Our Mission
The Lawyers and Democratic Decline (LADD) project brings together an international community of scholars investigating the role of lawyers in resisting — and at times enabling — authoritarianism in contexts of democratic backsliding.
Through collaborative research, comparative analysis, and public events, LADD explores how legal professionals navigate repression, uphold democratic norms, and negotiate their professional identity in times of political crisis.
Updates
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Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal leadership dispute escalates amid protests
On October 30, police secured the grounds of Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal as demonstrators protested the reported suspension of its president, Bogdan Święczkowski. The development intensified a long-running dispute between Prime Minister Donald…
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Human rights lawyer couple sentenced to 10 years in prison in Pakistan
A Pakistani anti-terrorism court has sentenced the human rights lawyers Imaan Mazari and her husband, Hadi Ali Chattha, to 10 years in prison each and a fine, BBC News reports. The charges…
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Concern over death threats against lawyers Alirio Uribe, Yessika Hoyos Morales and three MOVICE members
Members of the IX International Caravana of Jurists to Colombia, joined by Lawyers for Lawyers and other bar and rights groups, report that lawyers Yessika Hoyos Morales and Alirio Uribe of the…
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Call for protection guarantees for Roxana Cardona against repeated police harassment
Fourteen organizations, including Lawyers for Lawyers and the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute, call for protection of Roxana Cardona, a Salvadoran human rights lawyer who publicly challenges the government’s security strategy…
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Kenia Inés Hernández Montalván marks six years in detention amid continued judicial harassment
Lawyers for Lawyers marks six years since the arrest of Kenia Inés Hernández Montalván, an Indigenous Amuzgo lawyer and human rights defender who leads a peasant collective. It reports that she was…
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