Last week, Charon interviewed Sara Chandler, who’s director or the pro-bono unit at the College of Law, about the situation of lawyers and other human rights advocates in Colombia. Sara was one of over forty British lawyers who visited Colombia last year as part of an international delegation of lawyers who investigated the shocking situation faced by Colombian lawyers and human rights advocates – in recent years roughly 25 of them are murdered every year, while others are threatened, harassed and subjected to trumped-up disciplinary charges.

We’re lucky here: lawyers are allowed to get on with their jobs here, and although there are issues about access to justice here, clients can expect a reasonable crack at justice. What on earth must it be like to practice law in Colombian conditions? The courage of those who carry on in the face of this is astonishing.

Charon has the report of the delegation here; and do listen to the podcast.

2009-05-13T18:56:00+00:00Tags: , , , |