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 …

NO JUSTIFICATION FOR MILITARY INTERVENTION IN SYRIA

ELDH Statement ELDH expresses deep concern at the humanitarian crisis which is taking place in Syria as a  result of the four and  half  year internal armed conflict, exacerbated by foreign interventions . We support the struggle of the Syrian people against ISIS, Al Nusra and all foreign interventions, none of which are in the …

Appell an die Europäischen Staaten für die Ratifizierung der Konvention des Europarats zur Verhütung und Bekämpfung von Gewalt gegen Frauen und häuslicher Gewalt

EJDM Appell Die Europäische Vereinigung von Juristinnen und Juristen für Demokratie und Menschenrechte in der Welt e.V. EJDM ruft die Europäischen Staaten auf, die Konvention des Europarats zur Verhütung und Bekämpfung von Gewalt gegen Frauen und häuslicher Gewalt (Istanbul-Konvention) zu ratifizieren, sofern sie es noch nicht getan haben. Die „Istanbul-Konvention“ wurde am 11. Mai 2011 …

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 …

Public Forum ‘Kurdish Question under European Union Law’

September 21, 2015 at 6:30pm – 8:30pm – Report – This event organised by the Centre for Kurdish Progress in partnership with the Centre for Turkey Studies hosted Barrister Professor Bill Bowring of of Birkbeck College University of London and a Barrister and Mr Atilla Balikci of the Centre for Criminal Law and Criminology within Paris …

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 …