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Dear Excellencies, The European Association of Lawyers for Democracy and Human Rights, a non-profit organisation, which currently unites lawyers from 23 European countries, write to you with great urgency and profound concern regarding the continued detention of the ship CONSCIENCE at a Turkish port. As advocates for international law and human rights, we call on …
The undersigned international lawyers’ rights and human rights organisations strongly condemn the Tyumen Regional Bar Council’s decision to disbar Russian human rights lawyer Aleksey Ladin in retaliation for his human rights work. We call on the Russian authorities to revoke this decision, cease harassment against him and guarantee that all lawyers in Russia and Russia-occupied …
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Amsterdam, Barcelona, Berlin, Bern, Bologna, Brussels, Buenos Aires, Cape Town, Colmar, Cologne, Dhaka, Dusseldorf, Gaza, Grenoble, Harlem, London, Madrid, Manila, Mytilini, New Delhi, New York, Nicosia, Paris, Ramallah, Roma, Tokyo– 5 July 2024 Download the statement +++ The undersigned bar associations, law societies, and lawyers’ rights organizations – representing tens of thousands of lawyers from …
On 9 June 2024, following the results of the European elections in which far-right political forces sadly came out on top in France and Italy, we, lawyers, who work to ensure respect for democracy and the rule of law, cannot remain silent in the face of the rise of these forces, which are the enemies …
On 19 June 2024, French authorities apprehended and arrested several CCAT members in New Caledonia and later deported seven of them to France. These included: Their initial interrogation occurred on 22 June. Later that night, the detainees were removed by private charter to France for pre-trial detention. According to the local prosecutor Yves Dupas the …
The European Lawyers for Democracy and Human Rights (ELDH) with Members in 22 european countries stands in solidarity with Arundhati Roy and Dr. Sheikh Showkat Hussain. and vehemently condemns the decision of the Delhi Lieutenant Governor to prosecute them under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA). Indian Delhi lieutenant governor Vinai Kumar Saxena has sanctioned the prosecution …
Download the statement ELDH welcomes the decision by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on 24 March 2024 modify its decision set out in its Order for Interim Measures in South Africa v Israel, of 28 March 2024. The ICJ The Court found that the current situation arising from Israel’s military offensive in Rafah entails …
Mexico: eighteen international civil society organizations released a report of the 2023 International Fair Trial Day and of the Ebru Timtik Award. On June 14, 2023, around 300 human rights lawyers, judges, reporters, and associations worldwide attended online and in-person to the third edition of the International Fair Trial Day (IFTD) and Ebru Timtik Award. …