Palestine Subcommittee Updates
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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
May 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 […]
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Video: The Gaza Freedom Flotilla and the Imperative to Act to End the Genocide and Break the Siege
Freedom 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 […]
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Urgent Webinar: Monday, May 5: The Right to Food, the Freedom Flotilla, and the imperative of Civil Society Actions to Intervene to Stop the Gaza Genocide
The 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, […]
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The National Lawyers Guild stands steadfast in solidarity with the Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FCC) and demands accountability for the May 2,2025 attack on the “Conscience” flotilla vessel
The 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 […]
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May 14, Washington, DC: Join Taxpayers Against Genocide in filing a complaint against the US at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
Join 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 […]
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NLG IC supports Taxpayers Against Genocide in filing UPR shadow report on the United States
The 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 […]
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National Lawyers Guild demands justice for Dr. Helyeh Doutaghi, legal scholar suspended by Yale Law School for defending Palestine
The National Lawyers Guild and its International Committee express our strongest solidarity with international law scholar, anti-imperialist academic, and Deputy Director of the Law and Political Economy Project at Yale Law School, Dr. Helyeh Doutaghi. Dr. Doutaghi has been placed on leave and banned from campus after she was the subject of an attack article […]
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National Lawyers Guild Condemns the Targeted Detention of Palestinian Student Organizer Mahmoud Khalil and Reiterates its Call for “Sanctuary Universities” to Protect their Students and Workers from Escalating State Repression
The National Lawyers Guild and its International Committee condemn the escalation of federal repression. The arrest and detention of Mahmoud Khalil demonstrates a dangerous increase in both the criminalization of protest in the United States and the targeting of immigrants. It is also a frightening evolution in the ongoing assault against the movement of students […]
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The National Lawyers Guild Says Ceasefire Today, Liberation Tomorrow!
The National Lawyers Guild (NLG) welcomes the announcement of a ceasefire in the occupied territory of Gaza. This is the least that could happen, given Israel’s recent escalation of their 76-year, ongoing, genocidal campaign against Palestinians. It comes at a time when the death toll has exceeded 46,000 people, with reports that this number is undercounted. Israel […]
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NLG, IADL and Progressive International Palestine Delegation: Report with Findings and Conclusions
The Progressive International, the National Lawyers Guild and the International Association of Democratic Lawyers co-convened an emergency delegation to the West Bank of occupied Palestine, beginning on October 28, 2024. The delegation brought together legal experts, human rights defenders, and parliamentary representatives to hear witness testimony, conduct site visits, and gather evidence of these violations […]
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