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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 a
 s speaker and Prof. Dr. Eva Pils as chair. Description This presentati
 on examines the evolution of cause lawyering in Iran as a case study o
 f legal advocacy under authoritarian rule. Iranian lawyers have long d
 efended political dissidents\, advanced rights\, and contested repress
 ion\, yet their work unfolds within a legal order designed to both ena
 ble and constrain activism. Drawing on socio-legal debates on authorit
 arian legality\, the talk highlights the paradoxical opportunities tha
 t make legal advocacy possible\, while also tracing the state’s stra
 tegies of suppression—from judicial control and parallel courts to h
 arassment\, disbarment\, and exile. By situating Iran within broader a
 uthoritarian contexts\, the analysis shows how lawyers navigate betwee
 n repression and possibility\, and how their engagement has influenced
  social and political movements in contemporary Iran. The Iranian expe
 rience also offers insights into the dilemmas and strategies of lawyer
 ing under conditions of rising authoritarianism worldwide. Speaker Bio
  Dr. Afrooz Maghzi is an Iranian lawyer\, socio-legal scholar\, and hu
 man rights activist. She holds a PhD in Law from Martin Luther Univers
 ity Halle-Wittenberg in cooperation with the Max Planck Institute for 
 Social Anthropology\, and has been a Visiting Fellow at Harvard Law Sc
 hool. She previously worked with the FAU Research Centre for Islam and
  Law in Europe (EZIRE) and is currently affiliated with the Irish Cent
 re for Human Rights in Galway. Her research focuses on lawyering\, gen
 der\, minority rights\, and human rights in authoritarian contexts\, w
 ith a particular focus on Iran. Disclaimer/Media Notice Photos and/or 
 videos may be taken during this event for FAU CHREN’s documentation 
 and public outreach (e.g.\, website\, social media). By attending\, yo
 u consent to this use — unless you inform us otherwise in ad
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