Margaret Satterthwaite
@SRjudgeslawyers
UN Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers. She/her.
Yesterday, I had the honor to return to #Montenegro for a high-level meeting on the implementation of the recommendations I made to the Government of Montenegro in my report of 2024 following my country visit of 2023. Leading NGO Human Rights Action presented a report on the…
Recibo con profunda preocupación informes sobre esfuerzos para reorganizar la @FiscaliaPeru mediante la destitución de todas sus máximas autoridades. Estas acciones podrían poner en grave riesgo la independencia del Ministerio Público, incluyendo garantías de autonomía…
#EnVivo La Subcomisión de Acusaciones Constitucionales del Congreso aprobó el informe que declara procedente la denuncia contra la fiscal de la Nación, Delia Espinoza Mantente informado en la WEB ► bit.ly/webcanal
On Friday, July 25, the world will mark the first official International Day for Judicial Well‑Being. The day affirms what many courts are now acknowledging: judicial stress is real, widespread, and impacts the integrity of justice itself. LEARN MORE 🔗 loom.ly/BdpkcOs
The United States has been designated as the focus country for the 15th International Day of the Endangered Lawyer (DEL), to be observed on 24 January 2026. @ABAesq
WFP Statement | #Gaza On the morning of 20 July, a 25 truck WFP convoy carrying vital food assistance crossed the Zikim border point destined for starving communities in northern Gaza. Shortly after passing the final checkpoint beyond the Zikim crossing point into Gaza, the…
#Guatemala - Buenas noticias: el viernes, el Juzgado Décimo de Sentencia Penal Unipersonal emitió una sentencia absolutoria a favor del exfiscal Stuardo Campo Aguilar y de los exauxiliares fiscales Gonzalo Rafael Chilel y Carlos Faustino Pérez, en el caso conocido como “Alpha 7”.…
🐾 En el Día Mundial del Perro, destacamos la puesta en marcha del programa "Justicia que deja Huella", una iniciativa pionera del #PJEdomex que reconoce a los seres sintientes como acompañantes necesarios para muchas personas usuarias. 🐶⚖️💙 #EnUnidadParaServir
#USA Chosen as Focus Country for 2026 #DayoftheEndangeredLawyer: Alarming Wave of Attacks on Legal Profession Sparks Global Concern defendlawyers.wordpress.com/2025/07/19/us-… @ProtectLawyers @CCBEinfo @SRjudgeslawyers @CBSNews @ABCNewsPR @NBCNews @nytimes @ABARuleofLaw @NYCBarAssn @IBAHRI @L4L_INT
#GuineaBissau: Human Rights Committee concludes that "the judiciary remains vulnerable to political interference and pressure from criminal networks” and urged State to “strengthen the independence and functioning of the judiciary” including through increased resources.…
JUST IN: A federal judge has barred the Trump administration from enforcing Trump's executive order punishing people who work with the ICC, calling it an unconstitutional infringement on free speech. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
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En una comunicación compartida con las autoridades de #Argentina el 12 de mayo de 2025, me uní a mis colegas para expresar preocupación por el alarmante deterioro del espacio cívico, los derechos de protesta y las libertades fundamentales en el país desde diciembre de 2023. Me…
Siempre será un gusto aportar en el trabajo que viene realizando, aspiro que las recomendaciones contenidas en el Informe de la Relatoría contribuirán para que los Estados fortalezcan la vigencia de un verdadero @pluralismo jurídico.
An honor to discuss my report on Indigenous Peoples’ Justice Systems at EMRIP with Eykhin Chowdgury, @MYumbay and Fergus MacKay. Not pictured: @AlbertBarume SR Indigenous Peoples. Thank you for the collaboration @DKUNmisgva @FinlandGeneva @IPRightsIntl @IWGIA
An honor to discuss my report on Indigenous Peoples’ Justice Systems at EMRIP with Eykhin Chowdgury, @MYumbay and Fergus MacKay. Not pictured: @AlbertBarume SR Indigenous Peoples. Thank you for the collaboration @DKUNmisgva @FinlandGeneva @IPRightsIntl @IWGIA
Human rights experts express alarm at the situation of lawyers in Tunisia 🇹🇳. “Targeting legal professionals solely for performing their role in the justice system or exercising their freedom of expression poses a direct threat to the integrity & fairness of legal proceedings."
📢New CCBE letters in support of #Endangeredlawyers in #Bangladesh and #SaudiArabia: 🔎Bangladesh: ccbe.eu/fileadmin/spec… 🔎Saudi Arabia: ccbe.eu/fileadmin/spec…