Goal/policy
The foundation The Day of the Endangered Lawyer’s goal is to promote the unobstructed practise of lawyers’ profession anywhere in the world who, under repressive regimes come to the defence or support of clients whose human rights are at stake. The foundation is completely non-profit and can only perform commercial activities to the extent in which earnings (balance of income and expenses) in its entirety or for the vast majority benefit the aforementioned goal in a reasonable timespan.
The foundation pursues this goal by utilizing all resources that are deemed relevant, amongst which are:
– the annual organization of the Day of the Endangered Lawyer, on which lawyers dressed in toga demonstrate at embassies;
– supporting endangered lawyers, and their families, individually
– maintaining international contacts throughout the year;
– promoting cooperation between human rights organizations, lawyers, embassies and other stakeholders, and
– continuous maintenance of one (or more) designated information and discussion website(s).
Contacts made with threatened lawyers and their families have led to personal relationships. Furthermore, where possible, we try to provide personal assistance, material and immaterial: through visits to prisons, meetings with family, informative actions on the spot, arranging process observation, et cetera.
Annual figures
Funding is obtained by donations, grants, subsidies, legacies or inheritances, compensations and other benefits.
The foundation shall have no more equity than reasonably needed for the continuity of anticipated activities that benefit the goal of the institution. The maintenance costs of the foundation are to be within reasonable proportions relative to the expenses that benefit the goal of the institution.
The board of the foundation lays out the financial accountability annually. The foundation was founded in November 2014.
The RSIN (fiscal identification number) is 854527916.
The financial statement of 2016 is available here in PDF format (Dutch).
The financial statement of 2017 is available here in PDF format (Dutch).
Board
Members of the board are
| mr. S.M. Gaasbeek-Wielinga | chairman |
| drs. Annette Bool | secretary |
| drs. H.L.H.M. Custers | treasurer |
| mr. F. Ureel | member |
All members of the board are volunteers. This means that they do not receive compensation for their activities.
Committee of Recommendation
| prof. dr. L.F.M.Besselink | professor Constitutional Rights at the University of Amsterdam, member of the Royal Netherlands Society of Sciences and Humanities |
| mr. J.H.Brouwer | former dean of the Dutch Order of Lawyers, chairman of the foundation Lawyers without Borders, honorary president of the International Criminal Bar |
| prof. Bill Bowring | lawyer in London, professor at the School of Law, Birkbeck College, University of London, director of the LLM/MA in Human Rights |
| mr. B. Dittrich | former lawyer and judge in Berlin, former member of parliament, current advocacy director of Lebian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Rights Program, Human Rights Watch |
| mr. B. Favreau | lawyer in Bordeaux, former dean of the Order of Lawyers in Bordeaux, founder and president of the IDHAE |
| mr. Wolfgang Kaleck | former lawyer in Berlin, secretary and co-founder of the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR) |
| prof. P. J. van Koppen | professor Legal Psychology at the University of Amsterdam |
Supporting organizations
| The Association European Democratic Lawyers | www.aeud.org |
| The European Association of Lawyers for Democracy & World Human Rights | www.eldh.eu |
| Vereniging Sociale Advocatuur Nederland | www.vsanadvocaten.nl |
| Lawyers for lawyers | www.lawyersforlawyers.nl |
| Colombia Caravana UK Lawyersgroup | www.colombiancaravana.org.uk |
| European Bar Human Rights Institutes | www.idhae.org www.idhbb.org |
| Avocats sans Frontières | www.asf-network.org |
| Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada | www.lrwc.org |
| International Observatory of Lawyers at Risk | www.protect-lawyers.org |
| American Bar Association | www.americanbar.org |
| International Association of Lawyers | www.uianet.org |
| Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe | www.ccbe.eu |
| Défense sans frontière | www.defensesansfrontiere.org |
| Fédération des Barreaux d’Europe | www.fbe.org |
| International Association of People’s Lawyers | www.iapl.net |
| The Law Society of England and Wales | www.lawsociety.org.uk |
| Geneva Bar Association | www.odage.ch |
Becoming a friend/supporter
The foundation The Day of the Endangered Lawyer is fully dependant on gifts. Would you care to help us by becoming a friend of our foundation? Feel free to contact us via e-mail: hgaasbeek@gaasbeekengaasbeek.nl.
Being a friend of the foundation The Day of the Endangered Lawyer is free of any conditions or obligations.
The annual contribution we ask from our friends is at least EUR 10,- per year, any higher amount is much appreciated.
Stichting Dag Bedreigde Advocaat
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Contact
Foundation The Day of the Endangered Lawyer
Mr. Hans Gaasbeek – coordination
Nieuwe Gracht 5a
NL 2011 NB Haarlem
(023) 531 86 57
hgaasbeek@gaasbeekengaasbeek.nl