FACILITATING INTERNATIONAL ACCESS TO JUSTICE THROUGH INTERVENTION Human Rights Monitoring Group Monitoring Group Members Teresa Donnelly (Chair) Robert Evans Julian Falconer Avvy Go Judith Potter Heather Ross Joanne St. Lewis February 2017 .................................................................................................. 1 BACKGROUND ............................................................................................................ 11 THE MANDATE OF THE MONITORING GROUP ........................................................ 12 THE UNITED NATIONS’ FOCUS ON ACCESS TO JUSTICE ...................................... 13 OVERVIEW OF GLOBAL ACCESS TO JUSTICE TRENDS ........................................ 14 Lawyers ......................................................................................................................... 15 Representing clients who are vulnerable because of their religion, ethnicity, race, socioeconomic status, sex/gender, sexual orientation, etc. ....................................... 15 China ...................................................................................................................... 16 Chen Guangcheng ............................................................................................. 16 Gao Zhisheng ..................................................................................................... 16 Ni Yulan .............................................................................................................. 17 Shu Xiangxin ...................................................................................................... 18 Tang Jingling ...................................................................................................... 18 Zhang Kai ........................................................................................................... 19 Lawyers Providing Legal Aid .............................................................................. 19 Large Group of Human Rights Lawyers ............................................................. 20 Colombia ................................................................................................................ 23 José Humberto Torres ........................................................................................ 23 William Cristancho Duarte .................................................................................. 24 The Democratic Republic of the Congo ................................................................. 24 Jean Kisumbule Muteba ..................................................................................... 24 Egypt ...................................................................................................................... 25 Mahienour El-Massry .......................................................................................... 25 Greece ................................................................................................................... 26 Electra Koutra ..................................................................................................... 26 Guatemala ............................................................................................................. 26 2 Ramón Cadena Rámila ...................................................................................... 26 Honduras ............................................................................................................... 28 Antonio Trejo Cabrera ........................................................................................ 28 Dionisio Diaz Garcia ........................................................................................... 28 Lawyers at Association for a More Just Society (“AMJS”) .................................. 28 India ....................................................................................................................... 29 Leitanthem Umakanta Meitei .............................................................................. 29 Indonesia ............................................................................................................... 30 Alldo Fellix Januardy .......................................................................................... 30 Gustaf Kawer ...................................................................................................... 31 Tigor Gempita Hutapea and Obed Sakti Andre Dominika .................................. 31 Iran ......................................................................................................................... 32 Farshid Yadollahi and Imprisoned Human Rights Lawyers ................................ 32 Hadi Esmaeilzadeh ............................................................................................. 32 Houtan Kian ........................................................................................................ 33 Iran’s Endangered Lawyers ................................................................................ 34 Maryam Karbasi, Maryam Kianersi and Sara (Hajar) Sabaghian ....................... 34 Narges Mohammadi ........................................................................................... 34 Nasrin Sotoudeh ................................................................................................. 35 Shadi Sadr .......................................................................................................... 36 Shirin Ebadi ........................................................................................................ 36 Kenya ..................................................................................................................... 37 Willie Kimani ....................................................................................................... 37 Kyrgyzstan ............................................................................................................. 37 Tahir Asanov ...................................................................................................... 37 Malaysia ................................................................................................................. 38 Hindraf Lawyers .................................................................................................. 38 Karpal Singh ....................................................................................................... 39 Nigeria .................................................................................................................... 39 Lawyers Providing Legal Services to LGBTI Clients ........................................... 39 Pakistan ................................................................................................................. 40 3 Bilal Anwar Kasi and Lawyers in Pakistan .......................................................... 40 Russia .................................................................................................................... 40 Vitaliy Moiseyev and Tatiana Akimtseva ............................................................ 40 Saudi Arabia .......................................................................................................... 41 Abdul Rahaman al-Lahem .................................................................................. 41 Sudan ..................................................................................................................... 42 Nabeel Adib Abdallah ......................................................................................... 42 Swaziland ............................................................................................................... 42 Thulani Rudolf Maseko ....................................................................................... 42 Turkey .................................................................................................................... 43 Filiz Kalayci......................................................................................................... 43 Muharrem Erbey ................................................................................................. 43 Lawyers Protesting ............................................................................................. 44 Vietnam .................................................................................................................. 45 Bui Thi Kim Thanh .............................................................................................. 45 Tran Thu Nam and Le Luan................................................................................ 45 Challenging Government Actions on Behalf of Groups or Human Rights Organisations ............................................................................................................ 46 Algeria .................................................................................................................... 46 Amine Sidhoum Abderramane and Hassiba Boumerdesi ................................... 46 Argentina ................................................................................................................ 47 Alberto Nisman ................................................................................................... 47 China ...................................................................................................................... 48 Guo Feixiong (aka Yang Maodong) ...................................................................