Legal organisations in the Moria camp in Lesvos call for urgent measures to protect asylum seekers on the island Thousands have been left without shelter or adequate access to food and water since a fire earlier this month completely destroyed the camp. Many have been re-located to the neighbouring camp… Read more
LAP members recently approved a grant of £15,000 to increase access to vital legal services in the Lesvos refugee camp through Oxfam’s partnership with the Greek Council for Refugees (GCR). On the night of Tuesday 8 September, a fire completely destroyed the infamous Moria ‘hotspot’ camp, leaving 12,000 people that were… Read more
Covid-19 has made us all wonder what to expect from “the new normal”. For Philip Worthington, managing director of European Lawyers in Lesvos (ELIL), one of LAP’s local partners in the Moria refugee camp, its meaning is crystal clear. “Once, spending one night in a refugee camp was considered unacceptable…. Read more
Lawyers Against Poverty is delighted to announce that it is now an independent charity and welcomes Emma Lough as its new Director As LAP moves into its next phase, we want to take this opportunity to thank our members for their support of our work as Oxfam’s Lawyers Against Poverty… Read more
On the 21st of July 2020 Lawyers Against Poverty hosted an online webinar with Oxfam, discussing the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic upon human rights. If you missed the event, both the slides and the webinar are now available on our website. If you would like to download the Oxfam… Read more
Join LAP for a discussion with Oxfam around COVID-19 and its Impact on Human Rights. The Covid-19 pandemic has already cost hundreds of thousands of lives and could also force millions into poverty. The impacts of the virus – and the response to it – are disproportionately affecting disadvantaged people… Read more
Join LAP for a discussion on the impacts of agricultural investments on human rights and the responsibility of lawyers advising on such transactions Lawyers advising on agricultural investments have duties to advise their clients not only about the transactions in question, but also on the responsibility of business to prevent,… Read more
Report on Grant to Support Nairobi Strategic Litigation Conference – October 2019 Members will remember voting to support the inaugural conference in Nairobi on ‘Strategic Legal Mechanisms for Delivering Social and Economic Justice in Africa’ last October. The conference ran for 3 days at the University of Nairobi as a… Read more
Launch of Refugee Legal Confidence Programme in Surrey by Lady Hale at University of Surrey, February 2020 LAP’s Joss Saunders, Ade Henderson and Louise Curd join Lady Hale, together with Liz Williams, Prof Alex Sarch and Prof Graham Miller of Surrey’s School of Law We are delighted… Read more
Refugees in Moria camp, Lesvos Further funding in Lesvos In 2018 members voted to provide a grant of £15,000 to Oxfam in Greece to support Oxfam’s continuing legal aid programme for asylum seekers on the Greek islands. This followed on from LAP’s earlier grant in 2017 of €10,000 which funded… Read more
