Western Sahara – Referendum NOW!

International Meeting of Experts – Promoting the Political Process 12th and 13th December, Berlin A&O Hotel and Hostel Berlin Hauptbahnhof Lehrter Straße 12, 10557 Berlin, Germany UN General Assembly 1966 “Invites the adminmistering Power to determine at the earliest possible date, in conformity with the aspirations of the indigenous people of Spanish Sahara and in …

6 YEARS OF AUSTERITY AND THE IMPACT ON COLLECTIVE BARGAINING

Invitation to the International Conference Saturday, 15th November 2014, 09h00 – 17h00 Maison de l’Europe 35-37 Rue des Francs Bourgeois, 75004 Paris, France 0900 Entrance, registration Morning 09h30 Welcome: Jean Luc Wabant, Lawyer Lille/Paris, SAF, ELW-Coordinating Committee 10h00 Prof. Keith Ewing (Kings College London), Introduction – Collective Bargaining in times of Austerity 10h45 Isabelle Schoemann …

HANS-LITTEN-PRIZE AWARDING 2014

The Hans-Litten-Prize 2014 will be awarded to the CHD President Selçuk KOZAĞAÇLI Saturday, 17th May 2014, 14h00 – 18h00 Littenstrasse 9, 10179 Berlin, in the building of the German Federal Bar Association, BRAK Every two years the HANS-LITTEN-PRIZE is awarded by the German Association of Democratic Lawyers (VDJ) www.vdj.de , the German member association of …

Human Rights and Democracy in the context of EU Enlargement – Western Balkan perspectives

International Conference – With speakers from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, England, Germany, Greece, Italy, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia, Turkey Friday, 6th June 2014, 10:30 – 18:30, Belgrade Centre for cultural decontamination. http://www.czkd.org/?lang=en  , Birčaninova 21, 11000 Beograd Programme: (as PDF file) 10:00  Registration (for registration send an email to your contact details) 10:30 …

Next hearings in mass trials against lawyers in Turkey

ELDH demands the immediate end of political motivated mass trials in Turkey Istanbul Bar Association, Executive Board on trial (10 lawyers accused) The President and the Board of the Istanbul Bar Association were acquitted on 24 February 2014 of the charge of unlawfully influencing the court in the Balyoz (sledgehammer) trial. Meanwhile prosecution has appealed. …

Politische Strafverfahren gegen Anwältinnen und Anwälte in der Türkei

Informations- und Diskussionsveranstaltung:   3. Dezember 2013, 19h00, Düsseldorf, im Heinrich-Heine-Institut, Bilker Straße 12-14   Mit öffentlichen Verkehrsmitteln erreicht man das Institut von den Haltestellen Heinrich-Heine-Allee (Linien U 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79); Benrather Straße/ Kasernenstraße (703, 706, 712, 713, 715); Poststraße (704, 709, 719) jeweils in wenigen Minuten. Drei Massenverfahren gegen Anwältinnen und …

The Day of the Endangered Lawyer 2014 – HANDS OFF COLOMBIAN LAWYERS

24th January 2014 focussed on Colombia where lawyers have been a victim of state or private violence Lawyers all over Europe and in other countries protest on 24th January 2014 in Ankara, Athens, Barcelona, Berlin, Bern, Bilbao, Brussels, Douala, Düsseldorf, The Hague, Istanbul, Izmir, London, Madrid, Milan, Paris, Quito, Rome, Seville, and Stockholm will show …

Hans-Litten-Prize Awarding to Gareth PEIRCE

“… if there was only injustice and no resistance …” (quoted from the poem of Bertold Brecht “To Posterity”) On occasion of its 40th anniversary VDJ, the German member association of ELDH, will award the Hans-Litten-Prize to the English solicitor Gareth Peirce 15th September 2012, 18h30 – 20h00 in the Literaturhaus, Frankfurt (Main), Schöne Ausssicht …

MIGRANTS – OUTLAWS EVERYWHERE / THE ALIEN AS AN ENEMY? HOMELESS, EXCLUDED

European Conference with simultaneous translation: English – German   4th May 2013, 09h30 – 18h00, Berlin ver.di Headquarter (near Ostbahnhof), ver.di – Vereinte Dienstleistungsgewerkschaft – United Services Union, Paula-Thiede-Ufer 10, 10179 Berlin, www.verdi.de Das Programm PDF 09h00 -Entrance, Registration Welcome and introduction to the conference 09h30 : Opening speech: «  Thomas Gebauer, Frankfurt, Medico International: …