DAY OF THE ENDANGERED LAWYER – in solidarity with lawyers in Turkey – summary of activities in 2019

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, …

ELDH – Solidarity Statement for the Stansted 15

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 …

Condemnation and Outrage at the Murder of People’s Lawyer Ben Ramos in the Philippines

ELDH Statement Condemnation and Outrage at the Murder of People’s Lawyer Ben Ramos in the Philippines The European Association of Lawyers for Democracy and World Human Rights (ELDH) expresses its Strong Condemnation and Collective Outrage at the Murder of People’s Lawyer Ben Ramos. Benjamin Tarug Ramos, 56, Secretary General of the National Union of People’s …

Recent decisions of the European Courts concerning Turkey

European Court of Human Rights Selahattin Demirtaş v. Turkey (no. 2), ECHR 395 (2018), 20 Nov. 2018 Judgment Selahattin Demirtas v. Turkey (no. 2) – several violations of the Convention The Court found that it had been established beyond reasonable doubt that the extensions of Mr Demirtaş’s detention, especially during two crucial campaigns, namely the …

INVESTIGATION AND PROSECUTION OF THE CRIMES COMMITTED AGAINST THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE

INTERNATIONAL LAWYERS CAMPAIGN (IADL Statement) To: Ms. Fatou Bom Bensouda, Office of The Prosecutor (OTP), the International Criminal Court Download the full letter 1.   Mindful that ‘disregard and contempt for human rights have resulted in barbarous acts which have outraged the conscience of mankind’,[i] 2.   Guided by the ‘Nürnberg Principles’[ii] and stressing in …

ELDH demands the immediate release of CHD lawyers from prison

Since November 2017 Selçuk KOZAĞAÇLI, the president of ÇHD, the Progressive Lawyers Association has been detained in pre-trial solitary confinement in the Silivri prison camp. He is suffering as a result of the isolation. His repeated demands for occasional contact with other prisoners have been rejected. Selçuk KOZAĞAÇLı is accused together with 19 other ÇHD …

Presentation of the Verdict of the Judges of Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal on Turkey and the Kurds

Presentation of the Verdict of the Judges of Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal on Turkey and the Kurds at the European Parliament, Brussels, 24 May 2018 A session of the Permanent Peoples Tribunal on alleged violations of international law and international humanitarian law by the Turkish Republic and its officials in their relations with the Kurdish people and …