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The Case of Julian Assange – ELDH Webinar – 21 February 2024, 18.30 CET / 5.30pm GMT

Register now – Access detailshttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/85241006112?pwd=N2lnL2NxaUprUFNRV0h4SFhOY20xQT09 Meeting ID 852 4100 6112Passcode 590060 The Assange case is one of the worst judicial scandals in the universe of so-called human rights states. Julian Assange, the founder of the whistleblowing platform WikiLeaks, is still is still being held in a high-security maximum security prison in southeast London in the…

Constitutional Crisis in Turkey: Effects of the Can Atalay Judgment – 7 December 2023, 16.00 GMT, 17.00 CET, 19.00 TR

Please register in advance for this meeting:https://eu01web.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5EuceitrTwsGNBopDi3eJx6P9WSE8Rkgyb8 Download the programme (in English) – Download the programme (in Turkish)➢After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.➢English-Turkish simultaneous translation will be provided. Moderation: Thomas Schmidt, Co-Secretary General of The European Lawyers for Democracy and Human Rights (ELDH) Opening Speech: Bilge Sayıcı,…

Durchsetzung der Rechte von Arbeitnehmer:innen in Europa durch strategische Prozessführung

Einladung zur Europäischen Arbeitsrechtskonferenz – Durchsetzung der Rechte von Arbeitnehmer:innen in Europa durch strategische Prozessführung20. Oktober 2023 (10:00 – 17:30)Präsenzkonferenz (keine Online Teilnahme)Simultanübersetzung: Deutsch, Englisch, Französisch, Italienisch, SpanischHaus der Arbeit, Frankfurt am MainEschersheimer Landstraße 155/157 Auf dieser Konferenz wollen wir das Potenzial strategischer Prozessführung als einen möglichen Weg zur Stärkung der Stellung von (gefährdeten) Arbeitnehmer*innen…

International Fair Trial Day Conference and the Ebru Timtik Award Ceremony – 14 June 2023, Mexico City/Mexico

Invitation In-Person & Online Event(Simultaneous interpretation Spanish and English provided) 10:00 – 18:00 CST Venue: Instituto de Investigaciones Jurídicas de la UNAMCircuito, Mario de La Cueva s/n, C.U., Coyoacán04510 Mexico City, MexicoRoom: Dr. Guillermo Floris Margadant Registration for in-person and online participation: HERE Download the programme: in English with speakers bios – in French –…

European Conference – Franco’s ghost: the judicialisation of politics in Spain and Catalonia.“, 6 May 2023, Barcelona

Invitation Franco’s ghost: the judicialisation of politics in Spain and Catalonia.“, 6 May 2023, 09h45 – 14h00 Sala Cotxeres in the Palau Robert, Passeig de Gràcia, 107 08008 Barcelonahttps://palaurobert.gencat.cat/ca/inici/ With speakers from Catalonia/Spain, Basque Country/Spain, England, Ireland, Kurdistan/Turkey. The conference will be held in Catalan and English with simultaneous translation. >>Registration link The programme (below)

Mexico – Focus Country of the International Fair Trial Day 14 June 2023

Hold the Date and Call for Nominations for the Ebru Timtik Award 14 June 2023, Mexico City/Mexico Selection Criteria The IFTD conference will be held on June 14, 2023 in Mexico, and will be co-hosted by Mexico-based organisations. Further details of the agenda and the speakers who will participate in the conference will follow over…


2000 – 2009

  • 27 – 29 November 2009, Bonn, Germany
    Expert conference
    “The socalled antiterror struggle using the example of Kurds –practice in the European legal sphere”
    Organizer: Azadi, MAF-DAD
    Coorganizer: ELDH
    Follow up shall be organized (task force on Interpol; legal defence group, group to battle the criminalization of Kurds)
  • 16th and 17th October 2009, Paris
    Labour Law in Europe
    Organizer: EDL European Democratic Lawyers, Progress Lawyers Network, SAF
    Coorganizer: ELDH
  • 26th and 27th June 2009, Berlin
    Peace through law
    Organized by IALANA
    Participation ELDH
  • 17thJanuary 2009, Paris
    European Criminal Justice,

    together with AFJD
  • September 2008, Bristol
    INTERNATIONAL LAW AND ARMED CONFLICT

    Organized by
  • March 2008, Ankara
    THE EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS – FAILURE OR SUCCESS ?;
  • March 2008
    PRISONS IN EUROPE, , Pisa
    (EDL Conference, support of ELDH)
  • February 2008
    CHARTE DES PRINCIPES POUR UNE AUTRE EUROPE,

    (Participation of ELDH)
  • Mai 2007, Freiburg :
    Labour and Justice in a globalized world

    organized by BAKJ, with support of ELDH
  • June 2007, Hannover
    The EU-Constitutional Treaty – Critiques and Alternatives

    Organized by ELDH together with attac-Germany
  • 20 and 21 October 2006 in Barcelona
    The Boarder of Europe – Zones without Rights

    Organized by EDL, supported by ELDH
  • 6 May 2006 in Berlin
    Social Rights in Europe – Provocation for Neoliberalism
    Organized by ELDH
  • May 2005 in London
    Suspect Communities: The ‚War on Terror‘ in Europe
  • February 2005
    Arwarding of Hans-Litten-Price to Lea Tsemel and Mohammad Na’amneh
    (together with the German Association of Democratic Lawyers, VDJ)
  • September 2004 in Istanbul
    State and Religion in Europe
  • April 2004 in Paris
    „A democratic Constitution for Europe“
  • 2003 in Geneva
    „Independence of the Public Prosecutor“
  • 2003 in Geneva
    „War Crimes“
  • 2001 in Paris
    The European Charter of Fundamental Rights
  • 2001 in Frankfurt / Oder
    „Enlargement of the European Union“
  • 2000 Istanbul, Ankara, Diyarbakir
    „Turkeys entrance into the European Union
  • 2000 in Frankfurt
    „Asylum as a Human Right“

1993 – 1999

  • 1999 in Paris
    „Labor law under the conditions of Globalization“
  • 1998 in Istanbul
    „Environmental Law at the southern boarder of Europe“
  • 1997 in Strasburg
    „Legislation and procedures against racism in Europe – What experiences ? What demands ?“
  • 1997 in Brussels
    „Environmental law in Europe“
  • 1996 in Florence
    „The European Union – What common Institutions ? What fundamental common policies ? „
  • 1995 in Rome
    „The weapon of hunger – against economic embargos“
  • 1995 in Istanbul
    „Democracy and Human Rights in Turkey“
  • 1993 in Berlin
    „Europe promises land
    Nationality, Immigration, Asylum“

Further activities in the past:

  • Participation at the European Network against racism, ENAR
  • Campaign against the detention of asylum seekers in Europe
  • Observation of the political legal procedures in Turkey
  • Mission in Iraq to investigate the impact of the UN-Embargo on the population
  • Flight to Iraq to encourage the UN to lift it’s embargo
  • Mission in Palestine to investigate the Human Rights Situation
  • Mission in French Guyana to investigate the Human Rights Situation