European Labour Law Conference – New forms of labour and new structures of enterprises – challenges for labour law

(save the date – register now) 15 and 16 February 2019 Frankfurt/M., IG Metall Headquarter, Wilhelm-Leuschner-Str- 79 Friday, 15 February 2019, 13h30 – 18h30 and Saturday, 16 February 2019, 09h00 – 13h00 – simultaneous translation: German-English-German – Following conferences in Brussels, Paris, Berlin, Madrid and Florence in recent years, the European Lawyers for Workers network …

DAY OF THE ENDANGERED LAWYER – 24 January 2019

The next Day of the Endangered lawyer will take place on the 24th of January 2019. The focus will be on the very difficult situation that lawyers in Turkey are facing. This is not the first time that we are focusing on Turkey, however, as you all know, the lawyers’ situation is becoming worse in …

International Human Rights Regime in Crisis

Second International Human Rights Academy of the Aegean, Nesin Maths Village, Şirince, Izmir, Turkey, 2 till 4 November 2018 The programme First Day Friday, November 2, 2018 09.00 – 09.30 Registration 09.30 – 10.00 Opening Speeches First Session: A Glance at Human Rights from Today’s Perspective The aim of the opening session is to look …

25 Jahre PKK-Verbot – 25 Jahre Repression und Demokratieabbau im Dienste der deutschen Außenpolitik

Konferenz – 20. Oktober 2018 im Karl-Liebknecht-Haus, Rosa-Luxemburg-Saal, Kleine Alexanderstraße 28, 10178 Berlin, 10.00 Uhr – 19.00 Uhr PROGRAMM: EINFÜHRUNGSREFERAT: 25 Jahre PKK-Verbot – Historie des Betätigungsverbots, politische und praktische Folgen Edith Lunnebach, Rechtsanwältin (sie war seinerzeit involviert in den großen „Düsseldorfer Prozess“ von Ende der 1980er Jahre) Mehmet Demir, kurdischer Politiker Monika Morres, Mitarbeiterin …

Violation of Human Rights in Catalonia in the frame of the political conflict

Conference (only languages Spanish, Catalan) Paranimf de l’Edifici històric de la Universitat de Barcelona Preu inscripció 25€ (inclou pausa cafè i dinar)   supported by ELDH Programme (programme in Spanish and Catalan) 9 – 10.30 h The legal context: When the pillars of the rule of law collapse Round Table – Chair: Benet Salellas Ana Stanic, …

Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal on Turkey and Kurds

A session of the Permanent Peoples Tribunal on alleged violations of international law and international humanitarian law by the Turkish Republic and its officials in their relations with the Kurdish people and their organisations will be held in Paris (France) on 15 and 16 March 2018. A panel of judges will examine an indictment served …

Solidarity with Egyptian lawyers

DAY OF THE ENDANGERED LAWYER Appeal to the Egyptian Government – Respect the rights of Egyptian lawyers In 2017 ELDH, with members in 20 countries, already choose to focus its activities on the endangered lawyers in Egypt. Many human rights organizations, among them Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, IDHAE, and the International Commission of Jurists …

European Union, Brexit – the future of workers’ rights

European Conference The Programme (download PDF-file) 09h30 – 10h00 Opening: •              ELDH/Haldane: Prof. Bill Bowring, ELDH President •              Unite: N.N. 10h00 – 11h45 1.       The Future of Trade Union Rights, social rights (collective labour law, for a social Europe instead of a “social pillar): Esther Lynch, Confederal Secretary of ETUC, Brussels: For a Pillar of …