pedraza und German Romero, 20.1.2022, 19h00
Organised by RAV, DAV, VDJ, ELDH, BRAK Berlin  
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81930013070?pwd=YVR3U3BnTEl4RmhRQUtySHdKUTRrZz09
Meeting-ID: 819 3001 3070, Kenncode: 433025

22 January 2022

Mexico City: The Mexican chapter of the International Association of People’s Lawyers (IAPL), Asociación Mexicana de Abogados del Pueblo (AMAP), will hold a protest in front of the Colombian Embassy in Mexico City (CDMX) on January 22nd at 4pm local time.  See the attached promotional video for this event.  

24 January 2022

Berlin: protest in front of the Colombian Embassy, 24 January 2022, 13h00 CET, organised by RAV, VDJ, BRAK Berlin (the Embassy will receive a delegation with the petition)
https://www.rak-berlin.de/rak-berlin/aktuelles/2022/220114_TagBedrAnwalt.php

Brussels: protest in front of the Colombian Embassy, 24 January 2022, 13.00 CET (organised by CCBE with the Association of European Democratic Lawyers (AED, of which the Lawyers’ Union for Democracy (SAD) is a member), Avocats.be , the F.I.D.H., the Institute of Human Rights of the Brussels Bar, and A.S.F.)

Chicago: Online Seminar 24 January 2022, 12 pm to 1:30 pm ET (organised by The International Law Section of the American Bar Association (ABA) https://twitter.com/MichelleKeithUS/status/1483934043154665486?s=20

The Hague: protest in front of the Colombian Embassy, 24 January 2022, 15h00 – 17h00 CET (organised by VSAN and AED)

London: protest in front of the Colombian Embassy, 24 January 2022, 13h00 GMT (organised by Haldane Society of Socialist Lawyers)

Lyon: Gathering of lawyers in robes in front of the courthouse at noon on January 24th to support our persecuted colleagues in Colombia.  Lawyer in danger = Freedom in danger.
https://twitter.com/Avocatslyon/status/1483753464253534208?s=20

New York: Online Seminar – New York City Bar  24 January at 12:30 pm (EST (Washington D.C./New York time)  Registration link 

Ontario (Canada): Online SeminarThe Law Society of Ontario (LSO) and Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC)  24 January 2021 at 5-7 pm Eastern (2-4 Pacific)  Registration link 

Paris.

Rome:

  • Demonstration in front of the Colombian Consulate, 24 January 2022, 15h30 CET (organised by CRED/GIGI)

Trapani (Sicily): Online seminar, 24 January 2022, 15h00 – 18h00 (organised by the Bar Association of Trapani) https://www.ordineavvocati.trapani.it/eventi-formativi/44950-evento-formativo-24-01-2022-webinar

Turkey: Demonstrations and other activities in 7 different cities in front of or inside the Court Houses, at press conferences ( Adana, Alanya, Ankara, Antalya, Antep, İstanbul, İzmir )