Lawyers at risk: Human Rights Forum at the Murcia Bar Association on 26 October

The Lawyers and Human Rights Foundation and the Murcia Bar Association hold on Monday 26 October 2026, from 12:30 to 14:30, a Human Rights Forum on the "Defence and protection of lawyers at risk". According to the Spanish Legal Profession's calendar, it takes place at the Murcia Bar Association, calle de la Gloria 25b.

The calendar also includes a link to connect to the session, although it does not specify whether online attendance is open to all interested people or how registration is handled.

Who takes part

The calendar links to a PDF programme, which is worth consulting to know the order of the talks.

What it is about

The title sums up the purpose of the session: the defence and protection of lawyers at risk, that is, of professionals who suffer threats, persecution or restrictions for carrying out defence work in their countries. The presence of lawyers from Afghanistan and Equatorial Guinea offers first-hand knowledge of two very different contexts.

The same title is repeated in another Human Rights Forum that the Legal Profession's calendar places in Cartagena on 27 October. The calendar consulted did not yet give its time or venue.

Practical details

• Date and time: Monday 26 October 2026, from 12:30 to 14:30.
• Place: Murcia Bar Association, calle de la Gloria 25b, Murcia.
• Organisation: Lawyers and Human Rights Foundation and Murcia Bar Association.
• Online connection: the calendar includes a link to connect, with no further details.
• Price and registration: the calendar does not state them.

How to make the most of it

1. Consult the programme in the PDF linked from the Legal Profession's calendar, to know the order of the talks.
2. Confirm the format before travelling: the calendar gives the Murcia Bar Association venue and a connection link, but does not detail the conditions of attendance.
3. Prepare questions on the mechanisms for protecting threatened lawyers and on how Spanish bar associations can collaborate.
4. Consider the Cartagena session the next day, if the calendar publishes its details.

Who it is for

The session is of particular interest to lawyers working in human rights, asylum and international protection, to members of bar associations' human rights committees and to those who collaborate with organisations supporting defenders at risk. Also to any professional who wants to know how defence work is carried out in countries where doing so has a personal cost.

Why it matters

Protecting those who carry out defence work is a condition of the right of defence itself. In Spain, Organic Law 5/2024 on the Right of Defence recognises safeguards specific to the legal profession, as we reviewed in the summary of the Organic Law on the Right of Defence. Knowing the situation of colleagues who practise without those safeguards helps value them.

For lawyers working in asylum, international protection or human rights, the session is also an occasion to learn about the Foundation's work and networks.

Other related topics

In the area of equality, the Equal Treatment Authority is already up and running.

To prepare to attend, it is wise to check the organiser's website for the final programme and registration conditions, which may change from what was first published.

We will keep reporting on human rights events published by bar associations and other institutions, with the date and venue given by each organiser.

More dates in the Events calendar.