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SUMMARY:Human Rights Colloquium: Lawyering under Authoritarianism: The
  Iranian Experience
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DESCRIPTION:This FAU CHREN Human Rights Colloquium will be held on 1
 2 November 2025 from 6 to 7:30 pm and will feature Dr Afrooz Maghzi as
  speaker and Prof. Dr. Eva Pils as chair. Description This presentatio
 n examines the evolution of cause lawyering in Iran as a case study of
  legal advocacy under authoritarian rule. Iranian lawyers have long de
 fended political dissidents\, advanced rights\, and contested repressi
 on\, yet their work unfolds within a legal order designed to both enab
 le and constrain activism. Drawing on socio-legal debates on authorita
 rian legality\, the talk highlights the paradoxical opportunities that
  make legal advocacy possible\, while also tracing the state’s strat
 egies of suppression—from judicial control and parallel courts to ha
 rassment\, disbarment\, and exile. By situating Iran within broader au
 thoritarian contexts\, the analysis shows how lawyers navigate between
  repression and possibility\, and how their engagement has influenced 
 social and political movements in contemporary Iran. The Iranian exper
 ience also offers insights into the dilemmas and strategies of lawyeri
 ng under conditions of rising authoritarianism worldwide. Speaker Bio 
 Dr Afrooz Maghzi is an Iranian lawyer\, socio-legal scholar\, and huma
 n rights activist. She holds a PhD in Law from Martin Luther Universit
 y Halle-Wittenberg in cooperation with the Max Planck Institute for So
 cial Anthropology\, and has been a Visiting Fellow at Harvard Law Scho
 ol. She previously worked with the FAU Research Centre for Islam and L
 aw in Europe (EZIRE) and is currently affiliated with the Irish Centre
  for Human Rights in Galway. Her research focuses on lawyering\, gende
 r\, minority rights\, and human rights in authoritarian contexts\, wit
 h a particular focus on Iran. Disclaimer/Media Notice Photos and/or vi
 deos may be taken during this event for FAU CHREN’s documentation an
 d public outreach (e.g.\, website\, social media). By attending\, you 
 consent to this use — unless you inform us otherwise in adva
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