DAY OF THE ENDANGERED LAWYER – 24 January 2019
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…
Violation of Human Rights in Catalonia in the frame of the political conflict
Conference (only languages Spanish, Catalan) Paranimf de l’Edifici històric de la Universitat de Barcelona Preu inscripció 25€ (inclou pausa cafè i dinar) supported by ELDH Programme (programme in Spanish and Catalan) 9 – 10.30 h The legal context: When the pillars of the rule of law collapse Round Table – Chair: Benet Salellas Ana Stanic,…
Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal on Turkey and Kurds
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 their organisations will be held in Paris (France) on 15 and 16 March 2018. A panel of judges will examine an indictment served…
Turkey and the European Court of Human Rights – (In)effective remedy from Strasbourg
Invitation to a joint conference Monday, 05 March 2018, 01h45 p.m. – 6 p.m. DAV-Building, Littenstraße 11, 10179 Berlin Programme (download as PDF-file) 13:45 – 14:00 Welcoming speech 14:00 – 15:00 First Panel “Does the Court provide an effective remedy to the citizens of Turkey in applications concerning the events relating to the attempted coup…
Solidarity with Egyptian lawyers
DAY OF THE ENDANGERED LAWYER Appeal to the Egyptian Government – Respect the rights of Egyptian lawyers In 2017 ELDH, with members in 20 countries, already choose to focus its activities on the endangered lawyers in Egypt. Many human rights organizations, among them Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, IDHAE, and the International Commission of Jurists…
European Union, Brexit – the future of workers’ rights
European Conference The Programme (download PDF-file) 09h30 – 10h00 Opening: • ELDH/Haldane: Prof. Bill Bowring, ELDH President • Unite: N.N. 10h00 – 11h45 1. The Future of Trade Union Rights, social rights (collective labour law, for a social Europe instead of a “social pillar): Esther Lynch, Confederal Secretary of ETUC, Brussels: For a Pillar of…
First Conference of Mediterranean Lawyers
9.00 opening Asilo Filangieri Welcoming greetings Luigi De Magistris, Mayor of Naples and former Prosecutor Francesco Caia, President of the Commissions for Human Rights and for the relationship with Mediterranean Countries of the National Bar Association of Italy Cristina Ornano, Secretary of AREA (Judges’ and prosecutors ‘association) Roberto Lamacchia, President of Italian Democratic lawyers Thomas…
International Conference on Academic Freedom
INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS ACADEMY OF THE AEGEAN – 22 – 24 September 2017, Nesin Maths and Philosophy Village / Şirince, Izmir, Turkey The Programme Background of the Academy: International Human Rights Academy of the Aegean (IHRAA) has been founded by the Committee of International Law of the ÖHP (Platform of the Lawyers for Freedom) in…
Sozial-Dumping und aktuelle Herausforderungen für das Arbeitsrecht in Europa – Die Initiative zurückgewinnen!
Europäische Arbeitsrechtskonferenz, 12. und 13. Mai 2017, Florenz Auditorium di Sant’Apollonia, Via S. Gallo, 25, 50129 Florenz, Italien Jetzt anmelden ! (Sprachen: Italienisch, Englisch, Deutsch mit Simultanübersetzung) *** Programm (PDF-Datei herunterladen) Freitag, 12. Mai 2017 13:30 bis 14:00 Uhr: Anmeldung bei Kaffe/Tee 14:00 – 18:30 Uhr Begrüßung: Professor Dr. Antonio Loffredo – Universität Siena, Italien…
DAY OF THE ENDANGERED LAWYER – 2017
24 Januar 2017 – In solidarity with Egyptian Lawyers Appeal to the Egyptian Government – Respect the rights of Egyptian lawyers DAY OF THE ENDANGERED LAWYER The Day of the Endangered Lawyer is the day on which we call for attention to lawyers who are being harassed, silenced, pressured, threatened, persecuted, and tortured. Even murders…
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