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DAY OF THE ENDANGERED LAWYER 2021 – AZERBAIJAN

The DAY OF THE ENDANGERED LAWYER 2021 focusses on Azerbaijan. Protests and seminars will be organised in solidarity with human rights lawyers in Azerbaijan. The DAY OF THE ENDANGERED LAWYER is commemorated each year on 24 January. On that Day, 24 January 1977 four trade union lawyers and an employee were murdered in their office…

Europäische Arbeitsrechtskonferenz: Arbeitsrecht neu denken im Zeitalter der Digitalisierung

15. und 16. Oktober 2020 Einladung (Registrierung erforderlich s.u.) Konferenzsprache ist Englisch. – Es wird Simultanübersetzung angeboten in den Sprachen Deutsch, Englisch, Spanisch Aufgrund der Covid-19-Beschränkungen wird die Konferenz in Form von Webinaren durchgeführt, die vom Internationalen Gewerkschaftshaus (Brüssel) live gestreamt werden. Die Erteilung einer FAO-Bescheinigung ist voraussichtlich nicht möglich, weil wir den erforderlichen Präsenznachweis…

Persecution of Lawyers in India: building a network of international solidarity – video conference – 23 April 2020

Since the 2014 elections in India criminalisation of dissent and free expression on charges of sedition or terrorism has increased meteorically. Lawyers and democratic rights activists defending such cases are increasingly targeted on the same grounds. At a time when many prisoners are being released during the COVID-19 pandemic, these political prisoners remain inside and…

Political trials against lawyers and political activists in Turkey and other countries

hier Termin und Ort eintragen 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: ELDH Guide on Trial Observations UN Basic principles on the role of…

DAY OF THE ENDANGERED LAWYER – 24 January 2020 – PAKISTAN

     The tenth annual Day of the Endangered Lawyer will focus on Pakistan, on 24 January 2020 The basic report on the situation of lawyers in Pakistan + download – Basic report on the situation of lawyers in Pakistan The Petition – Day of the Endangered Lawyer (available on 24 January 2020) + download…

Second Conference of Mediterranean Lawyers

Sunday 19 may 2019 9-19 (10.00 to 19.00, with an hour break for lunch) / Click here for booking / Asilo Filangieri Naples, Vico Giuseppe Maffei, 4, 80138 Napoli Greetings from the Mayor Luigi De Magistris Roberto Lamacchia (National Association of Democratic Lawyers) Bill Bowring (European Association of Lawyers for Democracy and World Human Rights)…

Europäische Arbeitsrechtskonferenz – NEUE FORMEN DER ARBEIT UND NEUE UNTERNEHMENSSTRUKTUREN – Herausforderungen für das Arbeitsrecht

(save the date – register now) 15. und 16. Februar 2019 Frankfurt/M., IG Metall Hauptverwaltung, Wilhelm-Leuschner-Str- 79 Freitag, 15. Februar 2019, 13h30 – 18h30 und Samstag, 16. Februar 2019, 09h00 – 13h00 Simultanübersetzung: Deutsch-English-Deutsch Programm (Programm als PDF-Datei herunterladen) Das Netzwerk „European Lawyers for Workers“ lädt – nach Konferenzen in den vergangenen Jahren in Brüssel,…


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