The judicial system under the state of emergency in Turkey
Invitation to the international conference – (13.), 14 and 15 January 2017, Ankara Ankara Plaza Hotel, Kavaklıdere Bestekar Sk. No: 5 06680 Çankaya PROGRAM: Opening: Bill Bowring, The President of ELDH – Pascale Taelman – The President of EDL-AED 14.01.2017 – SATURDAY / 09.30-10.45 The rights, duties and the repression faced by Bar Associations and…
Migrants outlawed – International Conference
International Conference SAF / AED on the 23rd and 24th of September 2016, Lille (France) – UNIVERSITÉ DE DROIT ET DE LA SANTÉ • AMPHI RENÉ CASSIN 1, PLACE DELIOT – LILLE • MÉTRO PORTE DE DOUAI Every year, the SAF (Union of French Lawyers) organizes a symposium on a theme regarding migrants’ rights. Faced…
50th Anniversary of the INTERNATIONAL COVENANT ON CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS and the INTERNATIONAL COVENANT ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS
International Conference 10/11/12 November 2016, Lisbon – Faculty of Law, University of Lisbon, Portugal Cidade Universitária, 1649-014 Lisboa The main theme of the Conference will be: “The International Convenants on Human Rights (ICESCRand ICCPR) adopted by the UN on 16 December 1966: historical significance; political and legal impact;and fortunes”. Call for papers The Conference…
European Lawyers for Workers ELW – Plenary Assembly and Workshop
26 November 2016, Amazone, Carrefour de l’égalité de genre , Middaglijnstraat 10 rue du Meridien, 1210 Brussel/Bruxelles, Belgium (near Metro Botanique, 15 minutes from Gare du Nord) The programme 13.00 – 14.30: Plenary Assembly of the ELW ‘contact persons’ (see point 14 of the ELW founding document http://elw-network.eu/about-us/founding-document ), with a focus on: o The…
Colloque – DISCRIMINATIONS PREVENIR ET GUERIR
VENDREDI 25 MARS 2016, 9h00 – 17h30 TOUR & TAXIS, Avenue du port 86/C – 1000 Bruxelles Toute personne a droit au travail, au libre choix de son travail, à des conditions équitables et satisfaisantes de travail et à la protection contre le chômage. Tous ont droit, sans aucune discrimination, à un salaire égal pour…
International DAY OF THE ENDANGERED LAWYER – 22 January 2016
On 22nd January 2016, all over Europe, in solidarity the the lawyers and judges in Honduras protests will be organized outside Honduran Embassies and Consulates Since 2010 every year on or about 24 January protests are organized in front of embassies in solidarity with endangered lawyers, who are threatened, attacked, or even killed because they…
WOMEN FIGHTING BACK: INTERNATIAL AND LEGAL PERSPECTIVES
International Women’s Conference, Saturday 28th and Sunday 29th November 2015, London South Bank University, 103 Borough Road, SE1 0AA PROGRAMME Saturday 28 November 2015 09:30 – 10:00 Registration/Coffee 10:00 – 10:30 Welcome Note: Liz Davies (UK) Honorary Vice-Chair of the Haldane Society and Housing Rights Lawyer. 10:30 – 12:00 Panel Discussion: Migrant and Refugee Women…
Mass trials against lawyers in Turkey going on
KCK Lawyers Trial, next hearing on 22nd October 2015, in Istanbul In November 2011, 46 lawyers were arrested in simultaneous police raids in many Turkish cities as part of the so-called KCK (Kurdistan Communities Union) operations, anti-terror operations that have seen over 8.000 journalists, trade unionists, politicians, deputies, local coucillors and mayors http://peaceinkurdistancampaign.wordpress.com/resources/pik-campaign-statements/trials-and-tribulations-in-turkey/ arrested since…
UNDER PRESSURE OF THE TROIKA – THE IMPACT ON COLLECTIVE LABOUR RIGHTS IN SOUTHERN EUROPE AND IRELAND
Invitation to the European Labour Law Conference – 17th of October 2015 – Madrid – SAVE THE DATE SAVE THE DATE – and register now with your name, profession, contact details by email ! Download the Invitation with the draft programme ***** European Labour Law conference UNDER PRESSURE OF THE TROIKA – THE IMPACT ON…
Mass Trials against Lawyers in Turkey
Next oppotunities for trial observations The next hearing of the “KCK Lawyers Trial” (46 accused lawyers) will be 7th and 8th May 2015 again in Istanbul. The next hearing of the “ÇHD or DHKP-C Lawyers Trial” will be 13th and 14th May 2015 in Istanbul Trial observations are important to collect information about these trials,…
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