Wendy Pettifer: Obituary (1953 – 2025)
Our much-loved comrade Wendy Pettifer died in early July 2025, aged 72, born in 1953. Wendy Pettifer (L) in conversation with a former colleague at a Law Centres reunion event …
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ELDH Supports Symbolic Disarmament and Democratic Transformation Led by the Kurdish Movement
Press Release – For Immediate Release Date: July 11, 2025, Location: Hasana Cave, Iraqi Kurdistan Download the statement The European Association of Lawyers for Democracy and World Human Rights (ELDH), …
Joint Statement: Make the Right to Family Reunification Effective for Palestinian Refugees in Greece
We, the undersigned humanitarian and human rights organisations, call on the Greek government to urgently uphold its legal obligations and moral responsibility to ensure the right to family reunification is …
Report: The Caravana Filipina — a fact-finding mission on extrajudicial killings and other serious human rights violations against legal professionals in the Philippines between 2016 and 2023
The mission investigated numerous cases involving lawyers, judges, and prosecutors who were subjected to harassment, violence, or worse, for carrying out their professional duties. The Caravana was made possible by …
On the worsening catastrophe in the occupied Palestinian territory, the Legal Obligations of European countries, and the Urgent Need to secure an immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire in Gaza, and to ensure the urgent, unconditional and unimpeded resumption of aid, at scale, to the population of Gaza
The European Association of Lawyers for Democracy and Human Rights (ELDH)with members in 23 European countries, expresses its profound alarm at the ongoing failure of European governments and institutions to …
United Kingdom: The “Filton 18” case is a warning sign of democracy and rule of law decline
Concerns by the legal and human rights community about warning signs of erosion of the rule of law and democracy in the United Kingdom The national and international legal and …
Presentation of Report on Attacks Against Legal Professionals in the Philippines | June 4, The Hague
Invitation – Presentation of Report on Attacks Against Legal Professionals in the Philippines | June 4, The Hague You are cordially invited to attend the official presentation of “Black Robes, …
Democratic Lawyers Demand an End to the Proceedings against the El Hiblu 3
A delegation of lawyers from the Democratic Lawyers of Switzerland (DJS) and the EuropeanAssociation of Lawyers for Democracy & World Human Rights (ELDH) observed theverdict by the Maltese Court of …
Joint Statement on the Arrest and Detention of Lawyer Ruken Gülağacı – 21 May 2025
The undersigned bar associations and lawyers’ rights organisations express their deep concern over the detention of lawyer Ruken Gülağacı on 20 May 2025. On 21 May, the Criminal Peace Judgeship …
Report on the observation of the Att. Bedirhan Sarsılmaz case, Istanbul, 6 May 2025
“There is nothing of substance in the case file”Report on the observation of the first and final hearing in the case against Att. Bedirhan Sarsılmaz, Istanbul, 6 May 2025 On …