Riverway Law is a movement-embedded legal organization and the operational litigation wing of Riverway to the Sea, specializing in confronting Zionism and challenging state practices that violate international human rights and humanitarian law. It stands out through its radical integration of legal practice with global solidarity movements, abandoning traditional law firm hierarchies to forge a unified legal front dedicated to the liberation of Palestine.
The organization operates on principles of legality, transparency, and solidarity, empowering a diverse range of stakeholders—including lawyers, trade unionists, academics, students, and activists—through education and coordinated international action. With a base in Britain and a global network of partners, it focuses on strategic litigation and legal challenges against apartheid, genocide, occupation, and other severe breaches of international norms, aiming to hold state and corporate actors accountable.
Services Offered
- Strategic litigation and coordinated legal challenges
- Legal education seminars
- Legal training workshops
- Public forums and discussions
- Expert-led briefings
- Participant-led reading groups
- Representation in Employment Tribunal proceedings
- Asylum claims for Palestinian and anti-Zionist Jewish claimants
- Defamation cases
- Regulatory proceedings (GMC, SRA, BSB, Charities Commission, TRA, etc.)
- Public law cases
- Criminal law defense
- Knowledge exchange and international collaboration
- Advocacy against apartheid, genocide, and settlement expansion
- Support for anti-colonial resistance through legal avenues
Based in Britain, Riverway Law collaborates with partners across Europe, the Middle East, and the Global South, offering services in English and operating with a commitment to defending human rights and self-determination for all people in Palestine.