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European lawyers demand the release of their Iranian colleague Nasrin Sotoudeh
As the European Association of Lawyers for Democracy and World Human Rights (ELDH) with members in 21 European countries, we draw your attention to the worsening health condition of the Iranian lawyer and human rights activist Ms. Nasrin Sotoudeh. On 11 March 2019 Ms. Sotoudeh was sentenced in absentia by the Islamic Revolutionary Court in …
European lawyers protest against US sanctions on the International Criminal Court
On 2 September 2020, U.S. Secretary of State Michael Pompeo announced the imposition of sanctions, namely inclusion in the Specially Designated Nationals And Blocked Persons List (SDN), on International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda and the Court’s prosecution jurisdiction director Phakiso Mochochoko, for investigating allegations that U.S. troops committed war crimes in Afghanistan. The …
European Lawyers demand: Workers rights must be respected in Belarus
The situation in Belarus at the moment is extraordinary and worries the legal community around the world. People go out into the streets every day, every Sunday they accompany large-scale and unprecedented rallies, demonstrations and processions. Illegal actions of the authorities, extreme violence by the police and the authorities, for which the Government of the …
Lawyers on hunger strike near death
The undersigned organisations have been following recent developments in the cases of human rights lawyers Ebru Timtik and Aytaç Ünsal, who have been on hunger strike since February 2020. On 5 April 2020, the Turkish Day of the Lawyer, Timtik and Ünsal announced that they would persist in their hunger strike even if it leads …
ELDH Statement – The Israeli Annexation plan must be stopped
The European Association of Lawyers for Democracy and World Human Rights (ELDH) is gravely concerned and alarmed at the announcement of the Israeli government that it planned to unlawfully annex even more Palestinian territory. Israel seems to have temporarily halted the annexation of the Jordan Valley, but the threat remains. This land comprises 30% of …
Resolution on European border control in the Mediterranean Sea
IADL, AED and ELDH condemn the tactics employed by the European Union and other European countries member to the Schengen/Dublin Area through their agents and agencies, particularly Frontex, to repel and collectively expulse migrants seeking to enter Europe by sea from Turkey and North Africa. IADL, AED and ELDH call for a radical defunding of …
Solidarity with Turkish Bar Associations
European lawyers express solidarity with Turkish Bar Associations The European Association of Lawyers for Democracy and World Human Rights (ELDH) expresses its grave concern at the news that a peaceful demonstration of the presidents and other members of almost 60 Bar Associations was blocked by the police, without any legal ground, from entering Ankara. The …
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 …
End the Breach of Law in the Greek Refugee Camps: Refugee Admission instead of Symbolic Politics
RAV-ELDH Press release End the Breach of Law in the Greek Refugee Camps: Refugee Admission instead of Symbolic Politics More than 30,000 people continue to live in the Greek refugee camps under catastrophic and inhuman conditions. At today’s [June 16] Federal Press Conference (BPK) in Berlin, the RAV together with other organizations commented and called …