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Join us at 5:30pm (GMT) on Monday 30th November to reflect on “social justice lawyering in times of crisis” As we ...Update: Critical need for legal services after Moria camp fire
Legal organisations in the Moria camp in Lesvos call for urgent measures to protect asylum seekers on the island Thousands have ...Fire in Moria refugee camp – time to take action
LAP members recently approved a grant of £15,000 to increase access to vital legal services in the Lesvos refugee camp ...“The New Normal” – an update from Moria Refugee Camp, Greece
Covid-19 has made us all wonder what to expect from “the new normal”. For Philip Worthington, managing director of European ...Lawyers Against Poverty – New Director
Lawyers Against Poverty is delighted to announce that it is now an independent charity and welcomes Emma Lough as its ...LAP webinar report: Covid 19 & its Impact on Human Rights – a discussion with Oxfam
On the 21st of July 2020 Lawyers Against Poverty hosted an online webinar with Oxfam, discussing the impacts of the ...COVID-19 and its Impact on Human Rights: a discussion with Oxfam. Tuesday 21 July 2020, 1900-2030. Free webinar.
Join LAP for a discussion with Oxfam around COVID-19 and its Impact on Human Rights. The Covid-19 pandemic has already cost ...LAP Land Rights Free Webinar: Lawyers, Land Transactions and Human Rights. Tuesday 16 June 2020, 1900-2015
Join LAP for a discussion on the impacts of agricultural investments on human rights and the responsibility of lawyers advising ...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 ...Launch of Refugee Legal Confidence Programme in Surrey by Lady Hale at University of Surrey, February 2020
Launch of Refugee Legal Confidence Programme in Surrey by Lady Hale at University of Surrey, February 2020 LAP’s Joss Saunders, Ade ...