"Toolkit for Laywers at Risk," 24 Jan 2020 

On the occasion of the International Day of Endangered Lawyers, the IBAHRI launched a Toolkit on Lawyers at Risk to further advance its protection of lawyers’ mandate...

The Toolkit on Lawyers at Risk is a unique tool aimed at facilitating the efforts of those seeking to protect lawyers at risk – that is, attacked for performing their professional duties and representing their clients’ interests – as well as to support and assist the targeted legal profession in their struggle.

There is no doubt that lawyers play a key role in ensuring access to justice, the right to a fair trial, the presumption of innocence, equality before the law and the court, and respect for human dignity and human rights. For lawyers to fully perform their professional activities, states must ensure their independence, as well as lawyers’ safety and security.

Module 1: International legal protection of lawyers and those exercising lawyers' functions.

Module 2: Risk assessment and risk management in the exercise of lawyers' functions

Module 3: The response chain to violations against lawyers