European Lawyers for Workers ELW – Plenary Assembly and Workshop

26 November 2016, Amazone, Carrefour de l’égalité de genre , Middaglijnstraat 10 rue du Meridien, 1210 Brussel/Bruxelles, Belgium (near Metro Botanique, 15 minutes from Gare du Nord) The programme  13.00 – 14.30: Plenary Assembly of the ELW ‘contact persons’ (see point 14 of the ELW founding document http://elw-network.eu/about-us/founding-document ), with a focus on: o The …

Colloque – DISCRIMINATIONS PREVENIR ET GUERIR

VENDREDI 25 MARS 2016, 9h00 – 17h30 TOUR & TAXIS, Avenue du port 86/C – 1000 Bruxelles Toute personne a droit au travail, au libre choix de son travail, à des conditions équitables et satisfaisantes de travail et à la protection contre le chômage. Tous ont droit, sans aucune discrimination, à un salaire égal pour …

International DAY OF THE ENDANGERED LAWYER – 22 January 2016

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 …

WOMEN FIGHTING BACK: INTERNATIAL AND LEGAL PERSPECTIVES

International Women’s Conference, Saturday 28th and Sunday 29th November 2015, London South Bank University, 103 Borough Road, SE1 0AA PROGRAMME Saturday 28 November 2015 09:30 – 10:00 Registration/Coffee 10:00 – 10:30 Welcome Note: Liz Davies (UK) Honorary Vice-Chair of the Haldane Society and Housing Rights Lawyer. 10:30 – 12:00 Panel Discussion: Migrant and Refugee Women …

Mass trials against lawyers in Turkey going on

KCK Lawyers Trial, next hearing on 22nd October 2015, in Istanbul In November 2011, 46 lawyers were arrested in simultaneous police raids in many Turkish cities as part of the so-called KCK (Kurdistan Communities Union) operations, anti-terror operations that have seen over 8.000 journalists, trade unionists, politicians, deputies, local coucillors and mayors http://peaceinkurdistancampaign.wordpress.com/resources/pik-campaign-statements/trials-and-tribulations-in-turkey/ arrested since …

UNDER PRESSURE OF THE TROIKA – THE IMPACT ON COLLECTIVE LABOUR RIGHTS IN SOUTHERN EUROPE AND IRELAND

Invitation to the European Labour Law Conference – 17th of October 2015 – Madrid – SAVE THE DATE SAVE THE DATE – and register now with your name, profession, contact details by email ! Download the Invitation with the draft programme ***** European Labour Law conference UNDER PRESSURE OF THE TROIKA – THE IMPACT ON …

Mass Trials against Lawyers in Turkey

Next oppotunities for trial observations The next hearing of the “KCK Lawyers Trial” (46 accused lawyers) will be 7th and 8th May 2015 again in Istanbul. The next hearing of the “ÇHD or DHKP-C Lawyers Trial” will be 13th and 14th May 2015 in Istanbul Trial observations are important to collect information about these trials, …

EUROPEAN CITIZENS WITHOUT DEFENCE – ACCESS TO JUSTICE

International Colloquium organized by: ALA – Asociación Libre de Abogados, AED/EDL European Democratic Lawyers in collaboration with ELDH European Association of Lawyers for Democracy and World Human Rights enue: SAVIA SOLAR – Sala de conferencias : Calle Escuadra, 11, 28012 Madrid, saviasolar.org/contacto/ Programme download the programme (PDF English version) (PDF French version) (PDF Spanish version) …

THE RIGHT TO STRIKE: a threatened democratic right?

Colloquium, 20th March 2015, European Parliament ı Conference Room JAN 2Q2, Wiertzstraat 60 ı 1047 BRUSSELS Programme (details see invitation folder – PDF-File) – registration necessary before the 6th March 2015 progresslawevents.net/en/home/ 8.30 WELCOME 9.00 – 10.40 SESSION 1 The right to strike and the right to collective action: Genesis and current developments 11.00 -12.20 …

DAY OF THE ENDANGERED LAWYER – 2015

Friday, 23rd January 2015 Activities all over Europe in solidarity for the Philippine lawyers In 2015 on the fifth DAY OF THE ENDANGERED LAWYER (after 2010, 2012, 2013 and 2014) protest will be organized together by the European Association of Democratic Lawyers AED-EDL http://www.aeud.org/ the European Association of Lawyers for Democracy and World Human Rights …