At the Silivri Prison Camp the lawyers delegation had the opportunity to talk to 4 convicted CHD lawyers who are detained in Silivri: Selçuk Kocağaçlı (sentenced to 11 years and 3 months), Behiç Aşçı (sentenced to 12 years) and Barkın Timtik (sentenced to 18 years and 9 months) , Ebru Timtik (senteced to 13 years …
ELDH denounces Turkey’s invasion of North East Syria, which constitutes a gross violation of international law by the Turkish Republic and its officials. ELDH also condemns in the strongest possible terms the facilitation of this invasion by the U.S. ELDH finally denounces the US and Russian veto against a statement of the UN Security Council …
THE PHILIPPINES: ATTACKS AGAINST LAWYERS ESCALATING Joint call by international legal community: Protect Filipino lawyers! Today, Lawyers for Lawyers together with 151 international and domestic bar associations, other lawyers’ organizations (among them ELDH) and legal professionals from 49 countries around the world called on the Government of the Philippines to take all necessary measures to …
Quick Response Desk Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights United Nations Office at Geneva 8-14 Avenue de la Paix CH-1211 Geneva 10 Switzerland Fax: 0041 22 917 9006 E-mail: Date: 20 May 2019 Download the letter (PDF) FOR THE ATTENTION OF: Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers Special Rapporteur …
Sunday 19 may 2019 9-19 (10.00 to 19.00, with an hour break for lunch) / Click here for booking / Asilo Filangieri Naples, Vico Giuseppe Maffei, 4, 80138 Napoli Greetings from the Mayor Luigi De Magistris Roberto Lamacchia (National Association of Democratic Lawyers) Bill Bowring (European Association of Lawyers for Democracy and World Human Rights) …
Open letter H.E. Mr Christoph Heusgen Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Permanent Mission of Germany to the United Nations 871 United Nations Plaza New York, NY 10017 20 April 2019 Your Excellency As representatives of human rights organisations, civil society, and solidarity groups from around the world, we are writing to you to request that you …
Various activities in solidarity with the lawyers in Turkey ELDH Statement – 2019 Demonstration in Bern with 80 participnats organised by the Swiss Lawyers Association DJS Flyer1, DJS Flyer2 Press conference in Rome Joint Statement (various bar associations and others)
European Lawyers: A travesty of justice – 18 Turkish lawyers sentenced to long prison terms, 159 Years, 1 Month, 30 Days in Total Download the statement of ELDH, AED-EDL, DSF-AS Wednesday 20 March 2019, the İstanbul 37th Heavy Penal Court in Silivri Courthouse. announced its verdict in the case of the ÇHD (Çağdaş Hukukçular Derneği, …
On Tuesday, 12 February 2019, the Catalan Referendum Case hase started before the Spanish Supreme Court. In this trial former Catalan ministers, pro-independence activists, and the former parliament speaker Oriol Junqueras, Raül Romeva, Jordi Turull, Josep Rull, Joaquim Forn, Jordi Sànchez, Jordi Cuixart, Dolors Bassa, Carme Forcadell, Meritxell Borràs, Carles Mundó and Santi Vila are …