Right to strike under attack – legal counterstrategies
European Labour Law Conference, 28 February and 1 March 2025, DGB, Ingeborg-Tönnesen-Saal, Keithstraße 1, 10787 Berlin Download the programme In Europe and on other continents, workers and their trade unions are experiencing various threats to their right to strike. Strikers and their trade unions are criminalised or hit with horrendous compensation claims. The justification for…
THE LEGAL STRUGGLE IN SUPPORT OF THE PALESTINE CAUSE – CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES
16 November 2024, 09.00 – 13.00 CET Abandoibarra Etorbidea 3 Street . Bilbao 48009 (Venue: Bizkaia Aretoa EHU-UPV) Download the programme – in Basque language Introduction: The Palestinian legal struggle has gained renewed significance in the wake of the 2024 advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the UNGA Resolution of September 17,…
International Fair Trial Day and the Ebru Timtik Award, 14 June 2024, Manila – Programme and online registration
Save the Date and Register International Fair Trial Day Conference and the Ebru Timtik Award Ceremony 14 June 2024, 10:00 – 17:30 PHT /04.00am – 11.30am CET / 3am – 10.30am GMT Malcolm Theater, Malcolm Hall, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines In-person & online eventRegistration: HERE Event Overview and detailed…
International Fair Trial Day – 14 June 2024 – Focus country: The Philippines
In 2021, a group of lawyers and lawyers’ organisations came together to establish an annual International Fair Trial Day (IFTD) to be observed every year on 14 June. This initiative is supported by more than 100 legal associations across the world, all of which are committed to the vital importance of the right to a…
Political Prisoners: Isolation, ill-treatment and torture, 11 April 2024, 14.00 – 17.00 CET, Brussels
Jointly organized by ELDH, AED and MAF-DAD Hosted by: Massimiliano Smeriglio Member of the European Parliament (MEP) Location: Brussels, European Parliament, Room: ASP3G3 Opening speeches: Video message: Mauro Palma Former Chair of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) Keynote Speeches: Download the programme Media
The Case of Julian Assange – ELDH Webinar – 21 February 2024, 18.30 CET / 5.30pm GMT
Register now – Access detailshttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/85241006112?pwd=N2lnL2NxaUprUFNRV0h4SFhOY20xQT09 Meeting ID 852 4100 6112Passcode 590060 The Assange case is one of the worst judicial scandals in the universe of so-called human rights states. Julian Assange, the founder of the whistleblowing platform WikiLeaks, is still is still being held in a high-security maximum security prison in southeast London in the…
Day of the Endangered Lawyer – 24 January 2024 – in solidarity with lawyers in IRAN
The report (in English, in French, in Italian) – The Petition (in English, in French, in Italian – Turkish) The Joint Statement (in English) – Invitation Press Conference (in English) International law expressly recognizes the unique role that lawyers play in any society by according to them special protections as guardians of justice for all….
Constitutional Crisis in Turkey: Effects of the Can Atalay Judgment – 7 December 2023, 16.00 GMT, 17.00 CET, 19.00 TR
Please register in advance for this meeting:https://eu01web.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5EuceitrTwsGNBopDi3eJx6P9WSE8Rkgyb8 Download the programme (in English) – Download the programme (in Turkish)➢After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.➢English-Turkish simultaneous translation will be provided. Moderation: Thomas Schmidt, Co-Secretary General of The European Lawyers for Democracy and Human Rights (ELDH) Opening Speech: Bilge Sayıcı,…
European Labour Law Conference – Enforcing workers’ rights in Europe through strategic litigation – 20 October 2023, Frankfurt
Enforcing workers’ rights in Europe through strategic litigation20 October 2023 (10:00 – 17:30)Interpretation: English, French, Italian, German, SpanishIn-person only, House of Labour, Frankfurt am Main Eschersheimer Landstraße 155/157 This event will explore the interpretative and creative potential of strategic litigation to reinforce the position of (vulnerable) workers in the EU. Trade unionists, lawyers and labour…
International Fair Trial Day Conference and the Ebru Timtik Award Ceremony – 14 June 2023, Mexico City/Mexico
Invitation In-Person & Online Event(Simultaneous interpretation Spanish and English provided) 10:00 – 18:00 CST Venue: Instituto de Investigaciones Jurídicas de la UNAMCircuito, Mario de La Cueva s/n, C.U., Coyoacán04510 Mexico City, MexicoRoom: Dr. Guillermo Floris Margadant Registration for in-person and online participation: HERE Download the programme: in English with speakers bios – in French –…
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