Lawyers Against Poverty is currently in the midst of its second series of refugee confidence sessions in collaboration with Refugee Resource in Oxford. These sessions are intended to offer the refugee community information on their rights in the UK. We want to empower and support refugees in their efforts to… Read more
Lawyers Against Poverty is delighted that Oxfam in Greece, European Lawyers in Lesvos and the Greek Council for Refugees yesterday announced the release of a pamphlet on seeking asylum in Lesvos (entitled Seeking Asylum: Basic Legal Information for Applicants of International Protection). It is available in ten different languages (Amharic,… Read more
Lawyers Against Poverty is delighted to host a talk with Sarah Morris, daughter of Sue Lloyd-Roberts who wrote The War on Women: And the Brave Ones who Fight Back. Sue was a widely acclaimed and multi-award winning journalist who sadly died before finishing her book, which was subsequently finalised by… Read more
Lawyers Against Poverty is hosting an evening for members and friends at 17:30-19:30 on Wednesday 10 April! It will be at Baker McKenzie (100 New Bridge Street, London EC4V 6JA). As well as an occasion to meet other individuals involved with our organisation, including the volunteers who lead our working… Read more
On 13 February 2019, the Supreme Court of India ordered the eviction of millions of forest dwellers from their lands. Shortly thereafter, Oxfam India issued a statement urging state governments to recognise the rights of these communities to “life, dignity and livelihood”. The story received international coverage, including by the… Read more
Just Lawyers are holding a one day hackathon at the Bonavero Institute for Human Rights, Mansfield College, Oxford from 9:00 to 17:30 on Monday 11 March. Please join us! We will bring together in-house lawyers, academics and others for a day of discussion, interviews and development of content for… Read more
On Monday 4 February, Lawyers Against Poverty hosted a discussion at Simmons & Simmons on the theme of “Making Indigenous Land Rights a Reality”. We were honoured to have Professor Alexandra Xanthaki, Research Director at Brunel Law School, and Joss Saunders, General Counsel of Oxfam GB, to lead the… Read more
Land sustains life and is an essential economic resource. As soon as rights to land are threatened, so are the livelihoods and lives of the women, men and communities depending on it. Across the world today, 2.5 billion women and men depend on indigenous and community lands covering more than… Read more
Please do take a moment to read our Annual Report for 2018, which you can download here: Annual Report 2018. Read more
On Wednesday 28 November, Lawyers Against Poverty hosted a discussion on the tools we can use most effectively to advance and assert women’s rights. We heard firstly from Naomi Passman, one of the members of our women’s rights working group. As an introduction, she shared with us a series… Read more
