Serious concern over threats against members of the National Movement for Victims of State Crimes in Colombia (Movimiento Nacional de Víctimas de Crímenes de Estado, MOVICE)
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JOINT STATEMENT – LAWYER NASRIN SOTOUDEH
We, the undersigned 26 Bar Associations, Law Societies, and organisations supporting the legal profession of over 14 countries, stand in solidarity with our Iranian colleague Nasrin Sotoudeh and other lawyers in Iran who are being persecuted by their Government for carrying out their profession diligently and in accordance with the law. On 13 June 2018, …
Joint Statement: Case concerning the killing of Tahir Elçi and lack of effective investigation into his death
Case concerning the killing of Tahir Elçi and lack of effective investigation into his death The undersigned organisations have been following recent developments in the case involving the prosecution of police officers allegedly involved in the killing of human rights lawyer Tahir Elçi in November 2015. We are concerned that the prosecution, as well as …
Poland, Turkey, … – to leave the Istanbul Convention means to encourage violence against women
https://www.dw.com/en/turkey-laws-against-domestic-abuse-fail-to-protect-women/a-55717911 The Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and domestic violence (the Istanbul Convention), of May 2011, is an important legal instrument for the reduction of violence against women. Only 34 of the 47 member states of the Council of Europe have ratified the Istanbul Convention. Poland and Turkey were …
Spendenaufruf auch im Namen der Vereinigung Demokratischer Jurist*innen e.V. (VDJ)
Für Anwältinnen und Anwälte, die Opfer des Erdbebens in Izmir wurden Am 30. Oktober traf ein schweres Erdbeben die türkischen Millionenstadt Izmir. Über 2.000 Gebäude wurden entweder zerstört oder beschädigt. 14 Menschen verloren ihr Leben, darunter 3 Anwält*innen, über 1.000 wurden verletzt. Für über 6.000 wurden Behelfsunterkünfte benötigt. Der Hauptteil der Zerstörungen fand statt im …
The judicial scandal has to come to an end – the imprisoned lawyers must be released
On November 11, the ÇHD I criminal case, which started in 2013, will continue at the 1st instance, before the 18th Heavy Penal Court in Istanbul. The victims of this long lasting trial are the accused 22 lawyers, all members of the Turkish Lawyers‘ Organization ÇHD (Progressive Lawyers of Turkey) and all working in one …
ELDH statement on the new EU ‚Pact on Migration and Asylum‘
The Pact on Migration and Asylum published on 23 September 2020, provides a framework to facilitate and justify the obstruction of access to asylum procedures, unlawful returns and refoulement. Although labelled a ‘fresh start’,[1] it retains many highly contentious aspects of the old border policy including a discriminatory fast track border procedure, military and technological …
LAWYERS’ ASSOCIATIONS PROTEST ARREST OF TURKISH LAWYER SEDA SARALDI
The following statement was issued by the International Association of Democratic Lawyers (IADL), European Democratic Lawyers (AED-EDL), and the European Association of Lawyers for Democracy and World Human Rights (ELDH) on 31 October 2020: Another lawyer from Turkey has been arrested Free Seda Saraldı ! We, the undersigned international lawyers’ associations, have for many years …
ELDH Appeal to the Serbian Government
ELDH is deeply concerned about reports from 28 July 2020[1] that the Serbian government suspects numerous human rights organizations in Serbia of money laundering and terrorist financing. A total of 37 civil organizations, media and foundations and 20 private individuals were affected. In a letter to all commercial banks in Serbia, they were asked to …