Urgent International Joint Call for the Immediate Release of Lawyers Semra Demir, Kürşat Bafra and Doğa İncesu
We, the undersigned organizations, express our deep concern over the simultaneous pre-dawn police raids conducted in Ankara and Istanbul on the morning of June 23, 2026, which resulted in numerous individuals being taken into police custody, including three lawyers from the Progressive Lawyers Association (ÇHD). Lawyer Doğa İncesu, a member of the ÇHD Istanbul Branch,…
ELDH mourns the passing of the lawyer Aurora D’Agostino
ELDH mourns the passing of the lawyer Aurora D’Agostino, co-President of the National Association of Democratic Jurists (Associazione Nazionale Giuristi Democratici, Italy) and member of the ELDH Executive Committee. For decades, she was committed to the defence of women, migrants and political activists, to international observation activities, and to solidarity with the Kurdish and Palestinian…
CJEU Judgment on the Spanish Amnesty Law
ELDH Welcomes the CJEU Judgment on the Spanish Amnesty Law and Calls for the Definitive Closure of the Judicialisation of the Catalan Political Conflict The European Association of Lawyers for Democracy and World Human Rights (ELDH) welcomes the judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union confirming that the Spanish Amnesty Law is…
Statement on the Critical Situation of Sahrawi Human Rights Defender Naama Asfari
Download the statement The European Association of Lawyers for Democracy and World Human Rights (ELDH) expresses its profound concern over reports regarding the critical health condition of Sahrawi human rights defender and political prisoner Naama Asfari, who has reportedly been on an open-ended hunger strike since 8 June 2026 at Kenitra Prison in Morocco. This…
ELDH Report : WESTERN SAHARA, 50 YEARS UNDER OCCUPATION
Human Rights Violations, Settler-Colonial Transformation, and the Absence of International Monitoring in Western Sahara.
ELDH Statement on Palestinian Children Report
Download the statement ELDH Statement Supporting the Findings and Recommendations of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel, on the Deliberate Targeting of Palestinian Children The European Association of Lawyers association for Democracy and World Human Rights in the world (ELDH) expresses its strongest support for…
ELDH Statement on Migration
Download the statement In recent years, the expansion of racist and xenophobic policies, combined with the increasing dominance of national security rhetoric, has placed the right to migrate and to seek asylum under growing pressure. This is taking place in a context where wars, genocide, postcolonial capitalism, and the climate catastrophe continue to drive mass…
Independent legal mission on the PEACE PROCESS in Turkey – post-mission report
The Independent Legal Mission on the Peace Process in Türkiye (the Mission) is an initiative established under the auspices of the European Association of Lawyers for Democracy and World Human Rights (ELDH) and the Association for Democracy and International Law (MAF-DAD). In addition to lawyers affiliated with these organisations, the Mission was also constituted with…
ELDH condemns the harassment of the CODESA President and other human rights defenders in occupied Western Sahara
Download the statement ELDH condemns the ongoing pattern of harassment, intimidation, sieges, arbitrary detention and forced transfers targeting Sahrawi human rights defenders in occupied Western Sahara. The organisation is particularly concerned by the increasing use of isolation tactics and movement restrictions aimed at preventing solidarity actions, obstructing human rights monitoring and punishing defenders advocating for…
On the interception and ill-treatment of members of the Freedom Flotilla in Israel and afterwards on their arrival in Basque Country
The European Association of Lawyers for Democracy and World Human Rights (ELDH) strongly condemns the interception and ill-treatment of the Freedom Flotilla crew by the Israeli authorities, as well as the continuing impunity surrounding Israel’s grave breaches of international law and international humanitarian law. The attack against and arbitrary detention of members of the humanitarian…