IS IT A CRIME TO BE A FOREIGNER?
Conference on the criminalization of migrants (languages: 16th March 2012, Brussels, 09h00 – 16h00 Maison des Associations Internationales (MAI), Rue Washington 40, 1050 BRUXELLES ‘Is is a crime to be a foreigner? We don’t think so.’ This is the last sentence in a dissenting opinion of six judges of the European Court of Human Rights…
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS CONFERENCE
International Conference 24th February 2012, London in the Amnesty International Human Rights Action Centre Post 9/11 and in an age where States continually seek to control their citizens and curtail any challenge to their authority, the challenges faced by those working on behalf of vulnerable people are escalating. In light of this and the increasing…
THE COLLECTIVE RIGHTS OF EMPLOYEES IN THE CRISIS OF THE EU
International Conference (simultaneous translation: English, French, German) The Conference will focus on the Right to Strike, and the right to Information and Consultation March 2-3, 2012 at the ver.di Bildungs- und Begegnungszentrum Clara Sahlberg, Koblanckstr. 10, 14109 Berlin-Wannsee The Programme (pdf-file) Friday, March 2, 2012 1:00 pm: doors open, conference registration 2:00 pm: …
The Day of the Endangered Lawyer – 24th January 2012
EUROPEAN LAWYERS PROTEST AGAINST UNFOUNDED AND UNLAWFUL ARRESTS AND OBSTRUCTION OF LAWYERS IN TURKEY European lawyers protest all over Europe – in Amsterdam, Barcelona, Berlin, Bern, Brussels, Düsseldorf, The Hague, Hamburg, Madrid, Milan, Paris, Rome, Seville, Utrecht and other cities – against unfounded and unlawful arrests and obstruction of lawyers in Turkey. This year, the…
GENOA 2001-2011
TEN YEARS OF ATTACKS ON FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS – THE ROLE OF LAWYERS – international conference Friday, 22nd July 2011 – Palazzo Ducale, Genoa Friday, 22nd July 2011 – Palazzo Ducale, Sala del Maggior Consiglio, Genoa – simultaneous translation: English, French, Italian, Spanish – 9h30 am The programme: GREETINGS · Stefano Savi, President of the Bar…
THE LEGAL IMPACT OF THE EUROPEAN ‘DEBT’ CRISIS
THE LEGAL IMPACT OF THE EUROPEAN ‘DEBT’ CRISIS International conference DOCUMENTATION Documentation of the available speeches (c) ELDH (if you wish to publish one of the speeches, you are requested to quote ELDH copyright, and the Author)
HEALTH AT THE WORKPLACE – NOBODY RESPONSIBLE?
Conference Maison des Associations Internationales (MAI) Washingtonstraat 40, 1050 BRUSSELS – Simultaneous translation (Dutch, English, French) – Registration required: PLN or ELDH Registration fee: 140 € (lawyers), 40 € (junior lawyers), 15 € (students and non-actives) organized by: PROGRESS LAWYERS NETWORK (Belgium) supported by: European Association of Lawyers for Democracy and…
THE SO-CALLED “FIGHT AGAINST TERROR” USING THE EXAMPLE OF THE KURDS
– practical experience in the European legal area 2nd international Symposium 10th – 12th December 2010, Bonn The programme (pdf)
MENSCHENRECHTE ALS INTERVENTIONSGRUND
Konferenz der Vereinigung Demokratischer Juristinnen und Juristen e.V. (VDJ) Ort: 10961 Berlin, Zossener Str. 55 – 58, GSG Hof, Aufgang D im ECCHR Programm (pdf) Mitveranstalterinnen sind die International Association of Lawyers against Nuclear Arms (IALANA) und die Europäische Vereinigung von Juristinnen und Juristen für Demokratie und Menschenrechte in der Welt (EJDM). Im Anschluss an…
Trial observation in Ankara
A joint delegation of lawyers from Belgium, Italy and Switzerland, organized by ELDH and IADL, will visit Ankara for a trial observation. They are mandated by ELDH, two of them also by the International Association of Democratic Lawyers (IADL), to observe the trial before the criminal court of Ankara against Selçuk Kozağaçlı, member of the…
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