European Conference – Rights and Freedoms in Turkey: Law, Prisons, and the Kurdish Issue
June 13, 2023, European Parliament/Strasbourg ( In person event) Download the invitation
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…
International Day of the Endangered Lawyer, 24 January 2023 – in solidarity with the endangered lawyers in Afghanistan
Since 2010, the International Day of the Endangered Lawyer has been observed on 24 January in cities, countries, and continents around the globe. This date was chosen as the annual International Day of the Endangered Lawyer because on 24 January 1977, four lawyers and a co-worker were murdered at their address at Calle Atocha 55…
Egypt – Focus Country of the International Fair Trial Day in 2022
Call for Nominations for the Ebru Timtik Award Dowload the Call for Nomination Download the Selection Criteria Hold the Date – 17-18 June 2022, Palermo/Italy To whom it may concern, The right to a fair trial has long been recognised by the international community as a fundamental human right. Without a fair trial, every individual…
DAY OF THE ENDANGERED LAWYER – 2022 – events in solidarity with endangered lawyers in Colombia
20 January 2022 London: Day of the Endangered Lawyer (DEL) Online Seminar, 20 January 2022, 16h00 – 17h30 CET / 15h00 – 16h30 GMT (organised by The Law Society for England and Wales) https://events.lawsociety.org.uk/ClientApps/Silverbear.Web.EDMS/public/default.aspx?tabId=37&id=2963&orgId=1&guid=94c9b42c-fe22-46d9-9d9e-6e9bfa5ebbe2 Berlin: Zur Situation von Anwältinnen und Anwälten in Kolumbien- Online-Seminar with the Colombian human rights lawyers Zoraida Pedraza und German Romero,…
DAY OF THE ENDANGERED LAWYER – 24 January 2022 – solidarity with lawyers in Colombia
Since 2009, the Day of the Endangered Lawyer has taken place on 24 January in multiple cities, countries, and continents across the globe. 24 January was chosen as the annual International Day of the Endangered Lawyer because on this day in 1977, four lawyers and a co-worker were murdered at their address at Calle Atocha 55…
Political trials against lawyers and political activists in Turkey and other countries
ELDH will try to send observers to the following trials. These trials are observed by many lawyers from different organisations in Europe. Colleagues who wish to participate in the trial observation should get into contact with ELDH: Email ELDH Guide on Trial Observations UN Basic principles on the role of lawyers PEN Norway: The study…
European Labour Law Conference: Labour rights & the digital transition – 28-29 October 2021
28-29 October 2021, online and at the International Trade Union House, Brussels.The event is organized by the ETUI in cooperation with the European Lawyers for Workers Network (ELW Network) We are planning a hybrid event: participation is possible both in person and online.Interpretation will be available in English, French, Italian, and German.Download the draft programmeRegistrations…
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