Activities in the past
“… 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 …
Next hearing in the trial against 46 lawyers The “lawyers’ trial” is one of three mass trials which started in July 2012 in Istanbul. There are many mass trials in other Turkish towns, all are related to the “KCK operation” of the Turkish Government with about 8.000 arrests. Turkish Minister of Justice Sadullah Ergin, in …
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: …
International Conference Friday (26.4.): Konsul-Hackfeld-Haus, Birkenstr. 34, 28195 Bremen Saturday (27.4)/ Universität Bremen, Zentrum für Europäische Sunday (28.4.): Rechtspolitik, Universitätsallee, GW1, 28359 Bremen From 26th to 28th April 2013 the international conference „Quo Vadis NATO – Challenges for Democracy and Law“will take place in Bremen. The Main organizer of this event is the German section …
10ème COLLOQUE ANNUEL le 15 mars 2013 PROGRESS Lawyers Network Maison des Associations Internationales Rue Washington 40, 1050 BRUXELLES Sous l’Ancien Régime, la prison n’était qu’une mesure transitoire en attente du châtiment: peine de mort et autres peines corporelles. Aujourd’hui la prison s’est imposée comme la peine centrale au sein du système répressif. Les prisons …
European lawyers demand: Basque lawyers in Spain must enjoy the free exercise of their professional duties During the last two decades more than 20 Basque lawyers in Spain have been kept in pre-trial detention, several of them up to almost 2 years. All the arrested lawyers were charged with terrorist crimes connected with ETA, or …
Invitation ELDH Trial observation – Training/Workshop – 27th October 2012, 10h00 – 14h00 Bern (Switzerland) Hotel Kreuz Bern AG, Zeughausgasse 41, Postfach, CH-3000 Bern 7 Tel. +41 (0)31 329 95 95, Fax +41 (0)31 329 95 96, The training The training is in particular for lawyers (and also human rights activists) who are interested …
Conference on the criminalization of migrants (languages: 16th March 2012, Brussels, 09h00 – 16h00 Maison des Associations Internationales (MAI), Rue Washington 40, 1050 BRUXELLES ‘Is is a crime to be a foreigner? We don’t think so.’ This is the last sentence in a dissenting opinion of six judges of the European Court of Human Rights …
International Conference 24th February 2012, London in the Amnesty International Human Rights Action Centre Post 9/11 and in an age where States continually seek to control their citizens and curtail any challenge to their authority, the challenges faced by those working on behalf of vulnerable people are escalating. In light of this and the increasing …
International Conference (simultaneous translation: English, French, German) The Conference will focus on the Right to Strike, and the right to Information and Consultation March 2-3, 2012 at the ver.di Bildungs- und Begegnungszentrum Clara Sahlberg, Koblanckstr. 10, 14109 Berlin-Wannsee The Programme (pdf-file) Friday, March 2, 2012 1:00 pm: doors open, conference registration 2:00 pm: …