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 national and international legal and human rights community is alarmed by credible reports of serious violations of fair trial rights and other human rights of Palestine Action activists in the […]
Continue readingStatement by the National Lawyers Guild Warning against the Escalating Repression of the Palestine Solidarity Movement For 19 months, the world has witnessed a livestreamed genocide in Gaza carried out by the Israeli occupation regime and armed and funded by the United States. More than 18,000 children have been killed by Zionist occupation forces. Civilian […]
Continue readingMay 15th, 2025 National Lawyers Guild International stands with Movement Lawyers across the UK and Europe in Defending the Right to Protest in Berlin, Germany on May 15, 2025 – Nakba Day Contacts: Suzanne Adely, National Lawyers Guild, US: suzanne.adely@gmail.com Oscar Leyens, Attorney, International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network, UK: oleyens@me.com Berlin Organizers Email: nakba77_berlin@systemli.org Pavel […]
Continue readingFreedom Flotilla organizers were joined on Monday, May 5, 2025 by the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, to discuss the deliberate starvation and deprivation of Gaza, the most recent attack on the Freedom Flotilla, and what we can and must do to Break the Siege. This webinar was hosted by the NLG […]
Continue readingThe Right to Food, the Freedom Flotilla, and the Imperative of Civil Society Actions to Intervene to Stop the Gaza Genocide Monday, May 5th, 5pm ET Link to Register: https://bit.ly/flotillawebinar Freedom Flotilla organizers will be joined by the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, to discuss the deliberate starvation and deprivation of Gaza, […]
Continue readingThe National Lawyers Guild calls on all countries to meet their obligations to end the genocide on the Palestinian people, and stop all actions that make them complicit in genocide. No goods of any kind have entered Gaza in over eight weeks; medicine and basic first aid supplies are scarce, markets are empty, prices have […]
Continue readingJoin Taxpayers Against Genocide on May 14, 11 AM when we file an official complaint with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) against the U.S. government for direct participation in the genocide in Gaza. We will hold a press conference and rally in front of the IACHR (1889 F ST. NW, Washington DC) then […]
Continue readingThe National Lawyers Guild International Committee, together with the International Association of Democratic Lawyers, supported Taxpayers Against Genocide in filing a shadow report to the Universal Periodic Review of the United States by the United Nations Human Rights Council, which will take place in November 2025. Taxpayers Against Genocide is a national grassroots movement fighting […]
Continue readingThe National Lawyers Guild, led by Martha Schmidt, co-chair of the Human Rights Framework Project of the International Committee, filed a shadow report for the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the United States by the UN Human Rights Council, which will take place in November 2025. Entitled “The Rights to Life and Health: How financing […]
Continue readingOn Tuesday, March 25, the NLG International Committee hosted an international webinar on the role of lawyers and legal workers in building a united front to challenge fascist systems, with speakers from Turkey, Brazil, the Philippines and the United States. Moderated by NLG IC co-chairs Jeffrey Frank and Judith Mirkinson, speakers included: Jaribu Hill, Mississippi […]
Continue readingThis is an exciting time to be involved in the Guild’s international work. JOIN US! International Committee dues are only $25 a year! ($50 for sustainer members, $15 for students and legal workers)