ELDH Press Release As Lawyers for Democracy and Human Rights we express deep worries about the current attempts of the Egyptian administration to establish a non-secular constitution and to restrict basic Human Rights, Freedom of Expression and Independence of Justice. On the 22nd of November 2012 President Morsi issued a constitutional declaration which leaves all …
IADL CONDEMNS ILLEGAL ISRAELI AGGRESSION IN GAZA IN THE STRONGEST POSSIBLE TERMS AND CALLS UPON THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO END ISRAEL’S IMPUNITY AND TO TAKE CONCRETE ACTIONS TO END THE VIOLENCE. The folllowing statement has been issued by the International Association of Democratic lawyers (IADL): The International Association of Democratic Lawyers (IADL), with consultative status …
6th November 2012, Instanbul (Silivri) Joint declaration of the undersigning organisations: We, as international lawyers representing the undersigned organisations, were in Silivri (Turkey) to observe the continuation of the trial of our colleagues: 46 Kurdish lawyers and 3 members of their staff. We summarise our concerns around the following issues; The first hearing for this …
by Prof. em. Dr. Norman Paech, Hamburg Laudation for Gareth Peirce (solicitor, London) on the Occasion of the Awarding of the Hans Litten Preis in 2012 Frankfurt am Main, 15 September 2012 Dear Gareth Peirce, dear colleagues, dear friends may I warmly welcome all of you to Frankfurt and to the German member organization of …
Invitation ELDH Trial observation – Training/Workshop – 27th October 2012, 10h00 – 14h00 Bern (Switzerland) Hotel Kreuz Bern AG, Zeughausgasse 41, Postfach, CH-3000 Bern 7 Tel. +41 (0)31 329 95 95, Fax +41 (0)31 329 95 96, The training The training is in particular for lawyers (and also human rights activists) who are interested …
Die englische Rechtsanwältin Gareth Peirce hat den diesjährigen Hans-Litten-Preis erhalten. Der Preis wurde der Menschenrechtsanwältin auf der Festveranstaltung der VDJ anlässlich des 40-jährigen Bestehens der Vereinigung am 15.09.2012 in Frankfurt/ Main für ihren jahrzehntelangen unnachgiebigen Einsatz für die Verteidigung fundamentaler Menschenrechte vor Gericht, gegen Justizunrecht und gegen Pervertierung des Rechts verliehen. Die VDJ würdigt mit …
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EJDM Stellungnahme Die EJDM ist äußerst besorgt über die andauernde Verhaftungswelle in der Türkei. Etwa 8.000 PolitikerInnen, GewerkschafterInnen, JournalistInnen, KünstlerInnen, StudentInnen, MenschenrechtsaktivistInnen sowie deren RechtsanwältInnen wurden Opfer von Massenverhaftungen in der Türkei seit 2009. Die meisten wurden im Zusammenhang mit der sogenannten KCK Operation der türkischen Regierung verhaftet. Die KCK ist die Union der kurdischen …
Bowring, Bill, What Reparation Does a Torture Survivor Obtain from International Litigation? Critical Reflections on Practice at the Strasbourg Court (January 9, 2012). International Journal of Human Rights, 16:5, 755-772, 2012. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1982165 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1982165
Bowring, Bill, Human Rights and Public Education (June 15, 2012). Cambridge Journal of Education, 42:1, 53-65, 2012. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2085039