Open letter H.E. Mr Christoph Heusgen Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Permanent Mission of Germany to the United Nations 871 United Nations Plaza New York, NY 10017 20 April 2019 Your Excellency As representatives of human rights organisations, civil society, and solidarity groups from around the world, we are writing to you to request that you …
Various activities in solidarity with the lawyers in Turkey ELDH Statement – 2019 Demonstration in Bern with 80 participnats organised by the Swiss Lawyers Association DJS Flyer1, DJS Flyer2 Press conference in Rome Joint Statement (various bar associations and others)
European Lawyers: A travesty of justice – 18 Turkish lawyers sentenced to long prison terms, 159 Years, 1 Month, 30 Days in Total Download the statement of ELDH, AED-EDL, DSF-AS Wednesday 20 March 2019, the İstanbul 37th Heavy Penal Court in Silivri Courthouse. announced its verdict in the case of the ÇHD (Çağdaş Hukukçular Derneği, …
On Tuesday, 12 February 2019, the Catalan Referendum Case hase started before the Spanish Supreme Court. In this trial former Catalan ministers, pro-independence activists, and the former parliament speaker Oriol Junqueras, Raül Romeva, Jordi Turull, Josep Rull, Joaquim Forn, Jordi Sànchez, Jordi Cuixart, Dolors Bassa, Carme Forcadell, Meritxell Borràs, Carles Mundó and Santi Vila are …
Documentation of the European Labour Law Conference New forms of labour and new structures of enterprises – challenges for labour law, 15 and 16 February 2019 Frankfurt/M., IG Metall Headquarter, Wilhelm-Leuschner-Str- 79 • Friday, 15 February 2019, 13h30 – 18h30 and • Saturday, 16 February 2019, 09h00 – 13h00 At the conference participated labour law …
Day of the Endangered Lawyer 24 January 2019, several of the ELDH member associations or individual members have organised or participated in the protests outside Turkish embassies or consulates (Ankara, Antalya, Athens, Barcelona, Berlin, The Hague, Istanbul, London, Madrid, Padua, Rome, Vienna). Many other lawyers associations organised protests inside and outside Europe (Aberdeen, Amsterdam, Bordeaux, …
(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, …
ELDH statement – European Lawyers declare (download PDF-File) From 10 to 14 September 2018 the first hearings took place in the new trial of 20 Turkish lawyers before the 37th Heavy Penalty Court in Istanbul. At the end of the fifth day of the trial, the court decided to release all 17 lawyers from pre-trial …
ELDH – Solidarity Statement_Stansted 15 (download) On 28 March 2017, 15 activists, known as the Stansted 15, physically prevented the departure of a chartered aircraft intended to deport individuals from the UK to Ghana, Nigeria and Sierra Leone. It is the activists’ case that some of the people on the flight were at risk of …
The next Day of the Endangered lawyer will take place on the 24th of January 2019. The focus will be on the very difficult situation that lawyers in Turkey are facing. This is not the first time that we are focusing on Turkey, however, as you all know, the lawyers‘ situation is becoming worse in …