Friedrich Bonnmann

THE INDEPENDENCE OF LAWYERS MUST BE RESPECTED, AND THEY MUST NOT BE IDENTIFIED WITH THEIR CLIENTS – FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION, ESPECIALLY THAT OF ACADEMICS, MUST BE RESPECTED BY THE TURKISH AUTHORITIES.

ELDH Statement ELDH is highly alarmed by the new mass arrest of Turkish citizens. According to Turkish media 320 Turkish citizens have been detained this week. Among them are lawyers, academics, politicians and students. They are suspected by the Turkish authorities of supporting the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). It seems very likely, according to reports …

↓THE INDEPENDENCE OF LAWYERS MUST BE RESPECTED, AND THEY MUST NOT BE IDENTIFIED WITH THEIR CLIENTS – FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION, ESPECIALLY THAT OF ACADEMICS, MUST BE RESPECTED BY THE TURKISH AUTHORITIES.

ELDH REQUESTS INQUIRY INTO THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE DEATH OF THE ITALIEN RESEARCHER GIULIO REGENI IN EGYPT

ELDH strongly condemns the killing in Egypt of the Italian researcher Giulio Regeni.  Mr. Regeni was a scholar studying independent trade unionism.   He disappeared and was tortured to death on the 25 January 2016. ELDH finds the explanations coming from the Egyptian government that Mr. Regeni had been the victim of an accident, of a …

↓ELDH REQUESTS INQUIRY INTO THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE DEATH OF THE ITALIEN RESEARCHER GIULIO REGENI IN EGYPT

European Lawyers report Massive Human Rights Violations in Diyarbakir (Turkey) due to curfew – immediate international action needed

Press Release A delegation* of 10 lawyers from Austria, Belgium, Germany, and Italy visited Diyarbakir, Turkey, from 21st to 24th of January 2016 to monitor the impact of the curfew on the population. The mission was coordinated by two European lawyers’ organisations, the European Association of Lawyers for Democracy and Human Rights (ELDH) and the …

↓European Lawyers report Massive Human Rights Violations in Diyarbakir (Turkey) due to curfew – immediate international action needed

DAY OF THE ENDANGERED LAWYER – 2016

Activities in solidarity with Honduran Lawyers, Judges and Prosecutors demonstrated in many European Cities and outside Europe On 22nd January in many European cities and outside Europe lawyers have organized protests in front of Honduran Embassies and Consulates, in solidarity with Honduran lawyers, judges and prosecutors who have been threatened, attacked and often murdered. 91 …

↓DAY OF THE ENDANGERED LAWYER – 2016

International DAY OF THE ENDANGERED LAWYER – 22 January 2016

22.01.16 all over Europe

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 …

↓International DAY OF THE ENDANGERED LAWYER – 22 January 2016

Western Sahara: Court of Justice of the European Union annuls EU trade agreement with Morocco

Judgment of the General Court (Eighth Chamber) of 10 December 2015. Front populaire pour la libération de la saguia-el-hamra et du rio de oro (Front Polisario) v Council of the European Union. Case T-512/12. “The Council Decision 2012/497 of 8 March 2012 on the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of …

↓Western Sahara: Court of Justice of the European Union annuls EU trade agreement with Morocco

Appell an die Europäischen Staaten für die Ratifizierung der Konvention des Europarats zur Verhütung und Bekämpfung von Gewalt gegen Frauen und häuslicher Gewalt

EJDM Appell Die Europäische Vereinigung von Juristinnen und Juristen für Demokratie und Menschenrechte in der Welt e.V. EJDM ruft die Europäischen Staaten auf, die Konvention des Europarats zur Verhütung und Bekämpfung von Gewalt gegen Frauen und häuslicher Gewalt (Istanbul-Konvention) zu ratifizieren, sofern sie es noch nicht getan haben. Die „Istanbul-Konvention“ wurde am 11. Mai 2011 …

↓Appell an die Europäischen Staaten für die Ratifizierung der Konvention des Europarats zur Verhütung und Bekämpfung von Gewalt gegen Frauen und häuslicher Gewalt